Gambler Beats Incredible Odds, Wins Almost $2 Million in London

A gambler certainly knows that most odds are stacked against them. They still have a knack of putting small amounts of money on long shot bets in hopes of a big payday.

For one man in London, that is the scenario that in the end created an almost $2 million payoff. The man, who was not identified by William Hill, the British bookmaker where the bet was placed.

Thirsk, in North England, was the location of the winning bet. The man had walked into William Hill on Friday and made a fifty pence bet($.98 American). The bet, which is called the "accumulator bet", is to predict the outcome of eight horse races.

The odds of winning the bet are two million to one. This happened to be that one time. After all the races were done, William Hill found out that the man had won one million pounds($1.97 million).

On Saturday, the man returned to a different branch of William Hill and placed similar bets to those from Friday. He was unaware that he even won the money on Friday. He did not win any of his bets on Saturday and lost a measly $5.

February 23, 2008
Posted By Terry Goodwin
Staff Editor, CasinoGamblingWeb.com
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