A gambler has bet a whopping $5.8 million (New Zealand Dollars) on the All Blacks to win the Rugby World Cup. This amounts to $4.3 million US dollars or 2.1 million pounds.
If the All Blacks do manage to win - a feat that is far from certain, this punter will pocket a cool $8.5 million Australian!
Now lets just to put this into context - the All Blacks have been the favourite team to win the world cup in 1997, 1991, 1995 and 1999 - yet it only has a solitary world title to show. They are favourite again this year, but this is a crazy risk.
Over the years the All Blacks have been branded as chokers, as a team that peaks between world cups - but clearly this punter is unfazed - and good luck to him.
The gamblers identity and nationality have not been disclosed by betting agency betfair
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