Winners Bookmakers

On the 9th November a lucky Betfred customer used the lucky dip feature to generate the numbers 3, 14, 30 & 37. They then decided there were too many 3’s selected so proceeded to change the 3 for a 9 - this decision made the lucky customer a lot of money! A £17 stake returned a whopping £170,017!

Edwin Chiew of St James’ Park, London and a syndicate of six others took out the biggest 49’s win at Betfred and what we believe to be the biggest EVER 49’s win! Congratulations guys! Although Betfred didn’t reveal the exact bet Mr Chiew placed, we understand that he staked £160 in total (well, there was six bettors) and matched four out of the five balls. We’re unsure if he was betting on a straight or an exotic (Yankee, Canadian, etc). Mr Chiew picked his lucky numbers based on the serial number of his mates plane ticket - better buy that friend a beer or two!

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Glyn Sterland of Woodseats, Sheffield placed a bet on the Irish Lotto and really showcased why so many people love Irish Lotto betting - it was a single £1 bet on five numbers that netted him £150,000! Glyn advised that he’d been betting on these exact same numbers regularly for the past five or six years. The numbers he chose are the days of the month each of his five children are born on. Nice and easy to remember.

We’re just happy that Glyn won at Betfred who, at the time of writing, have the best odds for 5 balls on the Irish Lotto. If Glyn had happened to bet online at a Ladbrokes instead he would have been £25,000 out of pocket! Nice one Glyn!

While we don’t know exact details here, we can see on the Ladbrokes Lotto website that there has been a certain Mr M E who has won a whopping three times! Mr M E has won twice on the Irish Lotto - firstly, £41,504 then £50,001 - and once on the 49’s - £18,405. We wish we knew the exact numbers he’s chosen so we can get some of his luck!

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We just love the fact that this win really sums up lottery - a (very) small stake, big odds and a big win. This lucky customer staked their €0.50 on 5 balls on the Irish Lotto at Boyle Sports to win at odds of 125,000/1.

We probably shouldn’t tell them that if they had bet with Betfred or bet365 they would have won €75,000. Compare the Irish Lotto odds here.

Irish Lotto betting newbie Gary Beck won £150,000 from a £1 stake on five balls at Betfred. Gary, who previously played the UK National Lottery for years without winning a penny, was persuaded by a friend to try betting on the Irish Lotto at Betfred due to the fantastic odds. Subsequently, a mere six weeks later he managed to bag £150,000!

The former Royal Navy electrician was reported to have plans to spend his winnings on his dream car and a flash holiday for him and his family.

Thankfully, Gary placed his bet using the Betfred lotto app which, at the time of writing, has the best odds for 5 balls on the Irish Lotto. If Gary had used Boyle Sports he could have been £25,000 short. Well played Gary.

Success wasn’t immediately obvious for this Cork-based punter - The bet was placed on 4 balls in the Euromillions draw, the first ball gets drawn and it isn’t a match. Luckily, the next four subsequent balls were all matches. This lucky punter had €3 on 4 balls in the Euromillions at Boyle Sports which pays 33,000/1. Nice.

Boyle Sports is currently the only UK bookie to offer betting the the Euromillions so no need to shop around for the best odds.

Thomas Cochrane of Co. Cavan has regularly placed bets on the Euromillions at Boyle Sports, recently his luck was in - he staked €10 at odds of 1,500/1 netting himself an incredible €15,000. Thomas, who clearly believed his luck was in, then decided to bet another €10 on Euromillions the following week and wins another €15,000! Unbelievable. Well done Thomas, keep up the good work.