You're a single dad. You're forced to have heart surgery. You're now unemployed. You make a very small wager on some horse races. You win £353,000. It is pretty safe to say your luck is changing

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According to an article by the Pocono Record, this is exactly what happened this week to a 52-year-old resident of Glasgow that has asked to remain anonymous

The report states that the man --- who stated that his "brain was a wreck" when he logged into his online account --- correctly predicted seven winners in a combined accumulator bet which was rated at odds of 706,128-1.

According to the report, William Hill, the UK betting firm which paid out the money, said the result was the biggest long-odds bet in its history.

(With files from the Pocono Record)