{"id":4737,"date":"2023-11-08T13:02:17","date_gmt":"2023-11-08T13:02:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/used82.com\/?p=4737"},"modified":"2023-11-08T13:02:17","modified_gmt":"2023-11-08T13:02:17","slug":"homeless-man-wins-six-figures-after-placing-just-5-bet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/used82.com\/?p=4737","title":{"rendered":"Homeless man wins six figures after placing just $5 bet"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A homeless man is now able to afford a home after placing a tiny $5 bet.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Robert – who didn’t want to share his surname – put a bet on the\u00a0Melbourne<\/a>\u00a0Cup and went on to pocket over 2,000 times the amount he put on.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The\u00a0New Zealand<\/a>\u00a0man went to his local working man’s club to watch the race following his bet and, after the race, checked his TAB account to find a huge amount of\u00a0cash<\/a>\u00a0sitting there for him to withdraw.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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A man placed a $5 bet on this year’s Melbourne Cup. Credits: Asanka Ratnayake\/Getty Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Robert said the discovery was ‘quite an emotional process’ and, like many of us would, he enjoyed a few celebratory drinks afterwards with his newfound $106,000 winnings.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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“I couldn\u2019t believe it, and I thought to myself, \u2018there must be something wrong here\u2019,” he told the New Zealand Herald.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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“I went into my easybets and realised that there was a green tick next to my $5 first four easybets with $106,000.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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After splurging on a few drinks, Robert said his first priority is to buy a home with the cash in light of him living in a garage for the past nine months.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cI\u2019ve gone from being homeless, sitting in a garage to finally being able to afford a deposit on a house now,\u201d Robert said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Online\u00a0sports<\/a>\u00a0and horse racing betting site TAB confirmed to the New Zealand Herald that the $106,000 came from Robert’s $5 bet.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Mark Zahra went on to be crowned the winner. Credits: Vince Caligiuri\/Getty Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Robert follows\u00a0USA-based Cameron Craig<\/a>\u00a0in hitting the big time with a measly $5 bet.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Back in January, Cameron placed a four-leg parlay bet on the\u00a0NFL<\/a>\u00a0Conference Championships and guessed the four players to score the first touchdown in all four Divisional Round games.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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After he successfully hit his first three wagers, Cameron was offered the chance to cash out with almost $1,400 – but he chose to sit tight and see how his fourth and final wager played out.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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And his confidence paid off as\u00a0Cowboys tight end<\/a> Dalton Schultz scored a touchdown.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Following this, Cameron managed to turn his $5 bet into an impressive $72,795.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Footage was posted online at the time of Cameron’s win where he could be seen celebrating.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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“Life changing money!! Can\u2019t believe that just happened!! Here\u2019s my reaction live,” he penned next to the clip.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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“For anybody saying that\u2019s not life changing. My loans are now paid off and I\u2019m debt free.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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What a time to be alive.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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