For missing out on his original bet, a man has won over $150,000 for placing a $38 bet on horses he does not like. According to The Sun newspaper, the lucky man who does not want to be identified, had wanted to bet on a seven-horse accumulator.

A proud father from West Midlands, England is expected to win over $ 750,000 for placing a series of bets on his son becoming a professional football player. His son, now 16, has been recently drafted in the West Brom soccer team. According to The Sun, Garry Nicholls, 45, placed a $285 bet on his son becoming a football player some 10 years ago.

As Cuban President Fidel Castro is struggling with death while in hospital, online gamblers are cashing in the fate of the leader. Castro is confined to a bed after undergoing a surgery for intestinal bleeding. Last week, he temporarily relinquished powers to his younger brother. According to a report published Thursday, people online are placing bets on which day or month the 79-year-old Cuban president will die.

A woman who placed a 10-cent bet at a Michigan horse track and won $21,584. The bet was made at Sports Creek Raceway in Swartz Creek, about 55 miles northwest of Detroit. The woman placed two 10-cent Superfecta bets on a race being simulcast from the Hollywood Park track in Inglewood, California. The Superfecta requires gamblers to pick the four top-finishing horses in correct order. "One of them won," said Sports Creek general manager Chris Locking, reported The Detroit News. She returned to the track to collect her winnings.

Online gambling on hurricanes is becoming quite popular. The gambling operators who offer these types of bets claim that the historical data on hurricanes make for great odds due to unpredictable weather predictions. For example, wagers can bet on a range of hurricanes formats from the total number of hurricanes that occur to wagering on the odds of category strength status to how many storms will hit Florida residents or certain areas along the coastline.