An Otago man has turned a $10 bet into six figures, just a week after a man from a neighbouring town did exactly the same thing.
The mystery Mosgiel man placed a TAB Triple Trio bet last week, after asking for the same bet that Milton man Len Glassford won
$300,000 on the week before.
Come the Wellington Cup last Saturday, the Mosgiel gambler became $100,000 richer.
TAB executive general manager Glenn Patrick said it was astonishing that two people who lived so close together had pocketed six-figures sums two weeks in a row.
"Len's win last week made a $10 TAB Triple Trio the hottest bet in town, and who knows, it could pay out big next week too," he said.
