Bryant’s Bet: Cowboys’ Gambler Dez Cashes in on 13-Leg Basketball Parlay
This time, even the staunchest Dallas Cowboys detractor can't deny that Dez caught it.
Former Pokes receiver Dez Bryant turned three digits into six over the weekend, using a bet of just under $768 to build a 13-team parlay on Saturday's expansive college basketball action. Bryant happily revealed that he cashed out to the tune of over $416,000 during the wee hours of Sunday morning, having stayed up to see the final leg ... Nevada's 69-66 victory over the University of Nevada Las Vegas ... play out.
"Cash out for what!!" Bryant gleefully declared in an X post. "What a lick."
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Perhaps some of that could be shared in the form of a donation to the Nevada program: the Wolf Pack trailed by as much as 11 in the second half of the Mountain West weekend clash but left Las Vegas with a win by outscoring the Runnin' Rebels 24-10 over the final nine minutes.
While Bryant didn't reveal his full parlay, he also took home wins from Colorado, Santa Clara, Wyoming, and Pepperdine.
Like any good offensive representative, Bryant had an audible in his playbook: he had another lengthy parlay, one that could've turned $900 into a clean million, hinging on a Pac-12 bou between Cal-Berkeley and Washington. Alas, the Golden Bears sank a three-pointer with just under four seconds remaining to pull off an upset victory in Seattle.
"I should have hit a million and something if it wasn’t for Washington," Bryant playfully pouted.
Both college hoops bets offered relative pocket change to what Bryant normally nets: during the NFL postseason, the eight-year Cowboy netted over $6 million with event and prop bets made during the Divisional round.
