Have you ever won decent money on a bet?

Foxhound38

So have you ever gone on a flutter and won decent cash? How much was it?

I never really gamble as a general rule but I remember going to a work night out at the grayhound races a few years back with €50 to bet on and coming out with about €300 - happy out at the time.

ancapailldorcha

All the time. But then, I used to be a bookie.

gimli2112

Most ever won was a €20 @ €20/1 on Liverpool to win the Champions League after they qualified for the knockout stages in 2005. I only put the bet on to wind up a friend of mine.

Stonedpilot

Won a grand on €50 bet few year ago. Gave it back to them over the next few weeks in ambitious bets.

Useful.Idiot

don't think I've ever won money in gambling that I didn't immediately lose afterwards. A mate of mine just won over €6000 on a football accumulator from a €5 bet!

Jim Bob Scratcher

350 :pac:

Quazzie

Won 10k five years ago today on a lucky 15 at Cheltenham. I've been trying to reproduce it since and have failed.

Today is no exception so far.

RedXIV

I won €60 on a €6 bet at the dogs once. the night in general cost me about €80 so minimized the loss.

I'm far too nervous to gamble anything bigger than a tenner anyway and I've only a passing interest in sport so I'll never make much at this rate

Now if I could bet whether or not my code will compile, I'd be pretty rich from betting negatively

112togo

€1200 from a €100 stake once. Treated myself with half of it and saved the other half.

Alf Stewart.

$1250 on a nag, the mate assured me it was a cert fein some insider info he got, so rammed 250 on the nose. The bookies are still up from me over the years though.

Been doing the lotto since it was introduced, never win much more than a couple of hundred on it.

Kimbot

Mate of mine started with 50 in his account one night on Paddy Powers. Got it up to something like 14k and cashed out.

keano_afc

Only €370 on a €5 accum in soccer. I was always afraid to punt higher amounts despite having decent returns with lower stakes.

I would make a decent amount if I had a PP account no doubt, but my wife would divorce me. And take half of it.

Hammer89

I won about €500 on a 1st goalscorer trixie last January. Problem is, I didn't! I was due back about €25 because one selection won and the other was deemed a non-runner, but your one handed me a wad of fifties. Happy days, yeah? No. I felt horrible. I hung around the shop for about an hour, and then left and came back that very day. I gave her every chance to correct her mistake - if she even knew it was a mistake I don't know - but she never did.

Of course, I didn't feel bad enough to give it back myself. Gamblers are eejits when it comes to justifying things, and I justified that by saying something like 'I've given Paddy Power thousands over the years, so I'm hardly going to not take this opportunity to get him back'.

She's still there to this day, and I've since given all that back and a few thousand more, so it all worked out well.

Buona Fortuna

Had €50 on the Prize Bonds

bodice ripper

400 playing poker. But I don't think that counts.

Lights On

€1400 on a 13 cent football accumulator is the most I've ever won, do three or four of them every week and it's very rare that they come through! Happy days when they do though.

thee glitz

Very pleased to win €120 on an e/w dbl on Cheltenham yesterday. 1 winner, 1 2nd!

timthumbni

Few hundred on the nags and machines. Though overall I'm well down and I'm not a big gambler so f knows what these ones in at the bookies every day have lost.

I've won bigger amounts gambling on other things like the stock market but don't think that counts.

Anyway the only way to actually win at gambling imo at horses, football, the dogs etc is to be very lucky with a big win and then leave the scene, or have insider knowledge that gives you an advantage over the bookies.

Both are rare and the bookies have enough regular mugs, sorry punters to more than make up for any anomalies.

Any regular gamblers I have ever known are very quick to tell of their wins, but never tell of their numerous losses.

The bookies always wins in the end. Few quid at the grand national and a few other races, footie etc no big deal if you doing it for a bit of interest.

Anything more serious, where you always seem to waiting on one more team/horse to come in with a desperate look on your face and asking to borrow money for a pint until the race then you need to have a look at yourself.

donegaLroad

£250 punt on a poker machine.. I stuck in a fiver and got a royal with 5 on

£90 from a £6 bet at the dogs, the one and only time I ever went to the dogs.


The poker machines were the biggest waste of time and money now that I think of it.

alroley

260 from a 5 euro accumulator yesterday

dreamers75

1600 on Klose to score 1st half Keane to score 2nd half.

18 lads in a pub from 7am till the 1600 ran out.


