opksoul.blogg.se - Biggest gambling wins of all time

Turning a welfare check into $1 million (~C$1,250,000) This is definitely one of those cases where the possibility of getting rich is so great that even a good and strategic bettor like Moss would lose his mind. In no time, the poker player took the bet and…ended up in hospital with a few broken bones before smiling and saying “15 to 1 was too good to pass up”.

That’s when Moss received a proposition listed at a whopping 15 to 1 from some of his friends asking him to try and knock the man out.

Poker legend Jonny Moss found himself in a bar one day with a man who claimed he had never lost a fight in his life. Then she emptied her bank account and her poker-built bankroll, putting aside, in all, the sum of $135,300 (~C$169,000).įor what? Simple: Revell travelled to Las Vegas to gamble it all away in a round of roulette. She sold her car, stereo, TV, bicycle, even her clothes. In 2004, young Englishwoman Ashley Revell decided to dispose of everything she had. Ashley Revell plays it all on a round of roulette

Congratulations! Not only for the far-sightedness of the bettor’s predictions but also for the great patience he showed since he had to wait more than 10 years to cash in his, not obvious, winnings. The total odds were 6,749, and just a few days after entering the new millennium, the lucky Scotsman turned up at his Ladbrokes office to take home his winnings: £194,400 (~C$335,834) cash.

Home and Away would still be a running TV show: 8 to 1.

Neighbours would still be on British TV: 5 to 1.

The soap opera Eastenders would still be on BBC: 5 to 1.

Singer Cliff Richards would become a knight: 4 to 1.

These were his predictions, complete with odds: Yet, in 1989, an unknown Scottish bettor walked into his local betting agency and bet £30 (~C$52) that a certain number of events would occur before the year 2000. These kinds of non-sports bets can be a lot of fun but hardly create generations of winners. Today you can bet on anything who will win Big Brother, who will finally find life on Mars. So let’s see which are the most absurd and senseless bets in history and especially to find out for each of them if there was a happy ending or turned out to be a real disaster.

When it comes to “predicting the future,” some people seem to have the magic touch, while others just don’t understand when it’s time to stop.