LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — A player received a $500,000 check and a trip Las Vegas after making just a 40-cent bet on an online sports betting app.
After placing a 40-cent bet on the BetMGM app, Jonathon Hamrick was surprised to find out he had won. He was brought to Las Vegas hosted by BetMGM to be given a check for $532,969.
“I’m in grad school, and so I was sitting in class, I figured I had a couple of extra minutes to get on the app and play. So, I logged on, hit spin a couple of times, and then all of a sudden it switched games. I clicked the button again, and it said, ‘Congratulations, you won,'” Hamrick said.
Hamrick explained that he was initially in disbelief, but once the money hit his account, he realized how much of a difference it could make in his life.
“I don’t have to be in debt anymore that’s kinda nice… now I don’t have to have that burden anymore,” Hamrick said.
BetMGM is a sports betting platform accessible online and at MGM’s physical locations.
