- John Singleton is famous for placing big sports bets.
- Rich 82-year-old listener has tipped Penrith to win NRL title
Billionaire advertising guru John Singleton has bet $100,000 on Penrith to win the NRL grand final – and stands to make an absolute fortune if the Panthers beat the Storm on Sunday night.
The 82-year-old placed the bet in March and got odds of $4, meaning he will win $400,000 if coach Ivan Cleary’s men win their fourth straight title.
Singleton, famous for his betting and his generosity when his bets come out, said he could receive $200,000 from bookmaker Lloyd Merlehan before kickoff, but he refuses to do so because he loves the thrill that comes with such a large outlay.
‘If I had any brains, I’d quit now and keep $200,000. But that’s not very fun, is it? I want to win everything,’ he said. news corporation.
When asked if he got nervous when he could lose so much money, he replied: “Of course.” That’s why I do it. I haven’t bet on any games this year. Just one.
‘Lloyd (Merlehan) is way ahead thanks to all my clearances over the years. I’m just trying to get something back.
‘Singo’ also revealed that he will be at Gosford’s Railway Hotel on the New South Wales Central Coast to watch his beloved Newtown Jets play the Norths Devils in the State Cup final, which is one of the premieres of the clash between Panthers and Storm.
“I’ll shout to the whole bar if Newtown wins… free drinks for an hour,” he said.
Last October, Singleton promised to shout out to the 40,000 bettors on Everest if his horse Hawaii Five Oh won the race.
Billionaire John Singleton (pictured) has bet $100,000 on Penrith to win the NRL grand final, and could win $400,000 if they lift the trophy.
The advertising guru (pictured at the Golden Slipper horse race) is well known for his love of punting and shouting at the bar when one of his bets goes wrong.
He finished sixth, which saved him spending about $300,000 on the drink bill, which still wouldn’t have made a dent in his estimated $800 million fortune.
The famous publicist shouted the bar at a race in Menangle, south-west of Sydney, last August.
He paid for spectators’ drinks for an hour between races three and five and said, “Why should people at the track wait without drinking?”
In 2014, she screamed in the Hawkesbury pub after her horse Strawberry Boy won the Ladies Day Cup, and in April 2008 she treated punters to drinks in 19 pubs stretching from Newcastle to Wyong on the central coast of England. New South Wales.
‘Singo’ said he could take $200,000 from the bookmaker he made the bet with, but he likes the nerves he goes through as he prays for the Panthers (pictured: stars Brian To’o, left, and Izack Tago ) prevail over the Storm.
But his most famous act of generosity came in the 2000 Golden Slipper, when the horse he owned with former Prime Minister Bob Hawke, Belle du Jour, scored a memorable victory.
‘It would certainly be the most exciting and unforgettable day you have ever had. You can’t beat that,” Singleton said.
‘We were going to do it (the scream) for an hour, but then we said, let’s do it until the races are over.
‘We have a million dollars plus prize money, why do it for an hour? It’s not a suburban pub, it’s a moment in equine history. I’m treating myself there!
“We let it go and I know that when the bill came, it was much, much less than I had imagined.”
