We have definitive proof that the luckiest person in Ireland lives in Monaghan.
A lucky Irish gambler won a whopping €245,668 from a meagre €1 bet yesterday. The anonymous person, from Co Monaghan, took home the astonishing sum of money after their ten-fold WDW and both teams to score bet came through. However, there were a couple of moments over the weekend when they nearly didn’t win anything.
Punting Hall of Fame: How one man turned €1 into €250k with a football accum: http://t.co/thZJbhlF1e pic.twitter.com/ctRDdj0WoP
— Paddy Power (@paddypower) November 24, 2014
On Friday, Victor Sanchez Mata’s 84th minute consolation goal for Espanyol against Athletic Bilbao saw the game finish 3-1. Then Ezequiel Lavezzi came to the rescue, oddly enough, also in the 84th minute for PSG as they triumphed over Metz 3-2.
The bet almost fell through on Saturday because of the Arsenal v Man Utd match, but fortunately Olivier Giroud’s stoppage time goal at the Emirates kept if running until the final day.
The person in question would have had had a tough time of it yesterday. It took 85 minutes for Marseille to take the lead against Bordeaux, thanks to striker Andre-Pierre Gignac. However, Michy Batshuayi’s stoppage time strike gave the French side some breathing room and they eventually held on to win 3-1.
Hat-tip to the Mirror
