The biggest win you ever had?

Breadwoman · 22-11-2014 5:14pm #1

Be it a horse race, lotto, Vegas, scratch-card etc?

evosteo · 23-11-2014 12:28am

Breadwoman wrote: »

Be it a horse race, lotto, Vegas, scratch-card etc?

About 3.5 k on an accum

Amazingfun · 23-11-2014 11:44am

39 euros in the Lotto lol

I did win a diamond necklace worth 1000 euros last Christmas though!

Oscars Well. · 23-11-2014 10:20pm

€1600 off a treble

beertons · 23-11-2014 10:21pm

985 on an accy.

mailburner · 24-11-2014 12:45am

1192 off a placepot in chelt this year

Nomis21 · 24-11-2014 12:53am

£250 winner in UK Grand National £10 at 25 to 1

TrueDub · 25-11-2014 10:12am

Keep the posts on-topic please. Nobody gets to decide who posts in this forum.

Sam Kade · 25-11-2014 10:15am

£1000 in a draw I didn't buy a ticket for

petes · 25-11-2014 1:57pm

€1700 on a €5 football acca!

tommullane · 25-11-2014 4:34pm

450 odd euro on a 20 euro horse double. Came close to 1500 euro on a footie accum until wigan came back to beat arsenal 3-2

jacool · 25-11-2014 10:59pm

2p bet returning £1,600 straight forecast treble on the dogs
Actually bought a share in a dog afterwards!

Frynge · 25-11-2014 11:02pm

Most I ever won was €375 but last week i paid out €3894 on an accumulator from €3.

fuzzydunlop85 · 27-11-2014 11:57pm

1100 off 10 game accum over 2.5 goals, 3euro stake. 4500€ from a poker tournament, satellited in for 20€, Seen in the paper the other day a lad had 10 game btts and win accum 250k from a euro !

diomed · 28-11-2014 12:13pm

€12,800 on Solemia at 75s in the 2012 Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe.

duckysauce · 29-11-2014 2:21am

12,500 punts on irish lotto- 5 and the bonus that was just a tease -- looked at the ticket and was fuccccccccccccccckkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk - 5 and bonus is a ****ing tease . Divided better in other Lottos the ****s lol

Luap · 29-11-2014 6:59pm

€1200 on a horse.

BringBackMick · 02-12-2014 1:13am

25,000 on a 4 horse accum.

Lost 10k of it the next day

byronbay2 · 02-12-2014 12:46pm

I emptied the bank account in June 2002 to back Lennox Lewis against Mike Tyson. Got a bit of 4/6 (from the long-gone and much-lamented Pat O'Brien on Victoria Road) but the rest went on at 8/13 and 4/7. I even put the last few quid in my pocket on @ 8/15 on the day of the fight!

Even though I had about €3K invested, I wasn't that nervous watching the fight that night - it never really occurred to me that Tyson could win. Have never put more than €350 on any bet before or since. Won about €1900 on the bet.

applehunter · 02-12-2014 2:37pm

€4k on Zach Johnson in Tiger's tourney last year.

Dramatic.

Boskowski · 02-12-2014 2:41pm

About €2200 in a single pot of holdem in a game that went out of control due to drink and ego.

FortuneChip · 03-12-2014 1:03pm

75 e/w double on Body and Soul 8/1 and Kingsgate Choice 6/1 last summer.
Threw 1k e/w on Big Phil @ 5/1 to win the US Open the following day, damn you Justin Rose.

inforfun · 04-12-2014 6:33pm

Last week on some slots machine at Unibet:

Might as well just add this one

Juwwi · 04-12-2014 9:11pm

€14,740 playing Deal Or No Deal on skybet which starting earlier in the day
from playing their free €5 credit.

easygoing1982 · 04-12-2014 9:17pm

€800 from the different games in PP. Blackjack, 3 card hold em I think its called and a few more

Shanee. · 04-12-2014 9:46pm

1200 off placepot in Galway and 1100 on a 4 horse accum within 10 mins last Stephens Day.

