i witnessed a fantastically amazing event yesterday

Mark A · 4 Aug 2013 at 16:01

I wonder how much he has spent over the years gambling and if this win covers it?

SexyGreyFox · 4 Aug 2013 at 16:35

Mark A said:
I wonder how much he has spent over the years gambling and if this win covers it?

My old man does quite well over a year betting on mainly horses & football and he always has a '3:1 about' when betting on football (3 goals against 1 for either team) and he wins a lot.
He allows himself £5 a day betting and the money he wins at the end of the week goes in a pot which them goes on a big blow out day at a racing course so eventually the bookie gets it all.
At least twice a year he will have a big win (say £1000) and he will buy a toy so if you do the math he always slightly comes out on top but not by much.

Feek · 4 Aug 2013 at 16:51

math?

SexyGreyFox · 4 Aug 2013 at 16:56

Feek said:
math?

I'm pretty sure we've had the debate several times on here and the answer is 'math'.

Pawnless Endgame · 4 Aug 2013 at 17:03

In UK English, we say maths.

twist3d0n3 said:
thread is gay

glenimp617 · 4 Aug 2013 at 18:30

why do people keep saying this thread is gay :confused:

Malevolence · 4 Aug 2013 at 18:35

glen8 said:
why do people keep saying this thread is gay

If I had to guess, then I'd say because they didn't accumulate nearly a hundred grand.

newbiejim · 4 Aug 2013 at 18:47

glen8 said:
why do people keep saying this thread is gay

I don't understand either lol, surely consuming pints of foaming ale in the pub with ure mates whilst gambling on horses AND winning over 99k is one of the manliest things possible :confused:

Suarez7 · 4 Aug 2013 at 19:52

People get jealous, I won £1200 on an accumulator once and people seemed more ****** off with me than happy.

newbiejim · 4 Aug 2013 at 19:59

Suarez7 said:
People get jealous, I won £1200 on an accumulator once and people seemed more ****** off with me than happy.

Everyone in the pub was cheering when Rex Imperator bolted in to complete the bet.

Suarez7 · 4 Aug 2013 at 20:02

newbiejim said:
Everyone in the pub was cheering when Rex Imperator bolted in to complete the bet.

Yeah I could understand that, I won mine online, it was when I told people later they were either not impressed I was gambling or just told me I'm a lucky **** and they never get lucky.

DotA · 4 Aug 2013 at 21:17

I went to the bingo for the first time and won some dosh, the OAPs on the other table looked at me and went ****** youths.

Marky · 4 Aug 2013 at 22:46

Suarez7 said:
People get jealous, I won £1200 on an accumulator once and people seemed more ****** off with me than happy.

Typical British response it would seem

Good on him though! If I won almost £100,000 on a £16 bet I would probably pass out

Diesel · 5 Aug 2013 at 09:41

A couple of months ago I had a couple of pints with this guy:

The Newport Novelty Bet

In 1989 a man from Newport placed a £30 accumulator bet. The wager included odds of 4 to 1 that Cliff Richard would be knighted, 3 to 1 that U2 would not split up, and 5 to 1 that Eastenders would remain part of the BBC schedule until the millennium. Eleven years later the forgotten Welshman entered the same bookmakers with a moth eaten betting slip to claim his winnings at odds of 6,479 to 1. A shocked Ladbrokes paid out £194,400.

Quite an interesting story about how Ladbrokes at first refused to pay out, and how much trouble some national newspapers went to to try to find out his identity.

kefkef · 5 Aug 2013 at 15:00

Seen a guy do a lucky 15 for winnings of £70k'ish before though he was a 'professional' gambler i.e. he didn't have a job, spent the day in the bookies and relied on winning for his income, best I ever did was £620 from a £1.65 (10p bets and 15p tax) lucky 15, thankfully I paid the 15p tax back in the day so didn't pay it on the winnings.