Punter says his £5m Liverpool accumulator win refused by Coventry bookies

Darren Hope says BoyleSports won't pay out after he backed Liverpool to win the Champions League



A punter says that his £5m Liverpool accumulator win has been refused by Coventry bookies. Now police, Action Fraud and the industry’s adjudicators are all involved in Darren Hope's case.

But the Coventry resident admits he has no proof of his astonishing football accumulator win - as he says he handed in his betting slip. The dispute has recently culminated in the electrical engineer staging a one-man protest in the bookies.

Mr Hope, who lives in a one-bedroom flat in Coventry, believe he legitimately scooped £5 million from a European Champions League accumulator bet where Liverpool overcame astonishing odds to lift the trophy, reports BirminghamLive.

Mr Hope says that the fortune has failed to materialise because his betting slip was lost by the bookies. He claims that that on May 3, 2019, he placed a £20 bet with BoyleSports that would conclude with Liverpool beating Spurs for the trophy.

At the time, Liverpool had already lost the first leg of their semi-final against Barcelona 3-0. Mr Hope claims the odds were Liverpool to beat Barcelona 4-0 at Anfield at 400 to 1. They won 4-0 at Anfield.

He claims his accumulator bet also named Spurs to beat Ajax at 18 to 1 - and for Liverpool to then beat Spurs in the final, at that stage priced at 35-1. Both predictions came to fruition.

Mr Hope said: “We are talking about a multi-billion pound company, so it’s peanuts to them. It’s a breath of fresh air to them. I’d be living in a new house if I had that money.

"I even went to a Ford garage to order a Mustang. I feel very let down. This has caused me a lot of stress, a lot of sleepless nights. I feel betrayed.”

Mr Hope alleges the winning slip was handed to the Foleshill Road bookies, with his contact details and signature scribbled on it, when the 52-year-old went to collect the huge windfall.

BoyleSports position is that the bet was never made, and that the Foleshill Road shop hadn’t even been launched when Mr Hope claims he made his bet. BirminghamLive approached the Irish-based business, which sponsors Coventry City FC, for comment on Mr Hope’s claims. At the time of publication they had not received a response.