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Football Dream Bets £25,000 - Xabi Alonso Story
The BBC reported, on January 11 2006, that a gambler has made £25,000 after a dream came true. Football dream nets £25,000 Xabi Alonso
Adrian Hayward placed a £200 bet, at odds of 125-1, after having a dream, that Xabi Alonso, [Liverpool Football Club and Spain], would score a goal sometime this season from his own half of the field.
The Spanish international scored in the 3rd round FA Cup match against Luton.
'I've never placed such a large bet before but I had a feeling about it, 'said Mr Hayward, of Newbury, Berkshire. I was watching the Luton match on TV with my family and I saw the keeper off his line. I was shouting ' Shoot!' and he did. It seemed to take an age to hit the net but when it did, I just went berserk. '
The 42-year-old father-of-two said he might spend some of the winnings on a family holiday.
The BBC reported, on January 11 2006, that a gambler has made £25,000 after a dream came true. Football dream nets £25,000 Xabi Alonso
Adrian Hayward placed a £200 bet, at odds of 125-1, after having a dream, that Xabi Alonso, [Liverpool Football Club and Spain], would score a goal sometime this season from his own half of the field.
The Spanish international scored in the 3rd round FA Cup match against Luton.
'I've never placed such a large bet before but I had a feeling about it, 'said Mr Hayward, of Newbury, Berkshire. I was watching the Luton match on TV with my family and I saw the keeper off his line. I was shouting ' Shoot!' and he did. It seemed to take an age to hit the net but when it did, I just went berserk. '
The 42-year-old father-of-two said he might spend some of the winnings on a family holiday.
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The Longest Odds Ever LaidThe Longest Odds ever laid in a bet on Elvis
The biggest odds that Hills have ever offered is 20,000,000-1. That bet was for Elvis Presley to ride into town on Shergar and then play Lord Lucan in the Wimbledon tennis final.
(Unless you know of bigger odds?)
'If life was fair, Elvis would be alive and all the impersonators would be dead.'- Johnny Carson
The biggest odds that Hills have ever offered is 20,000,000-1. That bet was for Elvis Presley to ride into town on Shergar and then play Lord Lucan in the Wimbledon tennis final.
(Unless you know of bigger odds?)
'If life was fair, Elvis would be alive and all the impersonators would be dead.'- Johnny Carson
Penalty Miss Costs £1million
A gambler has missed out on a £1 million payout [$1,743,343USD] - because of one kick of a football. Mick Dunning, 52, was all set for a life of luxury after coming up trumps on a £2 accumulator bet. The builder had correctly predicted 14 correct football scores on Saturday - putting him within one result of netting £1m. Crazy Football Bets
There were 15 minutes left on the clock and Port Vale were 1-0 down against Blackpool; a penalty decision meant he was within reach of his 15th correct prediction of a draw. However, the spot-kick was blasted wide by Port Vale's Tony Dinning. That meant Mick's £1m payout plummeted to £22,315 [$39,000USD] with Blackpool winning the tie. 'I'm not bitter -you can't cry over something you never had, 'Mick told The Sun newspaper.
Mick, of Wimblebury, Staffs, says he will use the cash to pay off a few debts and take a luxury holiday.
A gambler has missed out on a £1 million payout [$1,743,343USD] - because of one kick of a football. Mick Dunning, 52, was all set for a life of luxury after coming up trumps on a £2 accumulator bet. The builder had correctly predicted 14 correct football scores on Saturday - putting him within one result of netting £1m. Crazy Football Bets
There were 15 minutes left on the clock and Port Vale were 1-0 down against Blackpool; a penalty decision meant he was within reach of his 15th correct prediction of a draw. However, the spot-kick was blasted wide by Port Vale's Tony Dinning. That meant Mick's £1m payout plummeted to £22,315 [$39,000USD] with Blackpool winning the tie. 'I'm not bitter -you can't cry over something you never had, 'Mick told The Sun newspaper.
Mick, of Wimblebury, Staffs, says he will use the cash to pay off a few debts and take a luxury holiday.
23rd February 2008.
Fred Craggs of Thirsk, Yorkshire, UK has won a million pounds in an eight-horse accumulator. He is the first person to win a million pounds [$2,000,000 USD] in a betting shop in the UK. His stake was only 50p [$1]. What's amazing is that Fred did not combine his selections in doubles and trebles, just a straight 8 horse accumulator.
Another remarkable feature of the bet is that all his 8 selections from Sandown, Dubai and Wolverhampton had catchy names rather than credentials based on form. The first horse, which won the 2:55 at Sandown, was called: Isn't That Lucky. It won at 10/1.
