Lucky Leicester fan wins £20k after crazy Premier League bet (Photo: Leigh Herbert/Twitter)
A lucky Leicester City fan who won a £20,000 crazy bet on his team's Premier League glory has joked about going professional after winning hundreds of pounds more which paid for his Christmas spending.
Leigh Herbert placed a £5 stake on his team winning at odds of 5000/1 in August last year, and after the Foxes stormed to a much-celebrated victory in May, he bagged £20,600.
He cashed out £2 of his bet just over a month before his team's triumph, taking home £5,600, because it "all got a bit much" - but he went on to win £15,000 more.
The 39-year-old then took home more than £760 from a £1 football bet after a christmas shopping spree at the end of October - covering the cost of all the presents he had just bought.
Reflecting on the months that followed his big win, he told the Press Association: "To be honest, I've been doing all right. I've had a few football accumulators come in. Not massive wins ... a few hundred pounds."
He added: "I went Christmas shopping and we spent quite a bit on Christmas shopping for everyone, and we came back in time for the football. I put the accumulator on and it won which paid for all the shopping that we did."
Asked if he thinks he could make a career out of betting, he joked: "I have considered it but I don't think I could," adding: "The thing is, I've not gone crazy with it, I've not been making stupid bets.
"I have been playing it, and I don't always win, but sometimes I do. But I think I win more than people I know, but I've been really, really lucky, to be honest."
Mr Herbert said he has spent all his winnings and enjoyed the thousands by paying off his credit cards, buying a car, and going on a camping trip to Cornwall.
"I definitely had a good time spending it. The way I see it - I didn't have it before and it was a win so I enjoyed it," he said, adding: "It's just nice not to have to worry about anything, and you can do what you want, and go where you want, and not worry about money."
A Leicester fan for more than 25 years, Mr Herbert, from Enderby, south Leicester, said he never lost faith in his team throughout the season before they made history.
William Hill spokesman, Joe Crilly said: "Put into perspective, Leicester's Premier League victory was longer odds than Nessie being found, Elvis being alive or little green men coming down from Mars and settling on Earth.
"5000/1 are the biggest odds we have ever paid out on a single bet and almost certainly will ever pay out."
Mr Herbert has placed a £10 bet at 100/1 on Leicester winning the Champions League.
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