An Irish mathematics graduate turned down a £40,000 a year banking job, saying she could earn more money playing internet poker.

Online gambling more lucrative than banking

An Irish mathematics graduate turned down a £40,000 a year banking job, saying she could earn more money playing internet poker, 123bharath.com reported.

According to The Sun, Lee-Anne Smyth from Belfast, Northern Ireland, is all set to earn 234,000 pounds a year as earnings. She began playing at university and in the process made so much money, that she refused a banking job.

"Who needs a proper job when I can make what most people earn in a month in a couple of hours?" the paper quoted her as saying.

Lee who logs on to Ladbrokespoker.com and plays for five hours against other gamblers, betting by credit card said that her 2.2 honours degree in pure and applied mathematics helps her to calculate the odds regarding the number of cards left in the pack.

Lee whose favourite variety happens to be the Texas Hold 'