A man wins 200k on a 15 year old bet

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Peter Edwards,placed an $80.00 with his local bookmaker when his grandson was 18 months old at odds of 2,500/1.That one day his grandson would play soccer for Wales.He is now $200,000.00 richer as grandson,Harry Wilson made his debut for Wales in a world Cup qualifying match.Edwards said ''I was shattered because I had to wait for 85,86 minutes before he came on and I was panicking because they already substituted twice ,so I thought he wasn't going to make it.
 

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Roll, didn't Rooney's uncle do same years ago that he would play for natl team? And not sure which uncle by the way cuz he has some shady ones

i just figured that was a rumor...but, yeah, the rumor was he had like 200k to win if roon played in world cup. last i heard his dad and uncle were in prison for match fixing in scotland so i don't think they got much use out of the cash
 

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i just figured that was a rumor...but, yeah, the rumor was he had like 200k to win if roon played in world cup. last i heard his dad and uncle were in prison for match fixing in scotland so i don't think they got much use out of the cash
There ya go...was a while ago...but this story reminded me of the Rooney ordeal....believe it was thru Paddy Power years back....
 

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no worries about gettin paid ?

never, i visit my brother once or twice a year in manchester...walk right into the corner shop as if you were getting an ice cream cone make your bet come back later and get paid..simple...if only the US could muster up the brain space to see how easy this works...but we keep trying to re invent the wheel for some reason and make life as complicated as ever
 

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never, i visit my brother once or twice a year in manchester...walk right into the corner shop as if you were getting an ice cream cone make your bet come back later and get paid..simple...if only the US could muster up the brain space to see how easy this works...but we keep trying to re invent the wheel for some reason and make life as complicated as ever

sounds similar to what the lottery is here for us. Thats awesome
 

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