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I Tried Sports Betting for 150 Days (and Here's How Much I Made)

0h 14m video Published Feb 12, 2025 Transcribed Jul 21, 2026 M MoMike Chamberlin
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A sports bettor documents a 150-day challenge to turn $4,000 into profit using daily fantasy sports apps PrizePicks and Underdog, following picks from a Discord group. The journey sees the balance peak above $10,000 before crashing back down, ending with a net loss of $698.75.

[00:02]
Challenge Setup

The challenge starts with $4,000 split evenly between PrizePicks and Underdog, betting 1% of bankroll ($40) per parlay, primarily using six-man flex plays for higher success rates.

[00:42]
Strategy from Last Season

Last season, $2,000 grew to $10,500 then fell to $4,000 due to greed. This season, the strategy is to copy picks from a Discord group, focusing on four, five, and six-man entries.

[01:49]
Day 1 Results

First day: $150 at risk across both apps, resulting in a $19 loss.

[02:17]
Day 2 and 3

Day 2: lost $160. Day 3 (Thursday football): won $445, bringing total to $4,260.

[03:12]
First Big Win

Day 6: a six-man flex hit, contributing to a 24x win. The balance stayed in the green.

[03:53]
September Peak and Fall

After a six-man hit, balance reached $11,000 in the green, then fell back to near starting point due to unlucky close misses.

[04:30]
Platform Performance

PrizePicks was profitable, Underdog down $800. The bettor considered pulling out of Underdog but didn't.

[05:24]
October Recovery

After a slow period, balance hit $5,395 with $852 profit on Sunday and $736 on Monday, driven by a perfect six-man.

[06:03]
NBA Season Start

NBA season begins; Discord owner claims it's his best sport. Balance reaches $6,000+ with $2,400 profit in October.

[06:42]
Scaling Up

After consistent profits, bettor increases bet size to $50 per slip on PrizePicks, keeping $5,000 as a solid base.

[07:21]
Anthony Davis Injury

A six-man on Underdog and a four-man on PrizePicks both hinged on Anthony Davis scoring over his points line. He got injured in the second half, causing a loss of $1,700 potential winnings.

[08:31]
Close Misses

Nine six-man picks missed by one player each. Despite many close calls, the balance remained around $7,200.

[09:11]
New All-Time High

Balance reaches $9,600, a new high, driven by a strong November on Underdog.

[09:36]
Underdog Limits Account

Underdog limits the bettor to $25 per entry and $75 per day, citing 'internal policy.' The bettor feels this is unfair and unethical.

[10:16]
Power Play Hits

A rare power play (37.5x) on PrizePicks hits, turning $50 into $1,800. Balance rises to $9,710.

[11:09]
Worst Week Yet

A week of all red days drops balance by over $2,000. The bettor considers taking profits but decides to continue.

[11:50]
Miraculous Recovery

A six-man power play on Monday Night Football hits, turning $60 into $2,790, bringing balance back over $10,000.

[12:04]
Downward Spiral

After the peak, balance drops steadily: down $800, then $600, then $1,100, reaching $8,500. The Discord owner admits it's one of the worst runs.

[12:48]
Final Days

Balance falls to $3,400 with 7 days left. The bettor hopes for a miracle in the Super Bowl.

[13:18]
Final Results

The 150-day challenge ends with a balance of $698.75, a net loss of $698.75. The bettor reflects on the roller coaster and hints at a third season.

The 150-day sports betting challenge ended with a net loss of $698.75, despite reaching a peak of over $10,000. The bettor attributes the final loss to a combination of bad luck, platform limitations, and the inherent volatility of sports betting.

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Study Flashcards (9)

What was the starting budget for the 150-day sports betting challenge?

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$4,000

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What percentage of bankroll did the Discord owner recommend betting per parlay?

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1%

01:49

What is a six-man flex play on PrizePicks?

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A parlay with six picks; if all hit, you win 25x; if five hit, you get 40% back; if four hit, you get 0.4x.

00:56

What was the highest balance reached during the challenge?

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Over $10,000 (specifically $10,000+ after the Monday Night Football power play).

11:50

Why did Underdog limit the bettor's account?

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Underdog cited 'internal policy' after the bettor became profitable, limiting entries to $25 and daily bets to $75.

09:36

What was the final balance after 150 days?

