Manchester punter hits jackpot after £1 Jeremy Corbyn bets placed three years ago

manchestereveningnews.co.uk:

A politics watcher from Manchester has won over £200 after placing a £1 bet on Jeremy Corbyn three years ago. Samson Dada, 32, put two bets that the former Labour leader would win a seat as an independent candidate in the next general election.

Publicist Samson spotted odds of 4/1 in his local William Hill shop in October 2021. and put a pound on it. And when he passed the shop again two weeks later, he was struck again by how impressive the odds were.

So he placed a second bet - this time for £50 - and squirrelled his betting slips away for three years until he dug them back out on Thursday. READ MORE: Home of Labour MP 'attacked with sledgehammer' days after landslide election win When Mr Corbyn did indeed stand as an independent candidate, and went on to win the seat for Islington North, Samson was quids in.

He went back to the shop earlier this week to collect his winnings, totalling £204 for the two bets. "I don't like bookies much, because gambling can cause big problems for people" he said. "So when I see them put up a price I think is wrong, I like to beat them at their own game.