<p class="title">A Wisconsin man who bet $85,000 on Tiger Woods to win the Masters was handed a check for $1.275 million by bookmaker William Hill on Monday.</p>.<p class="bodytext">A day after Woods came from behind to win his first major title in 11 years, a video circulating online showed James Adducci picking up his check at SLS Las Vegas Hotel & Casino.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The 39-year-old told Golf Digest that the 14-1 bet was his first sports wager. The stockbroker, who works from home, said he planned to spend the winnings on home improvements and paying off debts while investing the rest.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Reports said the net $1.19 million payout was the largest for a single ticket golf bet in the company's history in the United States.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"Pretty good first bet," Nick Bogdanovich, William Hill's US director of trading, told ESPN.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"It's great to see Tiger back. It's a painful day for William Hill -- our biggest loss ever -- but a great day for golf."</p>.<p class="bodytext">William Hill was not the only bookmaker to feel the pain after the 43-year-old Woods secured his fifth green jacket at Augusta National.</p>.<p class="bodytext">SuperBook at Westgate Las Vegas had a "high five-figure" net loss on its Masters futures, and offshore sportsbook BetOnline.ag said the surprise win produced the company's biggest loss on a futures market, ESPN said.</p>
<p class="title">A Wisconsin man who bet $85,000 on Tiger Woods to win the Masters was handed a check for $1.275 million by bookmaker William Hill on Monday.</p>.<p class="bodytext">A day after Woods came from behind to win his first major title in 11 years, a video circulating online showed James Adducci picking up his check at SLS Las Vegas Hotel & Casino.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The 39-year-old told Golf Digest that the 14-1 bet was his first sports wager. The stockbroker, who works from home, said he planned to spend the winnings on home improvements and paying off debts while investing the rest.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Reports said the net $1.19 million payout was the largest for a single ticket golf bet in the company's history in the United States.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"Pretty good first bet," Nick Bogdanovich, William Hill's US director of trading, told ESPN.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"It's great to see Tiger back. It's a painful day for William Hill -- our biggest loss ever -- but a great day for golf."</p>.<p class="bodytext">William Hill was not the only bookmaker to feel the pain after the 43-year-old Woods secured his fifth green jacket at Augusta National.</p>.<p class="bodytext">SuperBook at Westgate Las Vegas had a "high five-figure" net loss on its Masters futures, and offshore sportsbook BetOnline.ag said the surprise win produced the company's biggest loss on a futures market, ESPN said.</p>