Man's tears after winning £250,000 Sky Sports Super 6 jackpot due to late-goal flurry

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Herts Live : “I had a look with about 85 mins gone, and I saw [Erling] Haaland had just scored [to give Manchester City the lead] and thought 'oh, I’m doing quite well' but I still had a few to get. READ MORE: Bloke queues 17 hours to see new King - but Charles tells him he 'shouldn't have'“I went off because we were watching [TV programme] Brassic, but I kept an eye on it, and I went 'Jesus, look at that, all six are in!' I kept checking them off through my results app: 'That’s finished, that’s finished, that’s finished…'“I went 'Jesus, I’ve got all six.' I didn’t really know what to do.

I rang my mate Zeb who set up the Super 6 League, and I was speaking to him until about 1am.”The Super 6 game is free to play and gives users the chance to 'Challenge Jeff' - Sky Sports presenter Jeff Stelling - with points given for correct scores and results.

However, only if a user can guess the score of all six matches exactly does the winner claim the £250k jackpot, with Mr Howell the first to do so this season.Chris faced an agonising wait to have his win confirmed, though, as he did not hear from the competition organisers until the following morning. “You know when your team scores a goal, but you can’t really celebrate.

This was like a 9-hour VAR decision!“I’ve had tears, the realisation of it. It’s going to make our lives so much easier. We’ve got seven kids and seven grandkids and Christmas is coming!”Chris’ winning predictions in full were:Napoli had only scored their second six minutes earlier, before Ndombele settled the tie with his goal in injury time.