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DraftKings player missed out on a $1 million payday after a late stat correction took a sack away from theChicago Bears defense. - User "robocles" was in first place and set to win $1 million when the Monday night game between the Bears and Rams went final.
- The lost sack took a fantasy point away from the Bears defense, and moved robocles from first place into sixth.
- The five-spot fall dropped the prize money from $1 million to just over $3,000.
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But for one daily fantasy player, the game came with a gut-wrenching bad beat when a late stat correction cost them a $1 million win.
According to the Action Network, DraftKings user "robocles" missed out on a $1 million payday after a stat correction took a sack away from the Bears defense.
—The Action Network (@ActionNetworkHQ) October 27, 2020
As the game went final, robocles was in first place, ready to take home the top prize thanks to a lineup that loaded up on both defenses, as well as Rams standouts Jared Goff, Cooper Kupp, and Josh Reynolds.
But a stat correction later took one of the Bears' two sacks away and thus take a point away from robocles. That one-point difference in robocles' score pushed him down from first place to sixth, leaving him with a prize of just over $3,000 — still a fine payday, but nothing compared to $1 million.
The stat correction came on a sack the Bears made late in the fourth quarter, with Rams quarterback Jared Goff appearing to give himself up rather than be taken down by a Chicago defender. It's a close call.
—Justin Freeman (@JustinFreeman18) October 27, 2020
Daily fantasy payouts often come down to just one play, but to have it come down to stat correction is a particularly painful way to lose.
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