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One William Hill punter enjoyed the best possible start to the new turf season by landing over £440,000 from a £31 stake in an audacious multiple bet.
The 50p each-way Lucky 31 returned £441,913 with Astral Beau’s win in the Doncaster Mile securing the monster payout where all five of the punter’s selections obliged.
William Hill spokesperson Lee Phelps said: “It’s certainly been a brilliant Saturday for one of our customers, whose 50p each-way Lucky 31 won them over £440,000.
“All five of the selections in the bet won, including Migration at 18-1 in the highlight of the day, the Lincoln at Doncaster, and after their final pick, Astral Beau, won well in the next race they were celebrating taking home £441,913.”
The winning bet
Foxes Tales (2.05 Kempton) 4-1 WON
Bear Force One (2.40 Kempton) 20-1 WON
Vadream (3.00 Doncaster) 10-1 WON
Migration (3.35 Doncaster) 18-1 WON
Astral Beau (4.10 Doncaster) 40-1 (45p R4) WON
Foxes Tales got the ball rolling on the all-weather at Kempton when justifying 5-2 favouritism in the Listed Magnolia Stakes. The punter got 4-1 about the Andrew Balding-trained winner, by far the shortest price of any of his five winning picks.
Bear Force One in the mile handicap which followed was an inspired selection, considering Roger Teal’s gelding had been winless in six starts since scoring on turf at Newbury in August 2021.
Bear Force One, though, was 3lb below that last winning mark and bettered his third-placed effort at the track when last seen to score by half a length under Lewis Edmunds. The starting price was 16-1, but again the punter got slightly more value at 20-1.
Job done on the all-weather, but it would be down to the headline Saturday meeting at Doncaster on the turf to bring the outlandish bet home. Given her preference for testing conditions and that trainer Charlie Fellowes had primed her with this Listed event solely in mind, Vadream was gettable in the Cammidge Trophy.
She duly provided the punter with another double-figure priced winner at 10-1. You could make a case for Vadream but Migration, by contrast, was a trends-busting winner of the day’s feature event the Lincoln.
No topweight had won since 2004 and Migration became the first horse older than six to take the competitive handicap since 1998. That left Astral Beau, who had never contested a grade higher than Class 4 handicaps, as the punter’s final leg.
Pam Sly’s filly took the step up in grade with aplomb, leaving the punter with little to worry about when cruising home by four lengths under Rob Hornby.
The 50p each-way Lucky 31 returned £441,913 with Astral Beau’s win in the Doncaster Mile securing the monster payout where all five of the punter’s selections obliged.
William Hill spokesperson Lee Phelps said: “It’s certainly been a brilliant Saturday for one of our customers, whose 50p each-way Lucky 31 won them over £440,000.
“All five of the selections in the bet won, including Migration at 18-1 in the highlight of the day, the Lincoln at Doncaster, and after their final pick, Astral Beau, won well in the next race they were celebrating taking home £441,913.”
The winning bet
Foxes Tales (2.05 Kempton) 4-1 WON
Bear Force One (2.40 Kempton) 20-1 WON
Vadream (3.00 Doncaster) 10-1 WON
Migration (3.35 Doncaster) 18-1 WON
Astral Beau (4.10 Doncaster) 40-1 (45p R4) WON
Foxes Tales got the ball rolling on the all-weather at Kempton when justifying 5-2 favouritism in the Listed Magnolia Stakes. The punter got 4-1 about the Andrew Balding-trained winner, by far the shortest price of any of his five winning picks.
Bear Force One in the mile handicap which followed was an inspired selection, considering Roger Teal’s gelding had been winless in six starts since scoring on turf at Newbury in August 2021.
Bear Force One, though, was 3lb below that last winning mark and bettered his third-placed effort at the track when last seen to score by half a length under Lewis Edmunds. The starting price was 16-1, but again the punter got slightly more value at 20-1.
Job done on the all-weather, but it would be down to the headline Saturday meeting at Doncaster on the turf to bring the outlandish bet home. Given her preference for testing conditions and that trainer Charlie Fellowes had primed her with this Listed event solely in mind, Vadream was gettable in the Cammidge Trophy.
