Leicester Premier League success will be biggest shock in betting history

Coral has taken a total of 114 bets on Leicester City at odds between 1,000/1 and 5,000/1 and will lose over £4 million if Leicester City (now the 9/4 favourites) win the Premier League. Here are three Coral customers who have come forward to talk about their bets on Leicester.

· Ryan Wallis, a 29 year old Chelsea fan from Woking, put £4 on Leicester City at 2,000/1 on the Coral website on 16th August.

· Steve Jeavons, a 55 year old Food buyer from Manchester, and a passionate Manchester City fan, had £2 on Leicester at 2,000/1 at the end of August.

· Stuart McLaren, a 44 year old from Liverpool, and fan of Liverpool FC, put £1 on Leicester at 1,000/1 on 1st November.

Coral has also produced a list of some other 5,000/1 shots that help put the enormity of Leicester’s potential achievement in context. Northern Ireland winning the 2018 World Cup is a 5,000/1 chance as is Steve Davis to win the Snooker World Championships this year.

Bournemouth are in 15th place in the Premier League and 25 points off the top yet are only 5,000/1 to win the title, and Coral would offer 5,000/1 on Justin Bieber won day becoming American President, or Joey Essex becoming the next Mayor of London.

BIGGEST BETTING SHOCKS IN SPORT

300/1 Golf:    Ben Curtis winning The 2003 Open

250/1 Horse Racing:  Equinoctial winning at Kelso 21st November 1990 – biggest priced winner in horse racing history

250/1 Tennis:   Goran Ivanisevic winning Wimbledon 2001

150/1 Football:   Greece winning Euro 2004

150/1 Snooker:  Joe Johnson winning the 1986 Snooker World Championship

100/1 Horse racing:  Foinavon winning the 1967 Grand National

100/1 Politics:  Jeremy Corbyn winning the Labour 2015 Leader election

66/1 Rugby:  Japan beating South Africa in the Rugby World Cup 2015

42/1 Boxing:  Buster Douglas beating Mike Tyson in 1990

OTHER 5000/1 SHOTS

5000/1 Bournemouth to win this season’s 2015/16 Premier League

5000/1 Northern Ireland to win the 2018 World Cup

5000/1 Steve Davis to win 2016 World Snooker Championship

5000/1 Joey Essex to become next Mayor of London

5000/1 Justin Bieber to one day become President of the USA
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