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[Aisar @aisarcore]

A 24 year old from Chicago who still lives with his parents spent months studying sports betting books and found a legal edge in football parlays. He won $800,000 across two Caesars casinos. Caesars voided every ticket and sent his $50,000 stake back instead. Two state gaming commissions sided with Caesars. He is now suing them in federal court.

– Thomas McPeek is a 24 year old from suburban Chicago who lives with his parents.

– He spent months reading sports betting publications and studying parlay structures, bets where multiple events all have to happen to produce a win.

– He identified what he believed was a consistent edge in certain football wagers where Caesars was pricing odds in ways that gave a sharp bettor an advantage.

– In August 2024 he walked into the Horseshoe Casino in Hammond Indiana with roughly $30,000 and placed hundreds of small bets at self-service kiosks over the course of a week.

– He won $350,000.

– In September he moved to the Isle Casino in Bettendorf Iowa also owned by Caesars and won another $450,000.

– He placed his bets in small amounts at kiosks specifically to avoid drawing attention.

– Total winnings across both casinos: $800,000.

– When McPeek returned to collect at Horseshoe in October 2024 his winning tickets were voided.

– Caesars said he had violated their house rules by coordinating bets across state lines and by structuring his wagers in small amounts.

– Caesars refunded his original $50,000 stake. They kept the rest.

– One casino had already paid him before catching on. Blue Chip Casino in Michigan City Indiana paid him $127,000 in winnings then asked him never to return.

– McPeek filed complaints with gaming regulators in both Indiana and Iowa. Both sided with Caesars.

– In 2025 he filed a civil lawsuit against Caesars in US District Court in Nevada.

– Caesars filed a motion to dismiss in July 2025 arguing the lawsuit was filed in the wrong jurisdiction and that McPeek had agreed to their terms when placing his bets.

– "It's not like I can snap my fingers and make the bets win," McPeek told CBS News. "They still have to win."

– The case is still ongoing.

A 24 year old who lives with his parents studied betting books, found a legal edge, won $800,000 across two casinos, and watched every winning ticket get voided.

[6ɪx✦ @ok6ixx]

There's a new guy at work and he's been here maybe two weeks and we're in a meeting and my boss is talking about quarterly goals or whatever and she goes "we really need to circle back to customer retention" and this guy raises his hand and goes "I have a question" and my boss is like yes and he goes "why do you always say circle back?" and the whole room goes quiet and my boss is like what and he goes "you say it like every meeting is there a reason we're going in circles why don't we just go forward" and someone coughs and he's still going "like I've been keeping track you've said it eighteen times in two weeks" and my boss just stares at him and goes "have you never worked in an office before" and he goes "I have but nobody said circle back this much it feels aggressive" and I swear my boss aged five years and she goes "it's just a phrase" and he goes "okay but like why circles" and she just moved on with the meeting. He got let go during his probation period today and I heard him ask HR if it was because of the circle thing.

[Stunna ⛧ @stunnaclips]

1st in my bloodline to witness sumn like this.

[Reece Hamilton @reece7hamilton]

Gotta be a top 3 pint that

[Swearing Sports News @SwearingSport]

Fella caught on sky sports news on the fucking packet�

[Dirt & Sprague @DirtAndSprague]

Imagine telling a Duck fan in 2010 that this was the future for Chip Kelly

[Dov Kleiman @NFL_DovKleiman]

𝗧𝗥𝗘𝗡𝗗𝗜𝗡𝗚: Ravens star RB Derrick Henry tells a hilarious story about the legendary coach Nick Saban.

"I’m tired of y'all scoring and praying to God, and 12 am comes and you smoking black n mild and drinking, chasing girls."

😭😭😭

[Hater watch sports @Haterwatch21]

🚨 BREAKING: Notre Dame Head Coach Marcus Freeman has reportedly urged either England or France to withdraw from the World Cup Third Place Match.

“This is something we do at Notre Dame. If the game doesn’t go our way, we simply opt out. I’d rather be called chicken than get embarrassed in a game that doesn’t mean as much.”

[VishwaGuru_Ghantal @Vishwaguru2026]

Mess i 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[Siddhesh @UTDSiddhesh]

He’s crying because he has to take bribes in Argentinian pesos which are worthless

[Clyde “Curly” Dunes 🫶 @ClydeCurlyDunes]

Brian Kelly running operations at The Open

[Troll Football @TrollFootball]

World Cup semis

[BaseballHistoryNut @nut_history]

The umpire got hit in the nuts not once, not twice but three times in four innings. And not once did he think, maybe I should find a cup.

But the noise he made every time he got hit was the best. And I swear, I’m pretty sure someone said “he’s dead” on the very last one.

Funniest shit you’ll see today.

[Scott Barber @thescottbarber]

So the White House is a Thai restaurant now?

[Molly Ploofkins @Mollyploofkins]

A tourist was seriously injured Friday evening after being thrown 8 feet into the air by a bull bison in Yellowstone National Park. Professional photographer Mike Macleod filmed the incident and said the bison was "angry, agitated and charging anything and everything." (No audio)

[bum @BattleRapBum]

. @KMbappe

[Troll Football @TrollFootball]

Heading into the World Cup round of 16 like

[metal takes @trevbroammo]

@LandonTengwall adidas always misses