fleet_admiral · 04-12-2014 9:49pm

Sent a bookie home from Leopardstown after the first race a few years ago. I had a mountain of cash on the winner who was 10/1

Peintre Celebre · 06-12-2014 11:05pm

Money is always nicest when in unspecified lumps. Mountains, piles, tonnes, heaps all nice words.

mailburner · 06-12-2014 11:22pm

fleet_admiral wrote: »

Sent a bookie home from Leopardstown after the first race a few years ago

that is funny, very satisfying reading that

byronbay2 · 09-12-2014 5:42pm

fleet_admiral wrote: »

Sent a bookie home from Leopardstown after the first race a few years ago. I had a mountain of cash on the winner who was 10/1

Not doubting you or anything but VERY unusual for a bookie to take a bet on the first race (or any race, for that matter) that would require him to leave the track if it clicked. Be hard to get €100 (not to mind "a mountain") on a 10/1 shot with all but a couple of the bookies doing the rounds these days!

costadeldole · 22-12-2014 12:16am

In 2014 alone:

Tyson Fury v Derek Chisora 2,463

Carl Fogarty to win I'm A Celebrity 1,758

Ben Haenow to win X-Factor 1,930

I currently have 2,500 on Mrs Brown's Boys to win Top Christmas Day TV at odds of 1/1 (2.0)

So that will be my single biggest win of this year, 2,500 net profit.

My biggest all time win was 3,000 when bet on Hurt Locker winning Best Picture at the Oscars. Avatar was the favourite, but I backed Hurt Locker 3,000 at odds of 1/1 (2.0)

I figured the aged profile of the Oscars judging panel would favour an American war film over computer animation. And so they did.

Sometimes one has to trust ones gut instinct, despite it going against the odds on favourites. The market doesn't always know, and favourites don't always win. Often my biggest wins were backing the second favourite.

Breadwoman · 23-12-2014 7:44pm

them odds don't add up, if u have 2,500 on brendan at 2/1, that will be 5k profit and u would have won 6 grand on hurt locker, if u put 3 grand on at 2/1, not the 3 grand u claim to have won, this sounds all a bit too fishy

Saganist · 23-12-2014 7:46pm

I got lucky with Lucas Glover winning the US open a few years back.

He was tipped on Newstalk.... 10Eur e/w @ 175/1.. And he won.

GBX · 23-12-2014 7:56pm

20c lucky 15 €690
50c ew 4 horse accumulator €1350

mailburner · 23-12-2014 8:20pm

Breadwoman wrote: »

them odds don't add up, if u have 2,500 on brendan at 2/1, that will be 5k profit and u would have won 6 grand on hurt locker, if u put 3 grand on at 2/1, not the 3 grand u claim to have won, this sounds all a bit too fishy

that's saves me having to post same :pac:

costadeldole · 23-12-2014 9:09pm

Breadwoman wrote: »

them odds don't add up, if u have 2,500 on brendan at 2/1, that will be 5k profit and u would have won 6 grand on hurt locker, if u put 3 grand on at 2/1, not the 3 grand u claim to have won, this sounds all a bit too fishy

Apologies for the error.
I am used to using decimal odds not fractions you see, so I mean 2.0 (1/1) not 2/1.
I have corrected it now, thanks for pointing out my mistake.

costadeldole · 23-12-2014 9:10pm

mailburner wrote: »

that's saves me having to post same :pac:

Apologies for the error.
I am used to using decimal odds not fractions you see, so I mean 2.0 (1/1) not 2/1.
I have corrected it now, thanks for pointing out my mistake.

Santa Cruz · 23-12-2014 9:16pm

€1835 on a €1 yankee.

Four first goalscorers, Shearer, Owen, Van Nistleroy and Davies of Bolton. Picked the first three because they were regular scorers and penalty takers. Don't know why I picked Davies.

A week later I had three up and my fourth scored the second goal.

