{"id":338989,"date":"2023-10-16T01:00:05","date_gmt":"2023-10-16T01:00:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=338989"},"modified":"2023-10-16T02:01:13","modified_gmt":"2023-10-16T02:01:13","slug":"how-free-bet-landed-punter-10m-on-the-everest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=338989","title":{"rendered":"How free bet landed punter $10m on The Everest"},"content":{"rendered":"

This article originally appeared on<\/strong><\/em> Stuff<\/strong><\/em><\/a> and is reproduced with permission\ufeff.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

An astute New Zealand punter is $10 million richer after pulling off the remarkable feat of correctly predicting the finishing order of the 12 horses in The Everest<\/a> race in Sydney on Saturday.<\/p>\n

A TAB promotion on the richest race<\/a> in Australia gave customers the free opportunity to submit one entry on where all 12 horses would finish in the race at Randwick.<\/p>\n

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New Zealand horse I Wish I Win finished second behind Think About It<\/a>, which suited the punter from Auckland just fine \u2013 as did all the other selections he made, after discovering the competition when placing a bet on the Rugby World Cup.<\/p>\n

"I'm absolutely blown away," the winner said.<\/p>\n

\"Think<\/p>\n

"I saw the promotion on the TAB site and thought I'd give it a crack. I didn't put too much thought into my picks and just dropped the runners where I thought it could go.<\/p>\n

"I honestly could not believe I'd won it. I actually thought it was a hoax when they first rang me \u2013 I called the TAB back, and it took quite a lot of convincing before it sank in.<\/p>\n

"To have pulled it off, winning $10 million in a free-to-play competition, is truly incredible for my family and I."<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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