An Electrician in his 30s placed a £5 sixfold accumulator bet on Coral’s Winning Ways coupon on Saturday and won £74,844. Yes you didn't read wrong with just a £5 bet.

The man from Scarborough realized on Saturday afternoon that he’d won £74,844 having placed only a £5 bet with UK bookmaker Coral on a sixfold accumulator.

He placed the £5 bet on six matches on Coral’s “Winning Ways” coupon where he had to successfully predict that both teams to score and then also predict the winner of the matches.

The Electrician, who wants to remain anonymous, said, “I bet on football every week however this is the first time I have bet on this particular betting coupon. My buddies who showed me the betting coupon so I made a decision to try it out. I was asleep on the sofa in the home and when I woke up I realised I just needed Oldham to score and I was on for a massive win of £62,370 pounds. When that goal went in I was in a state of shock”.

“I visited the Coral betting shop and showed them betting coupon to make certain that the bet was a winner, and they not just confirmed that I had won, but additionally informed me that there was a special 20% win bonus on the coupon, so my winnings were even bigger, at £74,844”.

When asked what he would do with the winnings, the Electrician said, “I haven’t an idea but I’m sure that my girlfriend will help me spend it.”

UK bookmakers dealt with multi-million pound losses on Saturday with the top 14 most favored teams in football bets all winning. Coral estimate that more than £10 million pounds could have been won by football bettors in betting shops around Britain, just 2 weeks after the betting industry suffered its heaviest ever losses on football betting totalling £30 million pounds.

* The Winning Ways Coupon is exclusive to Coral and offers customers the challenge of selecting matches where both teams score and then also selecting which team will win.

£5 staked on a sixfold accumulator on the following matches:

Port Vale v Brighton

Rochdale v Sheffield Wednesday

Oldham v Peterborough

Swindon v Shrewsbury

Wolves v Bristol City

Ross County v Hearts