What a ****ing cracking day.

dreamers75

1600 on Klose to score 1st half Keane to score 2nd half.

18 lads in a pub from 7am till the 1600 ran out.


What a ****ing cracking day.

5starpool

£2 accumulator on 5 teams to win their divisions on 1995 returned just under £800, which as a student at the time was an amazing amount of money.

BorneTobyWilde

1800 and everything up to it basically. I don't seem to bet anymore though.
There is few hundred in my PP account for last 6 months , just sits there.
I can't explain it.

RobertKK

I picked 6 horses for a race meeting at Southwell about 8 or 9 years ago. The bet type was a heinz and won around €2k.

VincePP

9 years ago when in uk, had conversation with a farming friend about weather. He said he was expecting very heavy rain the following morning and way more than the few showers expected hence he was going to be up working at 4am.

Couple of hours later listening to radio about Ascot and they were saying some horse called Indian ink would love a muddy track, but forecast was only for light rain.

25/1, put £200 on it, pissed down from about 1pm, track was heavy by 3.30 off, he went off 5/1 and won by 2 miles. (ok. it was about 20 lengths)

It was a phenomenal feeling as I'm not a betting person.

timthumbni

VincePP wrote: »

9 years ago when in uk, had conversation with a farming friend about weather. He said he was expecting very heavy rain the following morning and way more than the few showers expected hence he was going to be up working at 4am.

Couple of hours later listening to radio about Ascot and they were saying some horse called Indian ink would love a muddy track, but forecast was only for light rain.

25/1, put £200 on it, pissed down from about 1pm, track was heavy by 3.30 off, he went off 5/1 and won by 2 miles. (ok. it was about 20 lengths)

It was a phenomenal feeling as I'm not a betting person.

5 grand is a fair lift. It is really bizarre though that you as a non betting type would lump 200 squid on a single race though. That's crazy money to bet on a single race (and on the nose I assume)

Turtyturd

Won about a grand on Stephen's day a few years back which was nice as Christmas had left me broke.

What this thread needs is a few contributions from posters with links to their betting tips in their sigs, they'd have some crazy made up winning stories.

Senna

I only bet 4 times a year on golf majors, normally €10 over a few players. Remember winning €150 on Thomas Bjorn a good few years ago, think it was a €1ew bet.

hairyslug

Have wine a few hundred here and there on the horses.

Picked up a large bet when I was a lot younger after the bookie at the track got my ticket mixed up with someone else's. Also won a bit on the dogs after I got my numbers wrong.

Before the 2014 WC, I asked paddy power for odds on Italy and Uruguay both the beat England and Suarez and Balotelli to score, they never got back to me

Flint Fredstone

Every year for the last 15 years I have a €100 bet with a mate on who will finish higher in the league, United or Liverpool.
Needless to say that's been fairly lucrative when you add it up, could be in doubt this season though :pac:

Had Wigan to beat Liverpool either 1-0 or 2-1 at 33/1 a few years back, can't remember what I had on it though.

Won €1200 for 5 numbers in the lotto years ago. Never been so disappointed to win money.

keeponhurling

A friend had Milan Baros top scorer in Euro 2004, 50/1.
€10 bet

Red Kev

I rarely bet. Won €275 on a €20 and €30 bet on the GE, still have €50 at 5/2 that there'll be a 2nd GE this year.

I had €5 each way on Neptunes Collognes when he won the Grand National. I stick €100 on it each year; 5 x €10 to win bets and 5 x €5 each way bets.

Apart from that I bet on a couple of horses on St Stephens Day during family pints and usually on the Gold Cup, though not this year.

Largest amount I won was €580 on a €5 accumulator a few years back when I picked the 5 winners of the big 5 European Leagues.

Lights On wrote: »

€1400 on a 13 cent football accumulator is the most I've ever won, do three or four of them every week and it's very rare that they come through! Happy days when they do though.

alroley wrote: »

260 from a 5 euro accumulator yesterday

Just out of curiosity what did ye bet on to get odds that big? I occasionally stick a couple of €5 bets on accumulators. Probably cautious, but the odds are rarely over 10/1 on mine. Usually a few dead certs like Real or Barca at home and one or two 1/2 matches.

diy.i.do

Won 1300e on a 10e double in 2009. I normally spend about 30e online for chelt & Galway.
Won 300e on a 4 horse bet yesterday for 2e ew And about 45e 2 days ago on a 1.50 ew

Inspector Coptoor

Had €10 ew on a horse called Tin Town Boy a few years ago that won at 100-1.

