Scaffolder Ethan Conway, 24, still pocketed £5,000 (Picture: Wales News Service)
A football fan missed out on winning £800,000 in a bet after he cashed out just minutes before.
Scaffolder Ethan Conway, 24, still pocketed £5,000 from his lucky punt but was ‘gutted’ to miss out on the extra £795,000.
The Liverpool fan staked £219 on the three exact scores of the final day of the 2023-24 Premier League season.
Ethan correctly predicted the results for Brighton 0-2 Manchester United, Liverpool 2-0 Wolves, and Sheffield United 0-3 Tottenham Hotspur.
But he cashed out for £5,130 when the Manchester United score was still 1-0 and was ‘over the moon’ thinking he’d had a good day – before Rasmus Højlund scored a second in the 88th minute.
If he had just waited a few more minutes, he would have won an incredible £814,000 on the 3717/1 bet.
Ethan, from Mountain Ash, South Wales, said: ‘I was just tamping [Welsh word for furious] really. Just heartbroken – disbelief if anything.
‘I was looking at new cars, new houses, but obviously it’s a different story now. My family and friends were in disbelief as well.
‘But obviously they’re happy that I won the five grand.’
Ethan with his girlfriend Amber Timms (Picture: Wales News Service)
Ethan bets on matches most weekends but this is the first time he won as much as £5,000.
There is now ‘no chance’ he’ll be betting again anytime soon.
He said: ‘I just had a rough guess and it just came in. Just pure luck.
‘I’ve come out of it now. I’ve just won that and run.
‘I’ll have to get over this one first. It’s just the 50/50 chance of it – you either cash out or you don’t.
‘I’m just gutted really.’
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