One Sky Bet football punter grabbed a huge win over the weekend with a £5 bet staked on a 15-fold on the under/over 2.5 goals coupon coming in leading to an amazing return of £40,733.71.
You can tell your luck is in when even Cardiff score a goal to help you land the big prize and that's exactly what happened as Burnley's win in south Wales helped the big winner to such a memorable weekend.
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However, it was one particular game in France which nearly scuppered the bet. Lille were winning just 1-0 with four minutes to play but a late double from Jonathan Bamba sealed a massive pay-out.
His inspired selections were:
Puerto Golfito v Municipal Turrialba
Zeljeznicar v GOSK Gabela
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Canuelas v Club Porenir
FC Vale Formoso v Uniao de Leiria
Vitoria de Cernache v Sertanense
Lugano v Basel
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Luzern v Sion
Krasnodar v Dynamo Moscow
Nacional de Madeira v Santa Clara
Oostende v Standard Liege
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Sassuolo v AC Milan
Levante v Alaves
Lille v Marseille
Augsburg v Freiburg
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Cardiff v Burnley
Stake: £5
Winnings: £40,733.71
Elsewhere, a William Hill gambler won just over 10k from a both teams to score 16-fold. The punter placed £2.50 on the massive bet, which bashed the bookie for £10804.09.
The huge accumulator was made up of two English Championship games, three English League One clashes, five English League Two games, one Scottish Championship match, three Scottish League one matches and one Scottish League Two fixture.
The William Hill customer wasn't left to sweat as Colchester's penalty in the 81st minute was the latest goal in all 16 games.
The punter backed both teams to score in each of the following:
Millwall v Sheffield Utd
Preston v West Brom
Luton v Charlton
Rochdale v Portsmouth
Shrewsbury v Gillingham
Colchester v Bury
Grimsby Town v Morecombe
Macclesfield v Forest Green
Newport v Cambridge Utd
Notts County v Crewe
Morton v Ayr
Brechin v Stranraer
Dumbarton v Raith
Montrose v Forfar
Berwick v Clyde
Stake: £2.50
Return: £10804.09
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