Pensioner collects £240,000 winnings after election bet
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[QUOTE]A Glasgow pensioner who bet £30,000 on a Conservative majority at the UK general election has collected his £240,000 winnings.
The man placed his bet at odds of 7/1 in a branch of Ladbrokes in the city centre on 29 April.
When the punter failed to immediately collect his £30,000 stake and £210,000 winnings, the bookmaker made a public appeal for him to come forward.
Polling in the lead-up to the 7 May election indicated a hung parliament.
However, the Conservative Party won a slim majority in the House of Commons.[/QUOTE]
[url]http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-32961726[/url]
[QUOTE]A Glasgow pensioner who bet £30,000[/QUOTE]
That's either a sweet pension or he bet his life savings.
Jesus, talk about striking it lucky.
That said, I wonder if his bet happened to be his life savings, because it would suck to lose all of that.
I expect he is really rich considering the length of time it took him to claim it
I know a somebody, who will remain anonymous, put a 6 figure bet on a certain politician winning a seat and lost.
I shit you not, where I live odds for conservatives to win were 1/6.
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