Thursday, June 28, 2007
Popbitch Again
Winning formula - Stevenage man in bet of the decade
In 1998 a man watched his son soundly beaten in a go-kart race by a very fast young driver. He went to the bookies and asked to put a bet on this kid winning a Formula One race before he reached the age of 23. William Hill laughed him out of the shop, but Ladbrokes gave him odds of 200-1.
After this month's Montreal Grand Prix, where 22 year-old Lewis Hamilton recorded his first victory, the chap called up Ladbrokes to claim his winnings - £40,200...
In 1998 a man watched his son soundly beaten in a go-kart race by a very fast young driver. He went to the bookies and asked to put a bet on this kid winning a Formula One race before he reached the age of 23. William Hill laughed him out of the shop, but Ladbrokes gave him odds of 200-1.
After this month's Montreal Grand Prix, where 22 year-old Lewis Hamilton recorded his first victory, the chap called up Ladbrokes to claim his winnings - £40,200...
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There do seem to be a lot of people suddenly surfacing and saying things like 'I saw him when he was a foetus and I knew he'd be world champion', as if somehow that makes them clever (they probably say it for every foetus they see). I guess this guy who made the bet actually has hard proof (and rewards) to show his claim to be true.
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