Punter who thought he'd won £15k off £10 World Cup bet left furious after ... trends now
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Bookmakers have refused to pay out after a punter tried to claim a 'life-changing' £15,000 prize after staking just £10 on a series of World Cup bets.
Liam Manifold, 30, from Tutbury, Staffordshire, had already planned how to spend the cash when Coral said it would not hand over the winnings.
The football fan was given odds of 1,495/1 after predicting that Argentina would be crowned overall winners of the World Cup in Qatar, Lionel Messi would be named player of the tournament and France would also make the final.
The delighted maintenance engineer rushed back to the betting shop in Horninglow on November 11, the day after the final, but left empty-handed.
Liam Manifold, 30, placed a series of bets on the World Cup final and thought he had won nearly £15,000 but the bookmakers Coral are refusing to pay out
Mr Manifold was given odds of 1,495/1 after predicting that Argentina would be crowned overall winners of the World Cup in Qatar, Lionel Messi would be named player of the tournament and France would also make the final.
A spokesman for Coral said the events were 'closely related to each other so the prices offered on them individually could not be included in a multiple bet'.
The bookmaker said it had made a 'very fair and generous offer for the settlement of the bet' - said by Mr Manifold to have been just £660.
He was planning to buy his disabled dad a new
