The most incredible betting winnings

Betting fans have a penchant for taking risks and being adventurous. Often, adventurism allows for some incredible betting winnings.

€33,000 thanks to an unbelievable Italian Grand Prix final

On September 6, 2020, the Formula One race at Monza ended with a sensational victory for Pierre Gasly in the Alfa Tauri. What’s more, 2 other underdogs – Carlos Sainz at McLaren and Lance Stroll at Racing Point – rounded out the Italian grand prix’s top three. Such race results allowed the unknown Finn to enrich himself by more than 33 thousand euros. He bet a modest 20 euro cents that the Italian grand prix podium would be just that. Bookmakers have priced this outcome at odds of 166999:1!

Almost a million euro betting odds

Many bookmakers offer the opportunity not only to place bets but also to play the sweepstakes. One of the sweepstakes draws brought €878,000 to an unknown player. The player bet on the results of 15 matches. The player’s prediction turned out to be absolutely correct. The betting slip of the participant won and brought him an unbelievable profit.

Cumback on the 8th of March

On 8 March 2017, one of the most incredible cambles in football history took place. After a 0-4 defeat to PSG in Paris, Barcelona took convincing revenge on home soil. The Catalans won 6-1, advancing to the quarter-finals of the Champions League.

In the meantime an unidentified German fan had placed a €20 bet on the exact score of both games of the 1/8 finals between PSG and Barcelona. And what a coincidence – the football fan guessed the score of these matches. And this despite the fact that the odds were 840. As a result, the German won 16,000 euros.

Hanks had faith in Leicester

In 2016, one of the biggest sensations in the world of football in the 21st century was recorded in the APL. The humble Leicester became champions of England, beating Man City, Liverpool, Man Utd, Chelsea and other APL giants.

Before the season started, you could bet on Leicester winning the APL at odds of 5000:1. As it turned out, there were quite a few fans in England who believed in Claudio Ranieri’s team. As a result, bookmakers had to pay out around £25,000,000 to players who had bet on Leicester’s championship title back in 2015. One such player was the famous actor Tom Hanks. He bet £100 on a Leicester win and ended up winning £500,000!

Brazil’s national team disaster turned out to be the happiest day of one’s life

In the summer of 2014, the World Cup recorded the most incredible result in the history of the Mundials. In the semi-finals of the 2014 World Cup, the Brazilians lost on home soil to Germany 1-7. Probably not even the most loyal fans of the Bundesstim could have dreamt of such a defeat.

But an unknown football fan, however, bet on a German win by this score. Moreover, he bet on Sami Khedira to score one of the goals. In the end, the $20 bet brought the player a win of over $46,000.