Top 7 of the biggest surprises in the history of sports betting
The history remembers countless cases in which specialists and bookies have established a team or player as an absolute outsider, but he managed to amaze the world and win the championship or tournament game. Apart from the players and the fans of the team, the betting players who have rightly predicted the outsider’s success are the happiest of these victories.
This article will present the seven biggest surprises in the history of sports betting, which in other words can be called the seven biggest odds that were profitable. For some of these cases, you may know, and others will surprise you with your uniqueness. And so, even the Leicester Championship title in the Premier League season 2015/16 is not the first. Note that only the most popular events are included in this leaderboard – in such leagues and tournaments similar odds are released each year.
Top 7 of the biggest surprises in the history of sports betting
7. Ivanisevic wins Wimbledon with Wild Card – 151.00
Goran Ivanishevich played on Wimbledon before. Wimbledon’s 2001 edition is his fourth time in the final after his losses in 1992, 1994 and 1998, but his only win in the Grand Slam tournament happened under strange circumstances.
Wimbledon’s first winner of the Wimbledon title, Ivanishevich, wins the semi-finals and the final after heavy 50th fights.
“It was my dream all over my pet,” said Ivanisevic, who became the lowest-ranked Wimbledon title player. “I came and no one was included in the bills, but I’m here and I keep the trophy.”
6. The title of Greece from Lisbon – 151.00
The serious problem facing Greece’s national team managed to create one of the biggest stunts in the history of football 12 years ago.
Greece entered Euro 2004 in 40th place in the world ranking. Assdnaged to escape from the group by the number of goals scored. Only Latvia had a higher coefficient than that of Greece (even if the rate for Bulgaria was not higher) and no one expected to come out of the death group with the participation of Portugal, Spain and Russia.
Team Rehhagel met France in the quarterfinals, the Czech Republic in the semifinals and the hosts of Portugal in the final. All matches were won 1:0 by Elinas.
Before Euro 2004, Greece was not ranked at a major World Tournament in 1994 when they do not won any point in the group and their goal difference was 0:10.
5. Ben Curtis Wins 2003 Opening Cup – 501.00
Golf Tournament 2003 Opening Championship was won by debutant Ben Curtis. The 26-year-old, then, Curtis is far from the world rankings, but that does not prevent him from becoming the first debutant since 1975.
One year later, 38-year-old Todd Hamiln repeated his achievement at a similar rate. Then no one can believe that one of the biggest golf tournaments in the world could be won in two consecutive years by such huge outsiders.
4. The United States vs. England at the World Cup in 1950 – 501.00
In its seven previous games, the national football team in the US has a slightly shameful 2:45 goal difference.
Meanwhile, in their last 30 games, England’s National Team recorded 23 wins, 4 losses and 3 draws.
But the United States is doing a real miracle and overtaking England’s super class players with 1: 0.
This game has made a whole movie, and “The Three Lions” never go out with the blue teams they played in this game. Interestingly, this was the debut of these teams. So the audience then saw England playing for the first time and the last time in blue. Perhaps the color is the reason …
3. The Miracle of Ice – 1 001.00
The 1980 Winter Olympic Games will be remembered mostly by the US-US hockey clash.
The United States is composed entirely of amateurs, most of whom are middle-aged students aged 21.
The professional Soviet All-Star team has won consecutively the last four Olympics.
In a friendly match, shortly before the Olympic Games, the USSR beat the US team by 10: 3. But this is not the case at the big forum where American amateurs beat their opponents with 4:3.
2. The Leicester title – 5 001.00
In the 2014/15 season, Lester’s team barely escaped. One year later, the “Foxes” left the football world without words and triumphed with the title of the English League. To be able to beat such powerful teams with huge financial strength as Manchester City, Manchester United, Chelsea and Arsenal is a real achievement that will remain in history.
Bookmakers also looked so surprised by the surprising success rate and suffered heavy financial losses from the success of this ratio.
1. Wolves with seven consecutive wins – 25 096.00
“I had seen everything except I did not see everything,” recalls Fred Dan. “No bookmaker can handle that, the business was out of control.”
On September 28, 1996, Frankie Detori rewrote the history of horse racing with his unprecedented seven consecutive victories in Ascot.
They have earned more than half a million pounds of winnings for some players, and it is reported that Detori has cost bookmakers a total or more than £ 30m.
Détori, an Arsenal fan, was unlikely to be happy with Leicester’s success, but at least the record of the highest odds was unbeatable, and it would be a very long time.
Highest proposed coefficient at all
Although with a resolute exit, the biggest odds ever made by a bookmaker’s house is 20,000
001.00. It was proposed by the English bookmaker William Hill and it was for Elvis Presley to go around the city. On the back of Sherger (a popular racing horse) and then play against Lord Lukan in the Wimbledon final. There is hardly any need to explain what happened to this bet …
More crazy football bets
In a penalty of 1 million
Several years ago, one player was in a hurry to win 1 million pounds, but it split only one stroke. Mick Dunning, 52, has staked for the exact result of 15 football matches on a Saturday night, combining them into a betting system.
Already aware of the results of 14 games, Dunning watched with comprehensible interest the development of the clash between Port Vale and Blackpool. Which he bet to finish at 1:1. 15 minutes before the end, Port Vale loses 1-0, but gets the right to shoot a penalty. By strictly following Murphy’s laws, Port Vale’s striker missed the penalty. And Dunning is only satisfied with £ 22,000 of his system for which he has invested 2 pounds.
“You can not regret something you never had,” Dunning says wisely.
Crazy bet on horse racing with 1 million profit
York Frank Frek Krags won 1 million pounds in 2008 with a bet of just 0.5 pounds. He stakes eight horses in a battery bet. He did not combine them into a system but put them in a straightforward column, which means that all eight must win, so they will not leave empty-handed. Defeating the probability theory, he wins the extra bet.
As you can guess from gigantic winnings, all horses have been outsiders. The last horse, called “Dreams Come True,” wins 9:20 in Wolverhampton and makes Krags a millionaire in his 60th birthday week.