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$698.75

13:31

What is the difference between a flex play and a power play on PrizePicks?

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A flex play pays 25x if all hit, 2x if five hit, and 0.4x if four hit. A power play pays 37.5x but requires all picks to hit.

10:16

Which platform was more profitable for the bettor?

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PrizePicks was more profitable; Underdog was down $800 at one point.

04:30

What caused the bettor to lose $1,700 in potential winnings?

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Anthony Davis got injured in the second half, causing both a four-man on PrizePicks and a six-man on Underdog to lose.

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💡 Key Takeaways

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Challenge Launch

Sets the stage for a 150-day experiment with a clear starting budget and strategy.

00:02
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First Big Win

Demonstrates the potential of the six-man flex strategy with a 24x win.

03:12
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Underdog Account Limitation

Highlights a common issue in sports betting where platforms limit successful bettors.

09:36
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Miraculous Recovery

Shows the extreme volatility of sports betting with a $60 bet turning into $2,790.

11:50
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Final Loss

Despite reaching $10,000, the challenge ends with a net loss, illustrating the difficulty of consistent profit.

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Account Limited After Winning?

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Miraculous $2,790 Win on Power Play

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The Downward Spiral: Losing $3.3K

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Final Profit Reveal: $22,900?

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[00:02] how much money I can make sports betting on apps like prize picks and Underdog fantasy but why 150 days well the NFL season just started in the Super Bowl is just about 150 days away so we got a full season to see what I can turn my

[00:14] $4,000 starting budget into and if you're new to my channel last season I did this but started with $22,000 and that $2,000 got all the way up to $10,500 before eventually falling back down to 4,000 because I got greedy and

[00:28] but don't get me wrong I was still stoked on doubling my money but since then I've just been patiently waiting to get revenge and get back to that $10,000 but either way it's going to get interesting and it all starts today so

[00:42] but the prize pick strategy that worked so well for me last year went like this I took my total budget of $2,000 and divided it by$ 440 this left me with $50 to bet on each parlay although the only parlay type I was doing was the six-man

[00:56] flex and this is because the six-man gives you 25 extra money meaning out of the $40 $50 bets all I would have to do is hit two to be profitable but on top of that since this is a flex entry if you only hit five out of six prize pick

[01:08] correct they give you 40% back and this worked wonders last year but the way I managed it once it got to over $10,000 is where I messed up so I joined a new season and since I'm far from a genius when it comes to sports betting like

[01:23] last year I'm just going to copy every single pick he sends which from what I'm seeing in his Discord it will consist of four five and six mans on prize picks because from the research he's done these have the highest success rate when

[01:36] you compare the hit rate to the payouts but as you can see I have $4,000 loaded up almost evenly from the two different apps so once the pcks get sent from the how much I'm betting it's only been 30 minutes and nine picks got sent but as

[01:49] the owner of the Discord recommended I'm only going to be betting 1% of my bankroll per parlette which right now is $40 but as my total goes up and down that'll change as well so in total for day one I have $150 at risk $80 on prize

[02:04] picks and 70 on Underdog although they all aren't $40 bets because the apps often give out things like this 20% profit boost or no sweat bets where you can only bet $10 Max so let's see if we make any money for day one here are the

[02:17] results on the screen right now which leaves us with a total loss of $19 which isn't bad and I already got four $40 bets placed for day two they all missed badly and we lost $160 so after 2 days we are down 179 but the dream is still

[02:32] bats for day three which is the Thursday meaning we got football for the very what I saw last year football seems to hit way more than all the other sports what did I say you see this and this and picket which is the app that connects to

[02:46] prize picks in Underdog says you had five bets and went up $445 and I forgot to take a screenshot of the total last night but as you can see it says 3,946 cash balance and $320 at risk so

[02:59] so our total is technically now in the green at $4,260 but we'll see what that turns into the next couple days it's day six of the challenge and I had to come on here because yesterday we had our first

[03:12] right now which was a scary one because these five all hit in the morning so sit and hope James Connor wouldn't get any balls thrown to him which he got one dropped one leaving us with this 24x win and on top of that here are all the

[03:26] others that also hit the past 2 days but also a lot Miss so the total did go up check-in but still we're in the green and here's how the chart's looking and going to come on here and film every time we hit a bet but instead weekly

