Cheltenham punters bet £280m with Paddy Power owner Flutter

AuthorBarry O'Halloran
Published date21 March 2023
Publication titleIrish Times: Web Edition Articles (Dublin, Ireland)
Dublin-based Flutter calculates that the three online betting operations handled 37 million individual wagers during the four-day jumps jamboree

The group's bookies took in "well over £250 million sterling (€284 million) in stakes" over the course of the meeting.

Despite victories for 10 favourites, headed by the Willie Mullins-trained Galopin des Champs in the meeting's showpiece, Friday's Boodles Cheltenham Gold Cup, Flutter says it ended the week in the black.

However, the three bookmakers did not have it all their own way. Bets landed on Envoi Allen, Sire du Berlais and Stage Star, all on Thursday, cost them an unspecified "eight-figure sum".

Meanwhile, a Paddy Power customer in Co Kildare netted €75,000 from a 20 cent lucky 63, a multiple bet on different horses in different combinations, that cost €12.60.

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