‘Absolutely wild’: Punter turns $100 in $3.2 million with all-time Melbourne Cup bet
- by Admin
- November 5, 2024
A stack of money went into bookmakers’ bags with Knights Choice’s boilover Melbourne Cup win but there were also some incredible punting success stories.
No moreso than that of a lucky soul who somehow turned $100 into a whopping $3.2 million by successfully picking the first four.
The Ladbrokes customer remarkably boxed Knight’s Choice ($81), Warp Speed ($26), Okita Soushi ($19) and Zardozi ($14), a most unlikely result with all of the race’s top fancies missing out.
The first four paid a whopping $728,015.70 and the punter had 416.66% of the dividend, meaning he collected a truly life-changing amount.
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Meanwhile another very lucky punter is over $700,000 richer after collecting on a TAB mystery bet from a $24 wager placed on the Cup.
The stunning collect came after the punter placed a mystery first four bet for the race at the Bairnsdale RSL in Victoria’s East Gippsland.
The 100 per cent win of the lucky numbers that came back – 11, 4, 12 and 14 – saw the mystery punter take home a stunning $728,000 in a huge windfall.
“It’s a great Australian story of a punter trying his or her luck on a TAB mystery bet in Australia’s great race at their local pub or RSL and winning up big,” TAB spokesperson Nick Smart said.
“Congratulations to the winner and we’re sure it will be a big night at the Bairnsdale RSL.”
There was another TAB punter who won $81,000 after placing $1,000 on Knight’s Choice at $81.
OTHER WINNING BETS
$4750 each way on Okita Soushi at $13/4.40
$2k on Warp Speed to place at $6
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The biggest punters failed to find the winner, ridden by Robbie Dolan, but there was heartbreak for a host of those who backed Warp Speed.
The Japanese raider came desperately close to winning the race, with one punter putting $1k on the nose at $26.
Meanwhile, another can count their lucky stars with a $2k bet on the place at $6.
One punter also had Okita Soushi to place at $4.40, putting $4750 on it to run a slot to take home a cool $20.9k.
But the real winners of the 2024 Melbourne Cup would have to be the bookies after one of the biggest Melbourne Cup boilovers of all time.
$10,700 on Onesmoothoperator to win at $9
$10,000 on Buckaroo to place at $2.80
$10,000 on Zardozi to place at $4.80
$9600 on Land Legend to place at $5
$9000 on Absurde to win at $11
$7500 on Land Legend to win at $17
$6000 on Vauban to win at $6
$5000 on Land Legend to win at $13
$5000 on Just Fine to win at $51
$4750 each way on Okita Soushi at $13/4.40
$4000 on Absurde to win at $11
$3000 on Absurde to win at $11
$3000 on Onesmoothoperator to win at $8
$3000 on Just Fine to win at $26
$2300 on Vauban to win at $8
$2020 on Buckaroo to win at $6
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$2000 on Okita Soushi to win at $21
$2000 on Buckaroo to win at $5
$2000 on Vauban to win at $8
$2000 at on Land Legend to win at $21
$2000 on Absurde to win at $15
$2000 on Onesmoothoperator to win at $6
$2000 on Circle Of Life to win at $34
$2000 on Zardozi to win at $12
$1500 on Sea King to win at $101
$1500 at on Just Fine to win at $26
$1300 at Buckaroo to win at $6
$1000 on Knight’s Choice at $81
$600 on Knight’s Choice at $151
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SPORTSBET
$20k on Buckaroo at $6.50 (now $7)
$9k on Interpretation at $19 (still $19)
$5k on Sharp n Smart at $23 (now $61)
$5k on Buckaroo at $7.50 (now $7)
$5k on Vauban at $6.50 (still $6.50)
PALMERBET
$10k on Vauban at $6.50
$5k on Buckaroo at $6.50 win and place
$4k on Absurde at $9
$1.5k on Circle of Fire at $34
$1k on Sharp N Smart at $61
BLUEBET
$5k on Vauban at $6
$8k on Buckaroo at $6.50
$3k on Buckaroo at $6.50
$2.5k on Circle of Fire at $26
$1k on Warp Speed at $26
$2k on Warp Speed to place at $6
$5k on Just Fine at $26
$1k on Land Legend at $20
$1k on Land Legend at $18
$1k on Land Legend at $13
$1k on Zardozi at $16
$1k on Onesmoothoperator at $9
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