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Tout Seul

Tout Seul

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From Yahoo news.

A punter is believed to have become Britain's first betting shop millionaire after staking 50p on a bet with odds of more than two million to one.


The customer, who is yet to come forward to collect his winnings, landed an eight-horse accumulator on Friday night to land the million, which is bookmaker William Hill's limit on horseracing.

The bookmaker says the winner is a regular in its Thirsk, North Yorkshire, betting shop and places similar bets almost daily, although he has never come close to winning on an major scale before.

William Hill spokesman David Hood described the win as a "staggering bet".

He said: "Even a script writer couldn't have dreamt this one up. His first winner was called 'Isn't That Lucky' in the 2.55 at Sandown on Friday afternoon and his last winner was 'A Dream Come True' in the 9.20 at Wolverhampton.

"It is a staggering bet, and earns him a place in history as the world's first betting shop millionaire
 
Originally posted by Tout Seul@Feb 23 2008, 09:13 AM
to land the million, which is bookmaker William Hill's limit on horseracing.
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Does that mean that the combined odds were actually more than two million to one but the punter was only eligible for the 1 million quid limit?
 
Sounds like it.

But I'm guessing they won't want that mentioned too much in their free publicity.
 
From Sporting Life:

The complete winning streak was: Isn't It Lucky at 8-1 in the 2.55 at Sandown; Mutamarres at 7-2 in the 3.05 at Nad al Sheba, Dubai; Mutasallil at 11-2 in the 3.40 at Nad al Sheba; Racer Forever at 4-1 in the 4.15 at Nad al Sheba; Ede's at 10-1 in the 4.50 at Warwick; Rio L'Oren at 15-2 in the 7.50 at Wolverhampton; Guadaloup at 11-2 in the 8.20 at Wolverhampton and A Dream Come True at 5-2 in the 9.20 at Wolverhampton.

2,799,827.28125/1 I think.
 
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