Have you ever won decent money on a bet?

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

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

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.

€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.

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.

260 from a 5 euro accumulator yesterday

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.

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.

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.

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