[03:40] Recaps of the profit big wins or big losses see you guys next Monday it's been a pretty crazy week and after this six-man hit these three man's hit this Twan and a whole bunch of close ones we're basically right back to where we

[03:53] started with a lot also missing but if we look at this September graph earlier this week on Thursday and Friday after that 6 man I was $11,000 in the green which yes now has fallen back down and I know nothing is technically supposed to

[04:05] hit but we did have a pretty unlucky week if Drake London caught either of didn't barely go to overtime we would have hit and there's more I could show but it's what also has me very optimistic for the rest of this

[04:18] challenge once the luck turns our way now lastly the other interesting stat is when you look at our total balance you can see we are crazy profitable on prize picks but down $800 on Underdog so unless something changes es I could see

[04:30] this rate because if I did from the start we'd be up almost $11,000 now even after that big drop off but for the next week the strategy Remains the Same and results it has now been 3 weeks since I last filmed and you might be curious why

[04:45] I didn't give an update sooner and that's because the balance is almost exactly where it started nothing crazy has really happened and it's just been hovering around this 4K range for the last few weeks but this is actually not

[04:57] town in Arizon where you can't place bets if you're under 21 like myself and the very last day I was gone he hit three six-man 29x 28x and a 25 all on

[05:09] the same day seeing that Discord notification and everyone in the group going crazy definitely hurt a bit but since then he's still been sending some great picks leaving us up $400 so far in October after being down $460 overall in

[05:24] September so now I'm just waiting till I can get in on a crazy day like that we are up big it is the next Tuesday and as you can see the total cash balance is now $5,395 $852 profit Day on Sunday and 736

[05:39] yesterday mainly from this perfect six-man which went 5 for five Sunday and then officially cashed last night with Baker going well over his line with a pretty lucky onside kick but on top of that the Discord owner has finally been

[05:51] doing good on Underdog bringing the total all the way up to $1,800 a few weeks ago I was this close to pulling all the money out of Underdog and putting it in prize picks but for some reason I didn't and now it's almost back

[06:03] six-man hitting on there and the last thing I got to say is the NBA season officially starts today and he said this is his best sport so I think we got some good things coming our way we're up even bigger as you can see yesterday I had 23

[06:16] bets and went up $1,166 40 which brings a total over $1,166 40 which brings a total over $6,000 and over $2,400 in profit so far for October Underdog dropped back down under $900 and with them both starting

[06:30] at 2,000 it's obvious that prize pick is his strong suit as we just keep hitting six man's like this one yesterday I've been getting pretty invested into these picks borderline gambling addiction but as long as we're up I don't see it as a

[06:42] problem hope I don't regret saying that up another $500 with Underdog back over $2,000 in my first and second ever six-man wins on there so I think it's time we scale it up which was the cause of my downfall last year but I think I

[06:55] mentioned earlier the Discord owner recommends betting one % of your bank roll per bet so for me at the start of this challenge that was $40 and I've stuck to this even after being well over 4K so technically I could start betting

[07:08] $65 per bet and still follow his strategy but I want to be more raise it and with where we're at now I feel like 5K is very solidified as we haven't been under that in a while so I'm going to start betting $50 per slip

[07:21] but only on prize picks I still need to see some consistency on Underdog before have some bigger bets coming our way last night I exper experien something only did I just have this fourman on prize picks with one leg left but on

[07:35] Underdog there was also this six-man with one leg left the thing is they were both bets on Anthony Davis to go over his points line so $1,700 of potential winnings was riding on him to play well and he was playing really well with 19

[07:49] points in just the first half until I turn to my TV and see him laying on the didn't return to the game after only getting 22 points it was a tough one to lose mainly because it's not like he played horrible but we lost the biggest

[08:03] opportunity we've had yet because of a random injury and I was pretty bummed a part of sports betting and these close ones happen way more than you'd expect but aside from my sob story of last night overall it was a good week and the

[08:17] $734 7.50 of cash balance with actually Underdog taking the top spot after another six cash on there and a bunch of other mixed small wins so what am I complaining about we're still profitable

[08:31] even though we could be at $9,000 if he just didn't get hurt all right it's time Underdog but a lot more missed leaving us actually up $3 more dollars from last week that's pretty crazy but that's all I got the past week we had nine six-man

