'My main motivation wasn't money - it was outsmarting the bookies'
A politics watcher from Manchester has won over £200 after placing a £1 bet on Jeremy Corbyn three years ago. Samson Dada, 32, put two bets that the former Labour leader would win a seat as an independent candidate in the next general election .
So he placed a second bet - this time for £50 - and squirrelled his betting slips away for three years until he dug them back out on Thursday.When Mr Corbyn did indeed stand as an independent candidate, and went on to win the seat for Islington North, Samson was quids in. "So when I see them put up a price I think is wrong, I like to beat them at their own game. I follow politics closely and I knew Corbyn had a massive following in his constituency, so I thought he would stand independently.
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