Opinion

He gambled and won

THE EAR - The Freeman

July 16, 2018 | 12:00am

IT’S A BET. A man took a gamble and paid to host a viewing party of the Pacquiao-Matthysse fight with his neighbors yesterday. The risk?

He was in no financial position to host the lavish party and was looking at a loss.

However, he earlier made a bet with a friend that Pacquiao would win, which did happen. Now he said he recouped the amount spent for the party and even has some little extra left over to take his family to the beach.

GAMBLE

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