Leicester fan cashed out.

[mrsblue]

City fan cashed out his bet,his pre season £50 wager at odds of 5000/1 would have won the fan 250k if city win the league,the fan however decided to take £72,000 just in case,hours after he cashed out the bet was worth 91k cash out.

Money is king so take the dosh.

 

[RobM]

There has ben a few stories of this ilk, one punter was on for £25,000 and took £3,200.

The small question - what will (s)he do with it? A very quick look on internet shows - a one bed flat for £70,000, a nice 3 bed semi for £150,000. Now, we don't know the punter's personal circumstances. We can only surmise. so...

The BIG question .. what would we all do? £250,000 (a quarter of a million....gulp!) is, for most of us if not all, an amount that would change our lives. Would you hang on in there or cash up?

 

[mrsblue]

There has ben a few stories of this ilk, one punter was on for £25,000 and took £3,200.

The small question - what will (s)he do with it? A very quick look on internet shows - a one bed flat for £70,000, a nice 3 bed semi for £150,000. Now, we don't know the punter's personal circumstances. We can only surmise. so...

The BIG question .. what would we all do? £250,000 (a quarter of a million....gulp!) is, for most of us if not all, an amount that would change our lives. Would you hang on in there or cash up?

Cash out with the 72k,the 3.2 is miserly from the bookies so would have let that ride until it reached 10k.

 

[RobM]

The way things are, that'd probably be the last game of the season!

 

[AndyT]

I'd have stuck it out for a while.

As the next few games are all winnable, whereas Arsenal and Tottenham have a couple of tougher games coming up.

 

[Floval Flyer]

Interesting scenario;

last game of the season - Leicester need a point at Chelsea to win the PL (with Arsenal and Spurs on their tail)

How hard will Chelsea try to win?

 

[RobM]

I suppose it depends on Chelsea's situation, still 9 or 10 games (27 or 30 points) available.

 

[Uncle Leo]

I suppose it depends on Chelsea's situation, still 9 or 10 games (27 or 30 points) available.

And with Chelsea potentially in the FA Cup Final too (yes, still two games to go but it's possible)

 

[Pubey]

The point I saw made was that it was making the final matches unbearable to watch, both as a fan and also with the bet on top. I can completely understand why they cashed out, as long as they don't regret it if Leicester win. I guess it now feels like insurance.

 

[RobM]

OK - could he have taken, say, £65,000 and left the rest on? Or is it a buy-out in completion? I don't know anything about such things.

 

[Uncle Leo]

OK - could he have taken, say, £65,000 and left the rest on? Or is it a buy-out in completion? I don't know anything about such things.

Some bookmakers offer what is known as 'partial cash-out', whereby you take some and let the rest run. I don't know if this would have been available for this particular bet though.

 

[Kane Smith]

Hi Guys,

just wondering if any of you matched bet? I've posted a thread in Homer's Bar about it

 

[RHB]

Hi Guys,

just wondering if any of you matched bet? I've posted a thread in Homer's Bar about it

It's been moved to Bet Zone.