"I no longer have a voice, because we celebrated it well, I took risks, but it paid off", summarizes Grégory Caubet, who has just returned from Munich in Germany. This 39-year-old Toulousain, professor of krav-maga and manager of two combat sports halls in the Pink City, has just won the biggest gain in history on the online betting site Winamax, that is to say 399,441.32 euros very precisely.
By betting 500 euros on a series of 21 sports bets, this sports enthusiast and follower of online poker pocketed the jackpot, benefiting from an insolent chance. After two weeks of suspense, this resident of Toulouse (Haute-Garonne) won the bet on Sunday March 8 by betting on the victory of Bayern Munich against Augsburg in the German football championship, a match he attended with twenty of friends.
“I lost my laptop in the stadium during the match, but that's okay, it was a great week, where we had a lot of partying, says Grégory Caubet, alias Truiton31 on Winamax. I bet on biathlon, football, rugby, NBA games, and even tennis. It was also the worst moment of this combo of bets, because I had put Djokovic winning against Monfils and the latter had a great match! With three match points during the tie-break for the Frenchman, I thought it was over. Then Djoko came back up and won: my friends were in tears! "
"I held on, at the risk of losing everything"
And to continue: "From the first bet, the Winamax site offered to buy the ticket, it was increasing crescendo in the progress of bets, but I wanted to go all the way to bring down the previous record to 306,710 euros. Many friends told me to take the cashout ( Editor's note: an option that ensures a minimum gain ), but I held on, at the risk of losing everything. "
With his staggering gain in his pocket, the thirties, a diving fan, plans to buy a catamaran to go around the world with friends. He has already spotted one in Saint-Martin, where he must go in late March for a poker championship.
History in history, the Frenchman Martin Fourcade, five-time Olympic biathlon champion, challenged Truiton31 on Twitter. "Greg, even if you bet against us, we're not resentful, we invite you to celebrate with you next week in Oslo! "
Greg, even if you bet against us we are not resentful we offer to celebrate this with you next week in Oslo! https://t.co/XintLifHUd
- Martin Fourcade (@martinfkde) March 9, 2020To pocket the jackpot, the player had bet on a defeat for our champion. He took it well: the Norwegian Johannes Boe became the first biathlete to win 15 races in a season after his victory in the pursuit of Oslo, penultimate World Cup race, on Saturday. The old record was held by… Martin Fourcade.
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“The day before, the French team had won the relay so I thought they were going to relax. I love Martin Fourcade and I responded favorably to his invitation because I had planned to go to Oslo for a long time to go to see my brother who lives there and to attend the competition. I'm leaving next Wednesday. It's enormous ! Winamax has already launched bets to know if I'm going to drop Martin for an aperitif. "