McBrid
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I put that exact bet on at the euros but only put 2 quid on it and won a couple of hundred. Was delighted with that bet!
What's the most you've won on a bet?
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I put that exact bet on at the euros but only put 2 quid on it and won a couple of hundred. Was delighted with that bet!
i was over the moon too as it was a couple of days before we flew off on holiday, so was a nice bit of extra 'spends'
loads of mates on FB telling me to cash out with about 5 minutes to go and i was nervous about another goal going in (if i recall we had a couple of corners in the dying minutes), but the way i view it is if it hadn't come off, i would have lost £3, not £333. Fortune favours the brave!
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3 bottles of Black Tower for a tenner to celebrate?
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Forgiven the jockey yet?
Four-All
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Not a bet as such, but I won the Boro Jackpot lottery the day we lost 2-1 to Arsenal in the 1997-98 FA Cup fourth round. I only bought a ticket because I knew the girl selling the tickets at the turnstile I went through, as I worked with her mam. Couldn't believe it when they announced the numbers at half time and the jackpot number matched my ticket!
Had to go round to the lottery office after the match (through a door in the side of the west stand, as this was before the south-west corner had been built) and they counted out £860 in £5 and £10 notes and gave me it in an A4 brown envelope. Decided to get a taxi home rather than walk back into town for the bus!
Had to go round to the lottery office after the match (through a door in the side of the west stand, as this was before the south-west corner had been built) and they counted out £860 in £5 and £10 notes and gave me it in an A4 brown envelope. Decided to get a taxi home rather than walk back into town for the bus!
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wayhey here he is. Reporting live from Bucharest
Over £1700 off a 25p bet on 4 numbers on the irish lottery.
Was away for the weekend at blue dolphin id been out and about in scarborough during the day but forgot to nip into the bookies. Every week i did 3 numbers mine, my brother and sister's birthday and a 4 number bet with my mam's birthday included.
Got to about 6 o'clock and i thought b0ll0cks i havent put my irish on, 9/10 times i wouldnt be bothered but this one time i went back into scarborough and put it on ...
Thought nothing of it until i checked the numbers when i went into the bookies on the following wednesday and what did i find on the board all 4 of my numbers on saturday's draw.
Needless to say the bookies in boro wasnt best chuffed paying me out when i'd put the bet on in a william hill in scarborough
Im certainly not greedy and have not once thought since i wished i'd put a £1 stake on that would have paid out over £6500
Was away for the weekend at blue dolphin id been out and about in scarborough during the day but forgot to nip into the bookies. Every week i did 3 numbers mine, my brother and sister's birthday and a 4 number bet with my mam's birthday included.
Got to about 6 o'clock and i thought b0ll0cks i havent put my irish on, 9/10 times i wouldnt be bothered but this one time i went back into scarborough and put it on ...
Thought nothing of it until i checked the numbers when i went into the bookies on the following wednesday and what did i find on the board all 4 of my numbers on saturday's draw.
Needless to say the bookies in boro wasnt best chuffed paying me out when i'd put the bet on in a william hill in scarborough
Im certainly not greedy and have not once thought since i wished i'd put a £1 stake on that would have paid out over £6500
TheBoroBuzzard
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My hard luck story like A_Ms happened at Cheltenham this year, but at least I got a return.
Did a 80p Lucky 15 on the first 4 races on Day One - first 3 won Shishkin 7/1, Putthekettleon 18/1 and The Conditional 8/1..all going onto Darver Star in the Champ Hurdle, turning for home he looked like he had a chance but only finished 3rd. Returned £ 1,495, but had it won at the 10s I got him at in the morning, it would have been a couple of quid shy of £19k
Did a 80p Lucky 15 on the first 4 races on Day One - first 3 won Shishkin 7/1, Putthekettleon 18/1 and The Conditional 8/1..all going onto Darver Star in the Champ Hurdle, turning for home he looked like he had a chance but only finished 3rd. Returned £ 1,495, but had it won at the 10s I got him at in the morning, it would have been a couple of quid shy of £19k
breakthewallsdown
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Goshen falling at the last done me for £1k personally and a group bet for £8k
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Ah, that brings back painful memories, not for those kind of sums but it still irks.
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Doom_On_Horseback
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Got 5 numbers on the lottery about 10 years ago. It was a Wednesday night. Got about £850 if memory serves. Was pretty gutted actually. Strange feeling.
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What would an average payout be for 5 numbers? Seemed to tail off over the years as the lottery became saturated.
joeychicago
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£5500. Bet was £500 on a 10/1 acca.
