Leicester City win Premier League and cost bookies biggest ever payout

Leicester City won the Premier League title with two games to spare. The result means winnings of up to £100,000 each for punters. Bookmakers will be paying out £25 million. The odds on Leicester winning were identical to the quoted odds for Elvis Presley being found alive this year. They were also the same as the odds offered on Eddie "The Eagle" Edwards winning ski-jumping gold at the 1988 Winter Olympics. Fans are celebrating the result with raucous abandon. Karishma Kapoor, 20, won £10,00 thanks to her £2 bet on her team to win the title.

Leicester City won Premier League title last August. It cost bookmakers a record £25 million. 57 people bet on the team at 5,000-1 odds with Ladbrokes. All but 21 accepted early cash-out payments for lower odds. The highest remaining bet was a £20 stake that earned the winner £100,00.

Leicester City won Premier League with team of rejects, retreads and nobodies. Jamie Vardy, Riyad Mahrez, Kasper Schmeichel and Robert Huth were the team's stars. The team cost less than a quarter of the value of other title challengers. They cost bookies biggest ever payout. It was £54.4 million. Leicester won the Premier league.

Leicester City were rock bottom of the Premier League before King Richard III's burial. After the king's death, Leicester won seven of their last nine games to pull themselves out of relegation. The success of Leicester's rugby team, Tigers, and basketball team has been shared by the city's other sportsmen. Mark Selby was playing in the World Snooker Championship final in Sheffield on Monday night.