Punter wins 350K on 1 pound bet
May 20th 2011, 6:59 am
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Punter wins 350K on 1 pound bet
I love this! So what would you do if you won lots of money?
An out-of-work punter has netted a fortune after winning a 50p each-way bet at odds of 706,128 to one.
The gambler - who has been out of work since being laid-off following heart surgery five years ago - put the tiny bet on a seven-horse accumulator on Tuesday with bookie William Hill.
And the father of two from Glasgow - who has requested anonymity - hit the jackpot when Kylladie romped home in the last race of the day at Kempton Park to win him an astonishing £353,000.
Amazingly, the lucky punter thought he'd only won around £20,000 - and only realised that he'd won the vast sum when he logged in to his online betting account and saw the huge figure in his account.
"My brain was a wreck and I couldn't understand the balance on my account," laughed the man, who plans to buy a house and visit his sisters overseas. "I regularly place these little bets and everyone tells me I'm mad. I've hit the bar a few times, but this is incredible."
The magnificent seven - how the £353,000 was won:
4:50 - Brighton - Miss Dutee 12/1
5:00 - Nottingham - Abidhabidubai 15/2
6:30 - Kempton - Poyle Punch 11/2
7:10 - Towcester - Bollywood 9/2
8:00 - Kempton - Loves Theme 9/2
8:40 - Towcester - Timoca 13/2
9:00 - Kempton - Kylladdie 10/3
The gambler - who has been out of work since being laid-off following heart surgery five years ago - put the tiny bet on a seven-horse accumulator on Tuesday with bookie William Hill.
And the father of two from Glasgow - who has requested anonymity - hit the jackpot when Kylladie romped home in the last race of the day at Kempton Park to win him an astonishing £353,000.
Amazingly, the lucky punter thought he'd only won around £20,000 - and only realised that he'd won the vast sum when he logged in to his online betting account and saw the huge figure in his account.
"My brain was a wreck and I couldn't understand the balance on my account," laughed the man, who plans to buy a house and visit his sisters overseas. "I regularly place these little bets and everyone tells me I'm mad. I've hit the bar a few times, but this is incredible."
The magnificent seven - how the £353,000 was won:
4:50 - Brighton - Miss Dutee 12/1
5:00 - Nottingham - Abidhabidubai 15/2
6:30 - Kempton - Poyle Punch 11/2
7:10 - Towcester - Bollywood 9/2
8:00 - Kempton - Loves Theme 9/2
8:40 - Towcester - Timoca 13/2
9:00 - Kempton - Kylladdie 10/3
May 21st 2011, 4:40 am
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Re: Punter wins 350K on 1 pound bet
Did you see the winner of the 5 pm is called AbuDhabiDubai!
Good for him. Do you remember the two homeless guys who won the lottery years back? Great heartwarming story.
Good for him. Do you remember the two homeless guys who won the lottery years back? Great heartwarming story.
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May 21st 2011, 5:43 am
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Re: Punter wins 350K on 1 pound bet
Yes, read about this on the BBC - apparently the bookies had declared him to be luckiest ever punter? They would say that when he's just taken them to the cleaners - great read, well done that man.
May 21st 2011, 6:33 am
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Re: Punter wins 350K on 1 pound bet
If I won lots of money I'd travel, travel, travel. I don't think I'd lie on my deathbed saying "I wish I'd bought a porsche, I wish I'd built that kitchen extension" - but there are places to see before I die and some extra dosh would help me get to even more.
May 21st 2011, 6:57 am
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Re: Punter wins 350K on 1 pound bet
It's a wonder he didn't have heart problems waiting for the result of the 7th race at Kempton!
