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Pessimistic New Zealander has placed an insane amount of money on All Blacks failing at World Cup

Published 10:37 29 Aug 2015 BST

Darragh Murphy
Pessimistic New Zealander has placed an insane amount of money on All Blacks failing at World Cup

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Watching the World Cup with this negative Nancy will be a barrel of laughs.

An anonymous punter in Auckland has placed $130,000 (€75,150) on the All Blacks NOT winning the World Cup this Autumn. New Zealand are 11/8 favourites to win the 2015 World Cup in England but the cynical bettor doesn't hold out much hope of his country retaining their world championship. Wales v New Zealand - International Match The flutter is the largest bet that the Totalisator Agency Board (TAB) has ever received on a rugby game with $100,000 (€58,000) the previous highest. The punter received odds of 11/20 on the bet so he stands to make $71,500 (€41,300) if New Zealand fail to live up to their billing. He'll be a popular man in the pub if the All Blacks reach the final and he's shouting for the other side. H/t to New Zealand Herald

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