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Dallas Cowboys bettors had already ate their turkey, stuffing, pumpkin pie and were going to end the day with a nice win. Then Cowboys kicker Brett Maher missed a field goal. The Cowboys were a 10-point favorite at BetMGM when their Thanksgiving game against the New York Giants kicked off. They were on pace to cover that spread late in the fourth quarter when they led 28-13. When CeeDee Lamb drew a pass interference call with 2:55 left, Dallas had first-and-10 at the Giants' 30. There's no win expectancy chart for covering the spread, but the Cowboys had to be close to 100 percent at that moment. A first down would likely run out the clock. Even if the Cowboys couldn't get a first down, Brett Maher could kick a field goal to put the Cowboys up 18. Even a Giants touchdown and two-point conversion after that would mean Cowboys -10 bets would push, and it would still be a win for the -9.5 bettors who took Dallas earlier in the week. The Cowboys didn't get a first down but that didn't ruin Dallas bettors. Maher lined up for a 46-yard field goal and an 18-point lead with 1:17 left. The kick didn't matter to the outcome, with the Cowboys comfortably ahead, but when Maher missed wide right every Cowboys bettor knew what was coming next. Thanksgiving games get a lot of attention and some extra bets. In the middle Thanksgiving game, 59% of the money bet on the spread at BetMGM was on the Cowboys. The final two minutes was a sour turn on the holiday for all those Dallas backers.
Daniel Weinman was crowned winner of the 2023 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event on Monday, taking home a record breaking $12.1 million in winnings. Weinman had to outlast the other 10,043 entrants to take home the prize and get his hands on his share of live poker’s largest ever prize pool – a staggering $93,399,900. As well as taking home the prize money, 35-year-old Weinman also got his hands on the WSOP Main Event bracelet. The huge bracelet contains 500 grams of 10-karat yellow gold, as well as 2,352 various precious gemstones.
Daniel Weinman won the World Series of Poker's main event world championship on Monday in Las Vegas, earning $12.1 million along the way. Playing in the tournament for a 16th year, Weinman was tops in a deep pool of 10,043 players vying for $93.39 million. His victory came after just 164 hands at the final table. "I was honestly on the fence about even coming back and playing this tournament," the 35-year-old Atlanta native told reporters afterward. Weinman's final table featured Jan-Peter Jachtmann, who landed in fourth place and took home $3 million, as well as Toby Lewis, who finished seventh and secured $1.42 million. According to the Las Vegas Review-Journal, the main event's entry pool far outpaced the previous record of 8,773 set in 2006. "I've always kind of felt that poker was kind of going in a dying direction, but to see the numbers at the World Series this year has been incredible," Weinman said. "And to win this main event, it doesn't feel real. I mean, [there's] so much luck in a poker tournament. I thought I played very well." Steven Jones finished second, securing $6.5 million. And Adam Walton settled for third and a $4 million prize.
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