Punter wins $2.6m after error
A punter collected $2.6 million after a TAB operator incorrectly entered his trifecta bet on the Melbourne Cup.
The Sydney punter, who has not been identified, phoned a $6 trifecta 20 times for the winning combination of Makybe Diva, She's Archie and Jardine's Lookout, the News Ltd press reported.
The trifecta was mistakenly entered 203 times by the TAB operator, resulting in the $2.6 million windfall for the punter, the report said.
As the customer chose not to have his bets read back to him he was forced to honour the bet win or lose.
TAB Limited's public affairs manager Peter Fletcher said the punter contacted the TAB when he found the $2.6 million in his account, thinking there was a mistake.
"But he is the beneficiary of the winning bet even though it wasn't the bet he wanted," Mr Fletcher said.
"Normally these things go against you and if it was a losing bet he would have had to pay up."
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A punter collected $2.6 million after a TAB operator incorrectly entered his trifecta bet on the Melbourne Cup.
The Sydney punter, who has not been identified, phoned a $6 trifecta 20 times for the winning combination of Makybe Diva, She's Archie and Jardine's Lookout, the News Ltd press reported.
The trifecta was mistakenly entered 203 times by the TAB operator, resulting in the $2.6 million windfall for the punter, the report said.
As the customer chose not to have his bets read back to him he was forced to honour the bet win or lose.
TAB Limited's public affairs manager Peter Fletcher said the punter contacted the TAB when he found the $2.6 million in his account, thinking there was a mistake.
"But he is the beneficiary of the winning bet even though it wasn't the bet he wanted," Mr Fletcher said.
"Normally these things go against you and if it was a losing bet he would have had to pay up."
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