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Why lad, 25, will only receive £85k of £274k winnings after bookies eventually pay out one year later

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Published 12:22 27 Apr 2025 GMT+1

Why lad, 25, will only receive £85k of £274k winnings after bookies eventually pay out one year later

His bet has been settled and he'll get his money, but not all of the money

Joe Harker

Joe Harker

Dylan Phelan will be getting his winnings after all after a horse racing bet he put on turned out to be a winner, but he won't get all of the money.

The 25-year-old lad put down a €30 (£25) each way bet on Rocky's Diamond and Diamond Nora at combined odds of over 5000/1.

When he put the bets on the horses were at 80-1 and 125-1 odds, though their starting prices were 22-1 and 16-1, so he picked a very good moment to bet on them.

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He picked the horses because he'd actually helped train them, and put the bets on for Rocky's Diamond at the maiden hurdle at Limerick and Diamond Nora in a mares’ maiden hurdle at Ballinrobe on 19 April last year.

With those odds, his initial bet of €60 (£51) looked set to be transformed into a whopping €320,000 (£274,000), and while Dylan said he 'got lucky' from the bets coming in, he then hit a spot of bad luck after the bookies refused to hand over the cash.

One of the horses he put a pet on was Rocky's Diamond, pictured here racing in January 2025 (David Fitzgerald/Sportsfile via Getty Images)
One of the horses he put a pet on was Rocky's Diamond, pictured here racing in January 2025 (David Fitzgerald/Sportsfile via Getty Images)

Ladbrokes said the races were subject to an inquiry and so they wouldn't be paying out just yet, insisting they would 'await the outcome of those proceedings before settling bets.'

According to the Daily Mail, the race results were flagged to the Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board (IHRB) because both horses had not won a race before.

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Dylan had said that Diamond Nora had been 'disappointing', but he 'thought she turned a corner', while he reckoned that Rocky's Diamond had 'turned into a very good horse.'

Besides, every race winning horse has to win for the first time at some point.

The Irish lad went viral after he announced he was taking Ladbrokes to high court, and it seems that since then the tune has changed.

Dylan Phelan will get €100,000, because the bookies have a maximum pay out rule (X/Racing's Inside Track TV)
Dylan Phelan will get €100,000, because the bookies have a maximum pay out rule (X/Racing's Inside Track TV)

"We have now discussed this matter with the Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board in order to seek a resolution as quickly as possible," Ladbrokes said in a statement.

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"Although the IHRB is unable to provide details of the investigation, or its likely duration, we are satisfied that it is appropriate to proceed with payment of the relevant bets in accordance with our terms and conditions."

So, Dylan will now get his money, but it seems as though he'll only actually get €100,000 (£85,755) of it because that's the bookies maximum pay out for a wager placed over the counter.

According to Racing Post, Dylan tried to cash in his winning bet on 22 April last year but was blocked, and Ladbrokes sent him a letter last June which said the pay out on his bet would be €100,000.

Bookies do have terms and conditions where they lay out their maximum pay out rules, which is useful to know for my plan to travel back in time and bet on Leicester City to win the 2015/16 Premier League.

I know Back to the Future 2 warned not to do this sort of thing, but I'm sure it'll be fine when I do it.

Featured Image Credit: Drivetime RTE

Topics: Gambling, Ireland, Money, Viral

Joe Harker
Joe Harker

Joe graduated from the University of Salford with a degree in Journalism and worked for Reach before joining the LADbible Group. When not writing he enjoys the nerdier things in life like painting wargaming miniatures and chatting with other nerds on the internet. He's also spent a few years coaching fencing. Contact him via [email protected]

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