Horse Betting -

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

: 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.

: Against all logic, Lupita won, completing Whiteley's six-race accumulator and turning his £2 into £1.45 million . Fast Facts: Famous Wagering Feats Horse Betting

: They unknowingly placed the wager with bookmakers linked to a drug cartel. When Winning Colors defied the odds to become one of the few fillies to win the Derby, the men had to figure out how to collect their winnings without getting killed.

In 2011, , a 61-year-old heating engineer, experienced what many call the ultimate stroke of luck. : Whiteley entered the Exeter racecourse with a

: Their journey back across the border, evading both federal agents and potential killers, was later chronicled in the book The Greatest Gambling Story Ever Told . The Heating Engineer’s £1.5 Million Miracle

: In 2001, Benter's model correctly predicted the "Triple Triple" at Happy Valley—a jackpot requiring the bettor to pick the top three finishers in three specific races. : Against all logic, Lupita won, completing Whiteley's

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.