Bongalongherb · 23-12-2014 9:21pm

€46 from the Irish lotto for four numbers after doing it for almost 20 years, I just don't have much luck

I'll bide my time

if you're not in you can't win.

costadeldole · 26-12-2014 11:32am

Just for today alone:

This on Betfair exchange:
2014-12-26
09:59 44514824792 2014-12-16
10:10 Christmas Specials 2014 Top Christmas Day TV 2014 / Winner
Comm Charged 5% On Net winnings of EUR2403.22 - - - (120.16) 4,629.73

Plus this on Betfair sportsbook:

Avg. Odds Stake Status DR
(€) CR
(€) Balance
(€)
2014-12-26
10:01 12933950244 2014-12-26
10:01
Transfer From Fixed Odds, Bet Receipt O/3442777/0000003 - - - 404.25 404.25

So that's 2403.22 plus 404.25

A grand total of: 2807.47 Euro profit (after commission)

sh1tstirrer · 26-12-2014 11:47am

costadeldole wrote: »

In 2014 alone:

Tyson Fury v Derek Chisora 2,463

Carl Fogarty to win I'm A Celebrity 1,758

Ben Haenow to win X-Factor 1,930

I currently have 2,500 on Mrs Brown's Boys to win Top Christmas Day TV at odds of 1/1 (2.0)

So that will be my single biggest win of this year, 2,500 net profit.

My biggest all time win was 3,000 when bet on Hurt Locker winning Best Picture at the Oscars. Avatar was the favourite, but I backed Hurt Locker 3,000 at odds of 1/1 (2.0)

I figured the aged profile of the Oscars judging panel would favour an American war film over computer animation. And so they did.

Sometimes one has to trust ones gut instinct, despite it going against the odds on favourites. The market doesn't always know, and favourites don't always win. Often my biggest wins were backing the second favourite.

Don't count your chickens before they are hatched

costadeldole · 26-12-2014 11:52am

sh1tstirrer wrote: »

Don't count your chickens before they are hatched

See my post above <snip>

Bet already settled.

Just for today alone:

This on Betfair exchange:
2014-12-26
09:59 44514824792 2014-12-16
10:10 Christmas Specials 2014 Top Christmas Day TV 2014 / Winner
Comm Charged 5% On Net winnings of EUR2403.22 - - - (120.16) 4,629.73

Plus this on Betfair sportsbook:

Avg. Odds Stake Status DR
(€) CR
(€) Balance
(€)
2014-12-26
10:01 12933950244 2014-12-26
10:01
Transfer From Fixed Odds, Bet Receipt O/3442777/0000003 - - - 404.25 404.25

So that's 2403.22 plus 404.25

A grand total of: 2807.47 Euro profit (after commission)

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Starscream25 · 26-12-2014 11:55am

Won 1300 on Denmark winning the eurovision in 2013.

poeticmakaveli · 26-12-2014 1:04pm

lost a few pound a few seasons back, backed on the tuesday night Valencia to beat Porto and the went up 1-0 and end up drawing 1-1!
so with the annoyance of that the next day ladbrokes were giving a special on arsenal to beat Barcelona at home at 3/1, i remember it was 11/4 in PPs! ran down and put a 1,000 euro on it (mostly on rage from night before) arsenal was down 1-0 and came back and won 2-1 with 2 goals in the 2nd half! think arshavin scored the winner! so 4,000 was mine!

Bateman · 26-12-2014 7:26pm

Won 3,500 on Trap becoming the next Ireland manager after I'd layed loads of short priced favourites and then gotten lucky as someone game me the word when Trap was still a 3 figure price on betfair.

Most I ever won on a horse was Ruby riding a little-known horse called American Trilogy at Cheltenham a good few years back, won a grand on him.

clickerquicklic · 28-12-2014 11:26pm

Probably better to ask " Biggest priced winner" as someone could have thousands on an odds on shot , more skill/luck/amazement in them huge odds winners. Biggest win I remember off the top of my head is 1500 ew on a horse at 14/1 i think it was noble somthing, that was this year and it won , biggest price winner i remember backing is only about 120/1 which considering the amount of bets i place is probably not amazing.