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Biggest Melbourne Cup bets: Punter’s nervous wait with nearly $1m on the line

Biggest Melbourne Cup bets: Punter’s nervous wait with nearly $1m on the line

By abc.net.au
06/11/2023
Image: ABC

One punter will be having some sleepless nights as they wait for the Melbourne Cup, with an almost million-dollar collect waiting for them if the favourite Vauban salutes.

A Ladbrokes customer outlayed $1000 on a five-leg multi on September 23 and has nailed the first four legs.

They kicked things off with star Kiwi sprinter Imperatriz cruising home in the Moir Stakes at $2 (September 29).

The penultimate leg was Without A Fight in the Caulfield Cup market at $8 (October 21), and the Anthony and Sam Freedman stayer was able to run down West Wind Blows in thrilling fashion.

The final leg is Vauban to win the Melbourne Cup - securing a juicy price of $7 given he’s now into $3.70 - with the five legs coming to $824.43.

But the punter wasn’t settling for that, extracting some extra value by using the odds boost multi promo to increase that to $989.12 so they stand to collect $989,120 if Ryan Moore can guide Willie Mullins’ stayer home tomorrow.

The Melbourne Cup race will begin at 4pm tomorrow.

Source: ABC

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