We love nothing more than celebrating our fellow degenerates who hit it big. While most of us are grinding out small wins (or, let's be honest, taking losses), some absolute legends are out there turning lunch money into life-changing money.

Here are this week's Parlay Heroes — the brave souls who looked at ridiculous odds and said, "Yeah, I like those."

The Quick Hit

• Biggest win: Nearly $850,000 on a $15, 17-leg parlay
• Best ROI: $25 turned into $60,612 on a 6-leg TD scorer parlay
• Wildest hedge: $79,455 on a parlay that needed Duke to win the ACC (they did, in OT)
• The move: Respect the parlay, fear the parlay, occasionally throw $25 at a 6-legger

The $850K 17-Leg Monster

Let's start with the most insane win of the week.

Some beautiful psychopath put together a SEVENTEEN LEG parlay. Seventeen. That's not a bet, that's a prayer with a receipt.

The wager? Just $15.

The payout? Nearly $850,000.

We don't have all the details on what was in this monster, but at 17 legs, this person was basically betting on the entire NFL slate plus probably some player props. Every. Single. Leg. Hit.

The odds on a 17-legger like this are astronomical — we're talking something like +5,600,000 or higher. This person looked at those odds and said, "You know what? I feel lucky."

Legend status: ACHIEVED.

The $25 Anytime TD Scorer Special

Here's one that hits closer to home for those of us who like to sprinkle on some touchdown scorers.

A Caesars Sports customer built a six-leg parlay picking two anytime touchdown scorers from each of the three late-window NFL games on Sunday. The bet was $25.

But here's where it gets good: They used a Super Parlay boost promotion, which juiced up the odds significantly.

The payout? $60,612.50.

That's a 2,424x return on a pretty straightforward strategy — just pick guys who are going to find the end zone. Of course, picking SIX guys across three games who all score is way harder than it sounds, but when it hits? Chef's kiss.

The $200K Bonus Bet Miracle

Sometimes the best bets are the ones that cost you nothing.

A DraftKings customer had a $10 bonus bet just sitting there. Instead of playing it safe, they went full degen: a 13-leg parlay of mostly anytime touchdown scorers.

The odds? +2,009,826. That's over 20,000-to-1.

The payout when all 13 legs hit? $200,982.66 in REAL CASH.

Bonus bets are house money, but this person turned house money into actual house money. As in, they can probably buy a house now.

The Duke-OKC Parlay Nobody Saw Coming

This one is special because it required believing in something truly insane: Duke winning the ACC.

A bettor combined an Oklahoma City Thunder win with Duke winning the ACC championship at +10000 odds. The Thunder part was reasonable. The Duke part? The Blue Devils had FIVE LOSSES and needed to win a five-way tiebreaker just to get to the championship game.

But Duke won the tiebreaker. Then they beat Virginia 27-20 in overtime as 3.5-point underdogs.

The payout? $79,455.88.

Sometimes the chaos works in your favor.

The $500K Rams Moneyline Whale

Not every big bet is a parlay. Sometimes you just have conviction and a massive bankroll.

A DraftKings customer put $500,000 on the Rams moneyline at -500 against the Cardinals. LA was a massive favorite, but half a million dollars is half a million dollars — one bad bounce and you're crying into your empty wallet.

The Rams won 45-17. The bettor collected their $100,000 profit like it was nothing.

This is what they call "whale behavior," and we respect it.

The Bottom Line

Parlays are a tax on hope. The books love them because most of them lose. But every once in a while, someone threads the needle, hits every leg, and walks away with life-changing money.

These are our heroes. These are the dreamers who looked at a 17-leg parlay and said "why not?" These are the degenerates who turned bonus bets into six figures.

Will your next parlay hit? Probably not. But will you stop playing them? Also probably not.

And that's why we're all here.

Salute to this week's Parlay Heroes. May we all be so lucky.