Photo: NZ HeraldA homeless man from Petone has turned a $5 bet he placed on the Melbourne Cup into a life-changing $106,000. He said he’s not new to betting and has been using his TAB account since he was 19 years old. After the race, Robert said he went to the club’s garden bar for a cigarette to check the results and found his TAB account had five extra zeros. Robert said he had to refresh his TAB account three times to believe the extraordinary result. The TAB could not go into further details about the bet due to privacy reasons but confirmed the $5 bet had resulted in a $106,000 prize.

Source: New Zealand Herald November 07, 2023 20:04 UTC