Fairleigh Dickinson’s Upset of Purdue Handed a Bettor $500K
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The unnamed winner put down $33,000 on the underdogs.
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One lucky bettor made a $33,000 gamble on March Madness underdogs Fairleigh Dickinson—and it paid off big-time. Sports Illustrated reports that the unnamed winner collected more than $500,000 when New Jersey’s Knights defeated the top-seeded Purdue Boilermakers, overcoming the largest point spread in the history of the men’s NCAA tournament.
