Punter wins R742 501 for just R1.50

A SOUTH AFRICAN soccer punter has won R742, 501.50 for a R1.50 bet he took on Sunday's Soccer 13.

The winning combination was 1/1/3/2/1/3/3/1/2/3/3/1/2 and 8 punters managed to predict all 13 results. The dividend for tickets with 13 correct predictions was R736, 126. The unit amount for the Soccer 13 is R1, 50 and one particular winning punter only outlaid R1, 50 meaning he landed an incredible straight-line bet.

This punter successfully predicted Chelsea to beat Spurs in the Capital One Cup, Arsenal to beat Everton at home, Athletic Bilbao to beat Eibar away, Sevilla and Atletico Madrid to draw, Cesina to beat Udinese at home, Fiorentina to beat Inter Milan away, Lazio to beat Sassuloa away, Torino to beat Napoli at home, Palermo to draw with Empoli, Ajax Amsterdam to beat PSV Endhoven away, Vfl Wolfsburg to beat Werder Bremen away, Montpellier to beat Nice at home and Monaco and Paris Saint Germaine to draw.

The Sunday and Weekday Soccer 13 bets allocate 40% of the pool to those tickets that have 13 correct predictions, 23% of the pool to those tickets with 12 correct predictions, 12% for 11 correct and 25% for tickets with ten correct predictions.

This means that the lucky punter also collected a dividend of R6, 078.00 for twelve correct predictions, R235.50 for eleven correct and R61.50 for ten correct predictions.

Therefore his total winnings were R742, 501.50. The average dividend for 13 correct predictions on the Sunday and Weekend Soccer 13's is R507, 311. The Saturday Soccer 13 has average pools of R20 million and the average dividend for 13 correct is R1, 98 million. - Phumelela