It started with a horse called Isn’t That Lucky and ended with one called A Dream Come True - a run of eight winners that turned a 50p stake into Britain’s first million pound betting-shop pay-out.
An unnamed small-time gambler, believed to be in his sixties, backed eight horses to win races in a multiple bet called an accumulator, at combined odds of nearly 2.8 million to one.
3 responses so far ↓
1 So Much For Subtlety // Feb 24, 2008 at 10:56 am
Break his legs.
He must be cheating.
(did I mention I come from a long line of Irish bookies?)
2 Monty // Feb 24, 2008 at 7:28 pm
Me old Grandad gradually lost all his money through the horsies. He couldn’t resist a flutter. He dreamed of this type of win, but like a lot of punters, he wanted the money to give away a nice little nest-egg to his family.
I’m delighted for this winner, and I hope he spends it to his best advantage, and never gives the bookie another penny. Take the money and run.
(I did. When I was fourteen I won 30 shillings from a shilling each way bet on Specify, in the National. He came home at 33 to one. And that’s when 30 bob was one pound ten. I took my serious folding money away, and never looked back.)
3 Steve B // Feb 24, 2008 at 11:48 pm
Bookies love multiples, an absolute cash cow even with the odd one coming in like this.
Fair play to him though, hope he lives it up!
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