A PUNTER who decided to have a bet when he was bored on a Sunday ended up winning almost £400,000 – and tipped all the winners for free on Twitter!
Nick Cataldi has become the talk of the punting world after his life-changing win last weekend.
A cobbler by trade, Cataldi, from Sydney, Australia, was a keen punter anyway but had never come close to landing such a windfall before.
And incredibly this was no coup or sting operation with info direct from the yard, just good old fashioned research and more than a bit of luck.
He pocketed a grand total of £390,340 after backing the same four horses in a series of multiple bets, telling his followers exactly who he was on before the races.
Unfortunately it seemed like no one else was brave enough to follow him in!
Explaining how it all came about, Cataldi, whose Twitter name is @nickcat7, told RSN Radio: “I didn’t really want to start betting… but I was sitting there on Sunday, not much happening.
“I was putting $20 (around £11) bets on. The first one won, the second one won, the third one won or something like that and I had a bit of money up.”
Highland Jakk at Ballarat boosted his winnings to around £1,650 – and it was then he looked at the final four races at Albany in Western Australia.
All the horses were around the 10-1 mark but he loaded them up into a series of bets and watched in astonishment as one by one they came in.
He continued: “I didn‘t expect them to win. So I put my bet on and then I decided I may as well go each-way with it, just in case so if I get one win I might get something back.”
