Punter turns £20 into £22,000 with 'prophetic' year-long William Hill acca
SOMETIMES it pays to wait.
One shrewd William Hill punter has pulled off the ultimate acca, turning a modest £20 stake into a staggering £22,082 - nearly a full year after placing the bet!
Described as "prophetic" by traders at William Hill HQ, the bettor landed an audacious 10-fold accumulator across horse racing, darts, and football, at odds of 1,104/1.
The winning slip
William Hill
Noisy Music @ 13/8 (Win – 5:10 – Windsor)
Germany @ 1/4 (90 Minutes - Germany vs Scotland - Euro 2024)
Arsenal @ 1/6 (Top 4 Finish - English Premier League - Top 4 Finish 2024/25 - English Premier League)
Burnley @ 2/1 (Promotion - English Championship - Promotion 2024/25 - English Championship)
Birmingham @ 10/11 (Promotion - English League 1 - Promotion 2024/25 - English League 1)
Chesterfield @ 4/5 (Top 7 Finish - English League 2 - Top 7 Finish 2024/25 - English League 2)
Bowman @ 8/13 (Place Only - 3 Places - 4:45 Ayr)
Apeeling @ 11/4 (Place Only - 2 Places - 6:15 Windsor)
Luke Littler @ 3/1 (Outright - PDC World Darts Championship 2025 - Tournament Winner - PDC World Darts Championship)
England @ 3/20 (90 Minutes - England vs Bosnia - International Friendlies)
The epic wager was placed in June 2024, and the winning run began on the 3rd of that month.
The early selections featured Bowman (8/13) placing at Ayr, Noisy Music (13/8) winning at Windsor, and Apeeling (11/4) placing in another race on the same card.
Later that evening, England (3/10) saw off Bosnia in a friendly, and over a week later, Germany (1/4) beat Scotland in the Euro 2024 opener—bringing up five winning legs before… well, before the bet went into hibernation.
Fast forward to January 2025, and Luke Littler (3/1) claimed victory at the PDC World Darts Championship.
Another few months passed and the seasons changed for the remaining legs of the acca to land.
Burnley (2/1) and Birmingham (10/11) clinched promotion, Chesterfield (4/5) squeezed into League Two's top seven, and Arsenal (1/6) confirmed a top-four Premier League finish - completing the remarkable sequence.
William Hill spokesperson Lee Phelps said: "We see a lot of big winning bets, but it's rare to see anything quite like this!
"Both the duration of the bet and range of sports included makes this £20 10-fold an extraordinary wager and we have to tip our hat to this punter after they landed a cool £22k.
"There must have been times of concern, with Apeeling all out to repel two challengers at Windsor and Chesterfield needing to win on the final day of the League 2 season to secure seventh place, but the last few week's must have been more relaxed, with Arsenal's place in the top four all but secured."
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