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.

The biggest win you ever had?

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