Horse - Betting

: Whiteley entered the Exeter racecourse with a free promotional ticket and placed a modest £2 bet .

One of the most legendary figures in horse racing is , a physics dropout who applied advanced mathematics to the track. Benter moved to Hong Kong and developed a computer model that analyzed over 130 variables for every horse in every race. Horse Betting

: He won a staggering $13 million but intentionally never claimed the ticket. The unclaimed winnings were eventually donated to charity by the Hong Kong Jockey Club. : Whiteley entered the Exeter racecourse with a

: By the time he retired, it is estimated Benter made nearly $1 billion through his quantitative betting models. The Longshot of a Lifetime: Winning Colors : He won a staggering $13 million but

In 2011, , a 61-year-old heating engineer, experienced what many call the ultimate stroke of luck.

: The trio placed a massive longshot bet at a racetrack in Tijuana, Mexico.

: Australian tycoon Kerry Packer once bet $4.6 million on a horse named Mahogany . The horse won, netting Packer a payout of approximately $20 million.