Returned €1270 for €20 stake.

Won €1000 for a €30 entry fee into a poker tournament before as well.

They'd be the two standouts.

VincePP

timthumbni wrote: »

5 grand is a fair lift. It is really bizarre though that you as a non betting type would lump 200 squid on a single race though. That's crazy money to bet on a single race (and on the nose I assume)

I was flush back then.

And if i place a bet it will normally be something worthwhile - I'm not one for putting €20 on a Saturday as it doesn't suit me.

Had 500 on FF to win 34.5 seats or more - that was easy money! But also had 500 on Lab to win 9.5 or more - net win was €80

TG1

Won a few grand on an accumulator at Cheltenham last year, but I think I haven't won a bet I placed since so it's balanced out at this stage I'd say.

refusetolose

6 fold accumulator

2 horses and 4 soccer teams

took about 400

Fred Swanson

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sting60

Another great Cheltenham VVM 11/10 was a very serious price that was taken big time.Fancied two others in the race to run big races behind the fav and had two €50 straight forecasts with both as VVM the anchor Bog on the Moor 2nd,boom.The ability for No More Heroes to finish is astonishing what a loss to racing.

Hulk Hands

sting60 wrote: »

Another great Cheltenham VVM 11/10 was a very serious price that was taken big time.Fancied two others in the race to run big races behind the fav and had two €50 straight forecasts with both as VVM the anchor Bog on the Moor 2nd,boom.The ability for No More Heroes to finish is astonishing what a loss to racing.

You're full of some amount of bull. You did your nut judging by your posts on the racing forum where you said Sprinter Sacre (11/2) and Don Cossack (9/4) had absolutely zero chance. Your "nap" No More Heroes finished unplaced. You'll probably go back deleting posts now like youve done before

sting60

Hulk Hands wrote: »

You're full of some amount of bull. You did your nut judging by your posts on the racing forum where you said Sprinter Sacre (11/2) and Don Cossack (9/4) had absolutely zero chance. Your "nap" No More Heroes finished unplaced. You'll probably go back deleting posts now like youve done before

No More Heroes are you for real.I backed Don Cossack no bet with Sprinter Sacre race but I feel he didn't improve to win.

Simply Red

Won €250 on the grand national a few years ago

RoadhouseBlues

I do my lotto numbers in the bookies. I got 575 five times in a year. For 1 euro bet each time. That was great. Most satisfying one though was a 10 euro free bet I got in the bookies. I put it on a 20/1 and it won:-)

daveville30

RoadhouseBlues wrote: »

I do my lotto numbers in the bookies. I got 575 five times in a year. For 1 euro bet each time. That was great. Most satisfying one though was a 10 euro free bet I got in the bookies. I put it on a 20/1 and it won:-)

How many numbers you need to get the 575?
I pick 2 numbers for the lotto in the bookies .60/1 put 5 euro on it get 305 .

RoadhouseBlues

daveville30 wrote: »

How many numbers you need to get the 575?
I pick 2 numbers for the lotto in the bookies .60/1 put 5 euro on it get 305 .

3 numbers. Its gone up to 625/1 now though, since they added the extra numbers.

monkeysnapper

Back in 1995 when I was a apprentice on 30 pounds a week a load of the staff were putting a fiver on a horse and they asked me to go along with them .

A fiver was a huge amount for me and I reluctantly went along with it so as to fit in.

We all won 40 pound each . although its not a huge amount I was gutted to loose the fiver and when the horse came in and I won 40 the feeling was fantastic

daveville30

RoadhouseBlues wrote: »

3 numbers. Its gone up to 625/1 now though, since they added the extra numbers.

Where you doing it every week?I do the 2 numbers and have got it 3 times since Christmas. Might start sticking 2 euro on 3 as well.

RoadhouseBlues

daveville30 wrote: »

Where you doing it every week?I do the 2 numbers and have got it 3 times since Christmas. Might start sticking 2 euro on 3 as well.

Well done. Aye I do the same numbers every week. However. I won that a while back. I haven't got the numbers up in a year. So be warned:)

NomadicGray

Never anything outside of double digits but if the premier league ends as it stands now I'll get about €620

PrettyBoy

Most I've won is €1,200 on a €200 bet. Most I've lost is €200, both on horse races.