According to Ryan Reynolds’ Deadpool, luck is not a superpower. But it’s something you can’t do without when you’re betting. If fortune accompanies a man, then he can raise thousands and even millions of roubles with the help of a sweepstakes in just one time. Let us tell you about 8 cases of solid winnings. After reading the material, it will become clear that you can easily become a millionaire, initially having only change in your pocket.
Jacqueline Peckham
In 2018, Jacqueline Peckham from England was 59 years old. During this period of her life, she decided to bet on six football matches at once. The sweepstakes was organised by TV channel Sky Sports. Interestingly, the Englishwoman guessed the outcome of all matches. And some teams, on which she bet, scored the winning goal in the last minutes. As a result, Jacqueline Peckham won £1 million. That’s about $1.4 million.
A fan from Russia
In 2012, a Muscovite in a sweepstakes via the Internet has guessed the result of 15 matches at once. Three of them were in the top division and one in the Spanish third. He also guessed the results of the Omani, Bulgarian and Mexican championships as well as the Turkish and Italian Youth Cups.
He also guessed the results of the English league doubleheaders, the European Junior Championships and the scores of two NHL games. In addition to the winnings the unranked results of 46 games were added up to 46 rounds. As a result, the Muscovite became richer by 141 million rubles. At the same time his bet was only 50 roubles.
Incognito Englishwoman
An Englishwoman from Sheppey, aged 58, decided to keep up with her husband and son, who were active football fans. She purchased a sweepstakes ballot for one pound and filled it out, guided by whether or not she liked a particular team name. Interestingly, she made 11 bets on weak clubs out of 12 outcomes. As a result, her account increased by £574,000.
Loyal Greek national football team fan
A fan bet $7,300 on a Greek national football team win when their winning odds were 1 in 50. The team did not let him down and reached the quarterfinals. The fan then spent another $14600. However, the margin of victory for Greece was already 1 to 10. By the final, the fan had increased his bet to 20,000 dollars. As a result, he was rich by $607,000 after Greece defeated the Portuguese team.
Steve Whiteley
An engineer from Exeter at the age of 62 believed in fate and decided to play the Totepool Jackpot sweepstakes. The jackpot draw had 363,000 entrants. They had to guess who would win the 6 horse races. Only Steve Whiteley picked the correct final combination at random. As a result he won £1.5m, having previously bought the booklet for just £2.
Anonymous Scotsman
A Scotsman in 2014 decided to buy a betting slip for change after buying fishing tackle. In filling it out he had to guess who would win in 6 horse races. The jackpot of the draw was £10.7m. There were eight winning slips. One of them was in the possession of a Scotsman. It brought him a win of £1,342,599.
Mickey Gibbs
The Staffordshire roofer was a regular football betting man. He bet just 30p in a sweepstakes on 15 matches in 2001 and won $833,000. He was lucky as the odds of the sporting events were 1666666 to 1. One of the bets was the Champions League final in which Bayern beat Valencia.
Adrian Hayward
He was living in Ipswich in 2006. He dreamt of a goal that was scored from midfield by one of Liverpool’s players. Adrian Hayward believed the dream and placed a £200 bet on the event. The odds were 1 in 125. The bet won in January 2006. The ball was scored by Xabi Alons against Luton. As a result, Adrian won £25,000 and became world famous for his insane bet.
