Chris Paul, Victor Wembanyama's NBA Skills Challenge antics left hurt bettors begging for a void

Betting on NBA All-Star events is always a risk, and those who failed to take heed on Saturday learned that lesson the hard way during the Skills Challenge — or at least people who bet on Team Spurs did.

Chris Paul and Victor Wembanyama thought they found a clever little loophole to win the event, bypassing their three-point shots in an attempt to save time. The plan backfired, though, as the duo was disqualified. They went from second-best odds to win (+225) — attracting the money at BetMGM — to not placing at all.

That counted as an L for their bettors, as the favored Team Cavs took the victory.

Wemby and CP3 were disqualified from the skills challenge for not taking a shot 😂pic.twitter.com/H9FLtRZ4WR

— FanDuel Sportsbook (@FDSportsbook) February 16, 2025

The only thing left for Team Spurs bettors to do was open their X accounts and beg sportsbooks to void their wagers. If they were being real with themselves, they knew that was never going to happen.

Void right ?!?

— professional improviser (@fanalyst_the) February 16, 2025

If FanDuel cared about its customers, it would refund any spurs bets

— Tom Fox (@FoxyTom21) February 16, 2025

Please void

— Joe Baress (@dukemich) February 16, 2025

Yall better give me my money back

— Cody Reynolds (@cody_reynolds21) February 16, 2025

I’m going to need @DKSportsbook to void my spurs skills challenge bet. This is wild

— AeO (@ObieO) February 16, 2025

@DKSportsbook how can you say I lost my bet for the spurs skills challenge when you don’t even know what the rules were? That’s a void in my book. @NBA @barstoolsports

— Chad Swartwout Jr (@SwartwoutJr) February 16, 2025

@FanDuel_Support yall literally have to void all team spurs bets for the skills challenge!

— Kwan ❤️‍🔥🤺 (@kwan__nyc) February 16, 2025

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