[08:46] I got the past week we had nine six-man picks that all only missed by one player most of them being painfully close like one more point or one more catch but eventually we'll have a week where we hit four to five out of those nine close

[08:59] ones I hope but a few smaller Bets did hit this week leaving the total sitting at $722 I have some amazing news but also some pretty bad news the good news as you can see is that we have hit a new

[09:11] all-time high for this challenge with our balance now at since I last filmed because I was on a trip in Rio where you can't bet on these

[09:23] apps which is why the December calendar only has 3 days of bet but as you know all of November we were on a tear with Underdog which is what led us to this $9,600 Mark the bad news is right before I left Underdog decided to limit my

[09:36] account when I tried to place a bet for the normal $50 entry size I now get this message saying I can't bet more than $25 per entry but even worse than that I can only bet $75 per day so I messaged the poort and all they told me is that it's

[09:50] and when I tried to ask what these but we all know the pattern is basically I'm making money and they don't like it from what I research this is a normal thing but to me it just doesn't seem

[10:03] when you're losing but as soon as you start to turn profitable it's over and I'm sure there's some law that allows them to do this but it definitely does not feel legal and it's far from ethical but either way we're up I can still

[10:16] fully use prize picks and I'm back in the US meaning it's back to the normal schedule so when placing a six-man on prize picks you get the option to either do a flex play for 25x if they all hit 2x if five hit and point4 if 4 hit but

[10:29] there's also an option to do a power play for 37.5 X where they all have to probably noticed from my pck the owner only recommends doing flex play as it's smarter for building up your bank roll in the long run and I don't know the

[10:43] reason why but randomly when he sent the pics yesterday morning he said to power the fourth slip which was this one right here and you can probably pick up on why I'm telling you this and that's because it actually hit turning the $50 entry

[10:55] into over $1,800 which to be honest is pretty this one to two times throughout the past few months but that luck was really needed as the entire week was filled with red and some pretty bad losses all

[11:09] of this combined has led the balance a little bit higher now at $971 the Super Bowl is still 48 days away and even though I'm pretty tempted to just take my profits here I'm just going to continue to trust the process

[11:22] and continue this 150-day challenge maybe I should have taken profits continuing to trust the process has led to our worst week yet not a single day of green within the past week which I'm pretty sure hasn't happened yet leaving

[11:36] us down over $2,000 this past week will this be just a slight dip in the long run or will history repeat itself like it did last year making this the start of my downfall we will see it's literally the next day and man are we

[11:50] back another six-man power play literally just hit during Monday Night Football turning my $60 bet into $2,790 wiping all of last week's losses and more bring in our total to over $10,000 thank you Jake Moody for missing

[12:04] those two field goals and I know this update is off the normal schedule but I just had to share how quickly things can change quickly things can change back down another $800 this past week down another $600 this past week putting us

[12:18] back at $8500 unbelievable amount of close ones this week down another $800 down another $1,100 this past week this is actually getting bad minus 3.3k so far this month

[12:32] one of the worst runs ever in the Discord and that he's working to adjust his strategy moving forward so let's hope he can before the Super Bowl comes and the 150 days are up the bleeding just won't stop down another $260 this

[12:48] out to $3,400 and February isn't starting too hot and to think we were at 10K just a month ago I know so many of you guys are going to FP blame me in the comments for not taking profits but we have 7 days

[13:02] left in this challenge the Super Bowl is this Sunday and I believe in miracles the 150 days are up the Super Bowl is over and today is the last Monday check-in after a pretty interesting week so it started with - 231 on Monday - 393

[13:18] so it started with - 231 on Monday - 393 Tuesday - 88 on Wednesday and - 220 on Thursday but Friday we went up 1.2k with this six-man hitting Saturday we went up $460 with the these bets hitting and yesterday the big day we've been waiting

[13:31] for we lost $353 which brings the final 150-day total to $698 75 so a profit of $22,900 it's been an absolute roller coaster and honestly a lot of fun

[13:46] sweating these bets and feeling the rush on those big wins if you want to sign up for either of these apps I'll have my links in the description where every next year's starting balance because year one we got to a 10K balance and

[13:59] then it fell down year 2 we got to a 10K balance just about a month ago which has now fallen down in year three well I guess we're going to find out see you guess we're going to find out see you guys then and thanks for watching

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