Lucky punter turns €5 into €421k

A Galway man has won €421,587.08 from Paddy Power bookmaker when all 20 selections on his €5 accumulator came in on Stephen’s Day.

He placed it on a Super Coupon on Monday, December 22 in a Galway Paddy Power shop – and 19 of his selections were straight Win-Draw-Win.

The customer opted for Man City -1 in the handicap market for the current Premier League champions' game against West Brom, getting 7/5 rather than the 1/2 on offer for City simply to win.

The win makes the Galway man, who wishes to remain anonymous, Paddy Power's top retail punter of 2014 (barring another massive win in the next few days).

A spokesperson for Paddy Power said: “It’s taken until the end of year but I think we’ve found our punter of 2014!

“It’s not often that we see a 20-team accumulator come in and we can only congratulate the Tribesman that has speared us.”

Here are those selections in full and (below) his actual Super Coupon.

€5.00 accumulator wins €421k

* Chelsea v West Ham (Chelsea 1/3)

* Crystal Palace v Southampton (Southampton 6/5)

* Burnley v Liverpool (Liverpool 5/6)

* Man Utd v Newcastle (Man Utd 2/5)

* Leicester v Tottenham (Tottenham EVs)

* Arsenal v QPR (Arsenal 1/4)

* Norwich v Millwall (Norwich 4/6)

* Bournemouth v Fulham (Bournemouth 4/6)

* Birmingham v Derby (Derby 23/20)

* Sheff Wed v Blackpool (Sheff Wed 8/13)

* Middlesbrough v Nottm Forest (Middlesbrough 4/5)

* Bristol City v Yeovil (Bristol City 4/7)

* Notts County v Mk Dons (Mk Dons 10/11)

* Leyton Orient v Crawley (Leyton Orient 8/11)

* Preston v Barnsley (Preston 4/6)

* Burton Albion v Tranmere (Burton Albion 4/5)

* Aldershot v Barnet (Barnet EVs)

* Macclesfield v Grimsby (Grimsby 6/5)

* Lincoln v Alfreton (Lincoln 4/7)

* West Brom v Man City (Man City [Hcap: -1] 7/5)