At the Dubai races, most of the horses have Arabic names, thus it's even more unlikely that horses like 'Racer Forever', 'Frosty Secret' and 'Sun Classique' could win - but they did.
Fred Craggs of Thirsk, Yorkshire, UK has won a million pounds in an eight-horse accumulator. He is the first person to win a million pounds [$2,000,000 USD] in a betting shop in the UK. His stake was only 50p [$1]. What's amazing is that Fred did not combine his selections in doubles and trebles, just a straight 8 horse accumulator.
Another remarkable feature of the bet is that all his 8 selections from Sandown, Dubai and Wolverhampton had catchy names rather than credentials based on form. The first horse, which won the 2:55 at Sandown, was called: Isn't That Lucky. It won at 10/1.
At the Dubai races, most of the horses have Arabic names, thus it's even more unlikely that horses like 'Racer Forever', 'Frosty Secret' and 'Sun Classique' could win - but they did.
some interesting tales bigmo ,thanks for sharing ,i hope to appear in one such tale one day
£100 on 6542/1 odds (won £650,000)
Predicting eight-match outcomes correctly is impressive, but predicting eight results while the games are already in play takes it to a whole new level. Even more so as the punter splashed £100 on teams that were already losing!
For this lucky Londoner, it certainly paid off, as he scooped the biggest accumulator win in the history of the sport.
The wager consisted of eight games which had just 20 minutes left to play, including a draw for West Ham (2-0 down to Stoke), Charlton to draw with Sheffield Wednesday (in a game they were losing) and the same for Coventry in their match against Leyton Orient.
Having predicted a draw between Fulham and Wigan, the latter went ahead with just eight minutes remaining and, with an extra man on the field, appeared likely to secure the victory - until Bryan Ruiz levelled from the spot with just two minutes to play to keep the hopeful punt alive.
After a number of twists and turns it appeared likely that Coventry City, 2-1 down against Leyton Orient, would be the only side to let him down - until Jim O’Brien struck in the 91st minute to confirm the draw and earn one ballsy better an unbelievable £650,000.
Not a bad return for just 20 nerve-wracking minutes and the biggest football accumulator win ever.
Predicting eight-match outcomes correctly is impressive, but predicting eight results while the games are already in play takes it to a whole new level. Even more so as the punter splashed £100 on teams that were already losing!
For this lucky Londoner, it certainly paid off, as he scooped the biggest accumulator win in the history of the sport.
The wager consisted of eight games which had just 20 minutes left to play, including a draw for West Ham (2-0 down to Stoke), Charlton to draw with Sheffield Wednesday (in a game they were losing) and the same for Coventry in their match against Leyton Orient.
Having predicted a draw between Fulham and Wigan, the latter went ahead with just eight minutes remaining and, with an extra man on the field, appeared likely to secure the victory - until Bryan Ruiz levelled from the spot with just two minutes to play to keep the hopeful punt alive.
After a number of twists and turns it appeared likely that Coventry City, 2-1 down against Leyton Orient, would be the only side to let him down - until Jim O’Brien struck in the 91st minute to confirm the draw and earn one ballsy better an unbelievable £650,000.
Not a bad return for just 20 nerve-wracking minutes and the biggest football accumulator win ever.
80p on 683,738/1 odds (won £585,000)
One lucky punter had one key rule in his betting strategy - never place a wager of more than €1 each time. All it took was one moment of luck for it to all payoff.
The anonymous football fan from a small village in Malta had placed a 19-match accumulator via the William Hill website, with the final game to be played between Premier League rivals Chelsea and Liverpool. That weekend in November 2011 had gone largely as expected, with the favourites taking the spoils in the vast majority of the games played.
With Chelsea favourites, things didn’t look good going into the match. Liverpool scored midway through the first-half before Daniel Sturridge levelled following the break. The game appeared to be heading for a draw until former-England right-back Glen Johnson popped up with three minutes left to play to score what proved to be a £585,000 goal.
One lucky punter had one key rule in his betting strategy - never place a wager of more than €1 each time. All it took was one moment of luck for it to all payoff.
The anonymous football fan from a small village in Malta had placed a 19-match accumulator via the William Hill website, with the final game to be played between Premier League rivals Chelsea and Liverpool. That weekend in November 2011 had gone largely as expected, with the favourites taking the spoils in the vast majority of the games played.
With Chelsea favourites, things didn’t look good going into the match. Liverpool scored midway through the first-half before Daniel Sturridge levelled following the break. The game appeared to be heading for a draw until former-England right-back Glen Johnson popped up with three minutes left to play to score what proved to be a £585,000 goal.
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