French racing fan scoops 7.5 million euros with 60-euro bet
(PARIS) - A horse-racing fan made a French gambling record Monday when he placed a 60-euro bet and went home with winnings totalling 7.5 million euros (9.6 million dollars), the PMU state-run bookmaker said.
The gambler, who was not named, placed a bet known here as a quinte, which means the better has to predict the first five horses to romp home, for a race in the Vincennes hippodrome in the Paris suburbs.
Placing a quinte bet automatically puts the gambler into a lottery by allocating him a four-digit number.
The lucky gambler correctly guessed the first five horses and then his four-digit number was picked in the lottery, which begins at a million euros and increases by 50,000 euros every day until someone wins it.
The previous record was 6.9 million euros which was won in July 2007.
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