A PENSIONER is celebrating after winning £28,000 from a £1 bet. Francis Fletcher, aged 76, successfully predicted the results of 15 football matches from a £1 bet accumulator last Saturday.
And Mr Fletcher, a retired painter and decorator from Walmersley, said he could have been toasting a £43,000 win had one more result come in.
"I knew I had won a lot but it was only when I went to the bookies that I found out how much," he said.
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