Rotherham man turns £5 into £486,000 with incredible 30-leg bet

A Coral customer is celebrating a life-changing windfall after he landed an incredible 30-match sports bet last week which turned his £5 stake into almost half a million pounds.

The Rotherham man, who wishes to remain anonymous, placed the 30-leg acca on a self-service betting terminal in a Coral shop in the South Yorkshire town, and scooped £486,000 when all the selections in his accumulator won, at combined odds of over 97,000/1.

“The bet ran over several days and included specific outcomes in five tennis matches and 25 football matches – from Israel v Belarus to Scotland v England, and concluded with Sporting Lisbon v Moreirense on Sunday night. He needed Sporting Lisbon to win with 1 to 5 goals in the game, and Sporting won 3-0,” said Coral’s David Stevens.

“After 28 legs, he was offered a cash-out option of £222,000, which he – wisely as it turned out – said no to, and was ultimately rewarded with all 30 legs winning, at odds of over 97,000/1.

“It’s fair to say shock was his first reaction to realising all 30 legs had won, but unsurprisingly he was soon celebrating what he has said is a life-changing amount.

“In over two decades at Coral, I’ve never seen such an incredible winning bet. To get four or five predictions right is hard enough, to get 30 is extraordinary, and this punter deserves every penny of his £486,000.”