A mystery Australian man is counting his lucky stars after turning a $1 bet into a cool AUD$22,368 on Melbourne Cup day.
He got 50% of the astonishing odds of AUD$44,736 when Rekindling, Johannes Vermeer, Max Dynamite and Big Duke finished first to fourth respectively.
Also, three different people won AUD$10,083 each for rightly choosing the first three horses in any order.
Another man in Western Australian put down 20 separate $1 trifecta bets, picking the first three runners in correct order to collect AUD$60,502 from his $20 spend.
A big‑spending punter got a huge return on his AUD$1200 First 4 investment, coming home with AUD$124,000.
Source: perthnow.com.au
