How gutted would you be...?

[Paris]

Kevin Friend: Gambler denied £500,000 windfall on football accumulator bet by referee blowing whistle | Mail Online

Half a million. Ouch

 

[Gazwag]

Still £17k is pretty useful, for a £3 bet

 

[Ninja Elephant]

Wow. Absolutely just wow. There was a chap who used to do such things in Hove, and he was one result away from hitting a big one once. The bet acceptance people wanted him monitored as a result!

 

[Peever]

It always boggles the mind that someone woke up that morning and put money on those scores....crazy!

 

[Vegas Seagull]

It always boggles the mind that someone woke up that morning and put money on those scores....crazy!

He had a hangover, it's an all day drinkers bet, 'lucky' to get £17k

 

[Vegas Seagull]

Wow. Absolutely just wow. There was a chap who used to do such things in Hove, and he was one result away from hitting a big one once. The bet acceptance people wanted him monitored as a result!

The bet acceptance people should be sacked, they should be encouraging losers who have bets like this

 

[Ninja Elephant]

The bet acceptance people should be sacked, they should be encouraging losers who have bets like this

That was the conversation I had with them. For every 1 that he might get lucky, there were a hundred where he was just handing over money.

The whole thing is just accountancy.