Betting Stories: Successful weekend for punter who lands dazzling six-fold accumulator
We all do it. Saturday morning, open our phone and scan through the endless list of fixtures taking place throughout the day in the hope that we can pick out a winning coupon to net us a nice bit of profit.
First you've got your 'safer' acca, the one you put all your hope into that is usually between 5/1 and 20/1. Then you've got your group bet, where you stick in a selection alongside a load of your mates and not only pray that it wins, but also nervously hope that your choice isn't the only one to cost the acca if it loses. If it does, you've had it.
Finally, there's your own personal speculative bet; the stab in the dark in the hope of winning big.
These bets rarely come in due to how many selections are in them or the complexities surrounding the teams involved, but if - or indeed when - they do, the rewards are huge.
For one punter, this weekend his long-shot dream came true when his 286/1 tap-and-hope came in, bagging him a colossal £2,877 pay-out from Sky Bet off a tenner.
This stunning six-fold featured so many rogue shouts, including an out-of-form Newcastle (who finished the game with 9 men) to beat Southampton at home, QPR to beat Blackburn, Burnley to draw with a Brighton side who had just beaten Tottenham and Liverpool, and Stoke to be held at home by Reading.
Top class punting, enjoy the winnings!
Results in full:
- Newcastle 3-2 Southampton
- Burnley 1-1 Brighton
- Bournemouth 3-2 Birmingham
- Middlesbrough 1-4 Brentford
- Stoke 0-0 Reading
- QPR 1-0 Blackburn