The money went straight back into the bookies accounts across the next few days, chasing a bigger win, as didn't feel any sense of joy at winning that. Really bad few years struggling with betting, thankfully not had a bet in over a year now
The money went straight back into the bookies accounts across the next few days, chasing a bigger win, as didn't feel any sense of joy at winning that. Really bad few years struggling with betting, thankfully not had a bet in over a year now
American_Mary
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My biggest ever win was at Hexham on a horse called Dalton Dandy in April 1991, my now wife, then girlfriend and I had been seeing each other for a few months and her older brother, Mark, was really into his horses.
Mark, was the manager of the Marine Hotel in Seaton Carew and Vic Hall the trainer used to pop in for a drink and he told him about this useful Hunter Chaser with bad legs who needed 3 miles on fast ground to show his best form that he had in the yard, he'd broken down after a run at Market Rasen the previous October and he was being quietly nursed back to health with the aim of landing a little tickle when conditions were in his favour.
The plot was hatched and a race was found, a Maiden Chase at Hexham on a Monday night at the end of April, a couple of weeks earlier they ran him over an inadequate 2m at Sedgefield to get him fully fit and not reveal too much of his talent.
It was a dry spring.....almost too dry, Hexham back then couldn't water and the meeting was in doubt due to how firm the going was.
In those days betting shops weren't open on an evening which was part of the plan, the race was due off at 6.15 and Vic Hall had placed his bets around small independent firms in the afternoon, small amounts here and there to not raise suspicion and so the money wouldn't feed back to the track, the horse was 50/1 and 40/1 on the early shows, he had over a £1000 on I was later told.
Me, my Grandad and three friends decided that as it was a nice night we'd take the trip to the course, I drove and we got there in plenty of time, we backed the first race winner and then got ready for the main event, we'd decided that we'd try and get small amounts on at first show as not to collapse the market, we went around and placed fivers each way at 50's and most of the bookies, apart from MacBet cut their prices to 40's and 33's, so we went back in again with £10 each ways and then again at 25's and 20's, MacBet was always the biggest price and was vocal in opining the horse had no chance.
Along with the smaller bets I got £25 each way at 40's and the same at 33's the price started to collapse and within a couple of minutes DD was generally an 8/1 shot with the odd bit of 10's. Our work done we bought a pint and found a good spot to watch the race.
There's a certain nervous apprehension in a situation like this, betwixt the placing of the bet and the race itself, time passes slowly and you envisage what could go wrong, you try to distract from what is about to unfold, they cantered past to the start and the race began, Dalton Dandy was always in the first couple, jumped like a stag, took up the running at the bottom of the hill and won hard held by 3 lengths, the nervousness dissipated into excitement and then into relief and joy.
We made our way along the bookies collecting handfuls of cash, we decided to leave for the night as that amount of money on a racecourse, with beer and sun is a dangerous combination, we counted out our cash and between us we had over £27k, my share was around £12k, the equivalent of my annual salary at the time.
After the race Dalton Dandy broke down badly and looked like he'd never race again, a month later my brother in law was killed in a road accident on his birthday he was collecting a cake for a party we were having that night, a horse in Dalton Dandy's red and white hooped colours iced on top, I always look at the night Hexham as the last day of innocence of my life.
3 years later Dalton Dandy was entered in a Hunter Chase at Doncaster over 3 miles on firm ground, I'm not usually a sentimental bettor but I had to have a bet that day £25 each way at 40/1, he won.
So whilst I've seen some great horses in some great venues, Hexham and Dalton Dandy will always hold an extra special place in my heart.
Mark, was the manager of the Marine Hotel in Seaton Carew and Vic Hall the trainer used to pop in for a drink and he told him about this useful Hunter Chaser with bad legs who needed 3 miles on fast ground to show his best form that he had in the yard, he'd broken down after a run at Market Rasen the previous October and he was being quietly nursed back to health with the aim of landing a little tickle when conditions were in his favour.
The plot was hatched and a race was found, a Maiden Chase at Hexham on a Monday night at the end of April, a couple of weeks earlier they ran him over an inadequate 2m at Sedgefield to get him fully fit and not reveal too much of his talent.
It was a dry spring.....almost too dry, Hexham back then couldn't water and the meeting was in doubt due to how firm the going was.
In those days betting shops weren't open on an evening which was part of the plan, the race was due off at 6.15 and Vic Hall had placed his bets around small independent firms in the afternoon, small amounts here and there to not raise suspicion and so the money wouldn't feed back to the track, the horse was 50/1 and 40/1 on the early shows, he had over a £1000 on I was later told.
