(Aus.) $2.2 million for $1 all up!
 

60yr.old 50p punter in England just won (Aus) $2.2 million for backing 8 winners in a row!

Turns out to bet the largest ever Betting shop win in the world. I think I'd need a cup of tea and a good lay down after that effort.

Yes, I saw that crash.
There seems to be some discussion that it could be a marketing ploy.
He'd have to have at least two longshots in the mix to get that sort of payout.
It's probably true, but I reserve judgement til we at least see a scan of the ticket.

Here are the odds, but they don't say in which order.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/...?section=justin

Chrome, that's what we were talking about in another thread, 6x9-1 shots = 1million to one, 8x6-1 shots = 1.6m to one. that's why pommie punters prefer multiple bets i.e Yanky's, Super Yanky's etc the CHANCE to win big
for a modest outlay.

Thanks, sounds legit seeing as they have actually published the odds of the winners.
Good luck to him, I bet he spent a fortune in his lifetime and is only now in front :)

no doubt, but it happens every week if not every day, not to that extreme, but big winners every week.

That's how my grandfather made his fortune in Ireland.
In Limerick, he picked the card in an all-up bet, although he didn't bet via exotics (don't even know if they were around then), he "let it ride" for the card.
He did it by looking at the horses in the yard :eek:

Probably a good thing to have a race card all-up of random numbers rather than a Tattslotto ticket. Much better odds and a lot cheaper!

Hey Crash, thats a brilliant idea!

Chrome, my Grandads story. He had an allottment alongside Teeside Park Racecourse (then Stckton Racecourse) he was asked by a visiting trainer if they could hire some buildings for the day as there weren't enough stables on the Course;and he agreed. Later the trainer gave him three tips rank outsiders but all with a good chance.

The next day he and my dad went to the races (a first for my Grandad) he put his shilling on the first horse, it won at monumental odds! they had some lunch and a few beers out of the winnings and waited till the next one was running, he put whatever was in his pocket on the second one at something like 50-1, it won, they went and shouted the bar, and had a great time till the last race, he put what was left (a substanial amount in those days) on the last one, ......it got beat in a photo finish at massive odds, so he done the lot.

When he got home, staggering and singing, my Gran asked how did you do?

he said "ah, I lost a shilling"

Oh that's a brilliant story, I like the way he told her - that's gold!

Here's a story for you, it's mine and it's true.

I won $7,500 one day after picking a trifecta, this is circa 1984.
In those days, you had to bet 10 minutes before the race as it closed well before they jumped.

I took the three shortest horses in a boxed trifecta after the radio tote callout.

By the time they jumped I had actually boxed the three rank outsiders in a horse race in Newcastle on a Tuesday afternoon.

Imagine my astonishment as they crossed the line locked together, I had nearly not listened to the race,as I gave up because the odds were all wrong.

But here's the real gruesome story later...

I had followed a horse for a while called Louisville Lip at the trots, and it was going around pretty short but with no real opposition.

I put $5,000 on it on the tote - stupid, but I was at home and had no bookie account.

The horse went around real short and lead all the way...

Coming into the straight, another horse was cutting it down, they get to the line and it's a photo...

5 agonising minutes later, Louisville Lip gets the photo by a nostril.

As I'm wiping the sweat from my brow and having a cold drink, thinking I'll never do that again, geez I was lucky. The course commentator breaks into the broadcast and says "the warning siren has sounded, there's a protest alleging interference over the last 50 metres, 2nd against the winner"

I'm like "what the hell, this has got to be a joke"

I had to wait a further 10 minutes for the result.

"Protest upheld" :(

Apparently Louisville Lip had layed out under pressure and run the challenger off the track.

I did 5K cold.

Lesson learnt!!!

I think it was 1983 the night it was beaten by Distant Thunder, but can't be sure, I erased the name of the winner from my memory forever.

that hurts chrome

seeing were in the story telling mode - caulfield cup day 2001

i was living out in the scrub at the time making a packet & still following the nags via radio when i could, one of whom was a little mare called Ethereal. so saturday morning i make the trip to town & plonk $500 to win with the tab & head back to work.

anyway she wins in a photo, i nearly have a stroke & jump straight into the car to go collect, turn radio tab on to be greeted with the news theres a protest, sky heights (oliver i think) against my mare. it was the longest drive of me life & thankfully the protest was finally dismissed & i collected from memory around $5000.

the tragedy of this story? i went off ethereal & onto sky heights in the melb cup & of course she wins comfortably, & im still not pleased with myself 7 odd years later.

Oh, that's bad!

Imagine being told you've won after a 5 minute deliberation and then losing on protest after a 10 minute deliberation.

Bit like being told you've won lotto, no it's your neighbour - sorry.

hey cp you win the 'biggest loser' contest by a mile,

:D