She duly provided the punter with another double-figure priced winner at 10-1. You could make a case for Vadream but Migration, by contrast, was a trends-busting winner of the day’s feature event the Lincoln.
No topweight had won since 2004 and Migration became the first horse older than six to take the competitive handicap since 1998. That left Astral Beau, who had never contested a grade higher than Class 4 handicaps, as the punter’s final leg.
Pam Sly’s filly took the step up in grade with aplomb, leaving the punter with little to worry about when cruising home by four lengths under Rob Hornby.
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I'm not sure I could find those winners with the results section in front of me. WD to the Hills punter after what one imagines is a lifetime of 50p e/w lucky 31s.
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Let's hope he doesn't fail the affordability check.I'm sure there wouldn't be a RP article then.
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What a win. Well done that man.
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Where does it say it’s a man ?
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Great stuff , the bookies don't mind the occasional result like this , better advertising than any celebrity themed rubbish........
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Half a million payout- But millions in advertising
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Good grief…..
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He should have left out the ew and done £1 win lucky 31!! Wimp
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Wasn't you this time then 626!
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Jeez even the happy stories attract negativity
WD whoever they are. |
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I am waiting for the endless debate on a supposed cashout and the advice as to what he should have done.
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Bear Force One was well backed near the off too!
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https://www.attheraces.com/atrplayer-popout/VOD/1346016/true?showResult=yes
Imagine cheering your last horse home. What a feeling that must have been  |
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That rule 4 on the last one must have made a fair difference...?
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surprised the reporter didn't frame it as "bookie using technicality to reduce punter's payday by quarter of million"
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Great win , well done that person whoever you are
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But you don’t know them Hayden….could be any stamp….
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Don't care about that Ace , like to see big winners and also rather than post sad faces on the 1.01 beat threads associated with losers would much rather congratulate the 1.01 layers.
Always been more interested in winners than losers |
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Superb win & GL for whoever it was.
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40/1 even with a 45% deduction is a lot better than the SP. Someone dropped a rick pricing that one up!
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Wasn't you this time then 626!
Nope Stewart , I cannot put that type of bet on with them anymore.....well I can if it is a combination of Golf , Football , Snooker , tiddlywinks .......but not a single horse amongst them....... |
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Lies......everything is lies............it's all lies!!!!
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I agree Hayden nothing better than seeing a punter collecting a few quid if they are decent….
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Just a splash to a company that can afford a hit
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19.5 million to find off laying Irish Lottos and cartoon racing will take some pegging back.
Fck em |
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Yep totally agree….as long as the person is decent and not an undesirable
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fair play to the bugger but why do people do these tiny stake luckies. do you really want 50p on the last 3 after the others have gone in? do a canadian by all means but the singles are simply bollox
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Well done sparrow
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Nice. But that rule 4 in the last
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It's a big deduction Freddie for sure but then again if no withdrawal he may not have had a full winning multi , we'll never know of course.
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It beat s.p. with deductions. Limit stakes incoming
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Well done and good luck to the punter!! Can anyone explain what is "audacious" about a 50p EW Lucky 31??
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Hills trying to claw back a bit of positive publicity after their record fine
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always seems to be william hill big payouts
anyone seen a big payout threesixfives |
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yeah, that 19 yo student who placed all those combo bets
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A Bet365 account in the name of McCann, who was a 19-year-old student at the time, placed a stake of almost £25,000 on 12 horses running in races at Bath, Kempton Park and Naas on 22 June 2016. Bet365 accepted the bets – a combined total of 960 £13 each-way Lucky 15s – which were mostly successful and returned a total payout of £984,833.
However, Bet365 refused to pay the winnings, claiming the original stake for the bets had been provided by a third party in contravention of the firm’s terms and conditions. It also refused to refund the £25,000 stake. https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2019/jun/12/megan-mccann-case-bet-365-discontinued |
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Settled out of court subject to non-disclosure agreement! Rumours that terms favourable to the bookmaker, but then they would say that wouldn't they.
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