Man’s 14-year-old bet pays $200K when grandson plays for Wales

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London: A man won £125,000 pounds on a bet placed almost 14 years ago that his grandson would play soccer for Wales.

In January 2000, Pete Edwards wagered £50 at odds of 2500-1 that his grandson, then two years old, would represent his country. His gamble paid off when Harry Wilson, now 16, came on as a substitute in Wales’s World Cup qualifier against Belgium on Tuesday.

Wilson, a Liverpool academy player, came on in the 87th minute of Wales’s 1-1 draw in Brussels. In doing so he become the nation’s youngest-ever international soccer player, beating a record previously held by Real Madrid’s Gareth Bale.

“We have taken thousands of bets like these,” said Graham Sharpe, spokesman for bookmaker William Hill, which took the wager.

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“We rarely have to pay out on them,” he added in a telephone interview.

William Hill paid out £10,000 on a similar bet placed by the father of Chris Kirkland when the goalkeeper made his England soccer debut in 2006, Mr Sharpe said.

source: smh

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