Cavan punter scores almost €8K with €1 bet on footie

The new football season is just under way, but one punter in County Cavan is already celebrating after they conquered massive odds to land a four-figure sum from a tiny stake.

The anonymous customer went into a BoyleSports shop in the county and invested just €1 in a mammoth 15-team accumulator.

Incredibly, all 15 teams obliged with three wins in Europe for Toulouse (11/20), Stuttgart (5/6) and Wolfsburg (1/2); while the coup was secured by twelve teams in England as Chelsea (1/3), Everton (11/10), Leicester (7/10), Barnsley (11/10), Fulham (5/6), Middlesbrough (5/6), Bournemouth (11/8), Reading (6/5), Lincoln (EVS), West Brom (4/6), Portsmouth (5/6) and Sheffield Wednesday (7/10) all won.

Not long after the final whistle sounded on Saturday, the stunning series of victories had transformed the €1 investment into a spectacular payout of €7,773.72.

Lawrence Lyons, spokesperson for BoyleSports said: “It was only a €1 punt, but it has paid off in some fashion so fair play to our County Cavan customer for a savvy set of selections. It hasn’t taken them long to get off the mark this season and we hope the winnings go down well.”