Me, my Grandad and three friends decided that as it was a nice night we'd take the trip to the course, I drove and we got there in plenty of time, we backed the first race winner and then got ready for the main event, we'd decided that we'd try and get small amounts on at first show as not to collapse the market, we went around and placed fivers each way at 50's and most of the bookies, apart from MacBet cut their prices to 40's and 33's, so we went back in again with £10 each ways and then again at 25's and 20's, MacBet was always the biggest price and was vocal in opining the horse had no chance.
Along with the smaller bets I got £25 each way at 40's and the same at 33's the price started to collapse and within a couple of minutes DD was generally an 8/1 shot with the odd bit of 10's. Our work done we bought a pint and found a good spot to watch the race.
There's a certain nervous apprehension in a situation like this, betwixt the placing of the bet and the race itself, time passes slowly and you envisage what could go wrong, you try to distract from what is about to unfold, they cantered past to the start and the race began, Dalton Dandy was always in the first couple, jumped like a stag, took up the running at the bottom of the hill and won hard held by 3 lengths, the nervousness dissipated into excitement and then into relief and joy.
We made our way along the bookies collecting handfuls of cash, we decided to leave for the night as that amount of money on a racecourse, with beer and sun is a dangerous combination, we counted out our cash and between us we had over £27k, my share was around £12k, the equivalent of my annual salary at the time.
After the race Dalton Dandy broke down badly and looked like he'd never race again, a month later my brother in law was killed in a road accident on his birthday he was collecting a cake for a party we were having that night, a horse in Dalton Dandy's red and white hooped colours iced on top, I always look at the night Hexham as the last day of innocence of my life.
3 years later Dalton Dandy was entered in a Hunter Chase at Doncaster over 3 miles on firm ground, I'm not usually a sentimental bettor but I had to have a bet that day £25 each way at 40/1, he won.
So whilst I've seen some great horses in some great venues, Hexham and Dalton Dandy will always hold an extra special place in my heart.
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Heine_Otto
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Sharastani won - I had Sharastani and Dancing Brave straight forecast so I was happy that day
ticker_tape
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Hadnt had a bet of my own for 4 seasons, studied the current form and picked out 12 games for a soccer 7, read the red button team news and picked 2 soccer 7 bets from the 12 £5 on each. 1 bet came up £329. Week after it fell on its asre,never bothered for 3 seasons since. although our gang have a £2 each match bet ! £20 in total and take it in turns... split bet GS...Result we had £45 each due when the crowd lockdown...... which reminds me.
slavens_holgate_fence
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20k on the lottery about 2 years ago, it was one of the raffles
I knew nothing about it until a few weeks later when I checked my online banking
I knew nothing about it until a few weeks later when I checked my online banking
Pak_Doo_Ik
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Penzance when it won the 2005 Triumph Hurdle a few years ago. Alan King had said it was the best juvenille hurdler he had trained and with that I backed it at 20/1 and then after every run or with any bit of spare cash I backed it again, it won by the shortest of margins beating a useful hurdler called Faasel and a horse owned by Alan Shearer I think in the end I won about £1,200.
But there is always a one that got away story, a phone call from my mate on a wet Friday morning telling me to get to the bookies and have a fiver each way on a horse for next years 2,000 Guineas that was running that night, you should get 33/1. The horse was called Frankel but wasn't priced up. I asked the fella behind the counter, he told me he couldn't see it in the Guineas betting but it was 33/1 for The Derby maybe I'd got the races mixed up.
My mate had a big wedge on it by the time it ran in the Guineas, I had a fiver each way on it to to win the Derby!!!
Frankels stats for anybody that doesn't know
1111/11111/11111
It never ran in The Derby!!!!
I think in the end I won about £1,200.But there is always a one that got away story, a phone call from my mate on a wet Friday morning telling me to get to the bookies and have a fiver each way on a horse for next years 2,000 Guineas that was running that night, you should get 33/1. The horse was called Frankel but wasn't priced up. I asked the fella behind the counter, he told me he couldn't see it in the Guineas betting but it was 33/1 for The Derby maybe I'd got the races mixed up.
My mate had a big wedge on it by the time it ran in the Guineas, I had a fiver each way on it to to win the Derby!!!
Frankels stats for anybody that doesn't know
1111/11111/11111
It never ran in The Derby!!!!
chickenrunner
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I don't gamble but back in 1980 I was visiting a mate in Durham. On the Saturday lunch time we went with his dad to their local, it was pretty full. The landlord ran a book (no each ways) and I was encouraged to put a bet on the next race on the telly. So I picked a horse called Tyrnavos simply 'cos my mates name was Turner and put a £1 on, the landlord was offering 100-1 on it. The bloody thing only won and I pocketed £100. The looks I got off the regulars, I didn't think I'd get out alive.