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Green Lantern
February 23rd, 2008, 9:57:10 PM
$1 bet yields $2,000,000


LONDON - A lucky gambler has made 1 million pounds, or about $1.97 million, from a 50 pence ($1) bet, British bookmaker William Hill said Saturday.

The man, who William Hill has not identified, correctly guessed the outcome of eight horse races Friday, beating odds of two-million-to-one.

He walked into a William Hill branch in the north England town of Thirsk and placed wagers on eight horses in eight different contests in a so-called “accumulator bet,” the company said...


http://sports.yahoo.com/rah/news?slug=ap-isntthatlucky&prov=ap&type=lgns

Billsman
February 23rd, 2008, 10:27:38 PM
Damn

Green Lantern
February 23rd, 2008, 10:32:37 PM
Englands' JLB, that is what we will call him.

JLB
February 23rd, 2008, 10:47:59 PM
betting on the if come.

great way to bet. :D

CrazzyLegs10
February 24th, 2008, 10:07:19 AM
i didn't even think they let you bet anything that could have an outcome like that, my betting sites always stopped mine at 64k :)

GilPerreault
March 10th, 2008, 9:54:50 PM
I'm sick of seeing Flyers vs Sabres on my screen. It has been down hill for the Sabres since after that game. So, who is the luckiest man alive?

Victor7
March 11th, 2008, 1:35:56 PM
lucky sob, he must've been abused in his past life or something 'cause that's just too much luck.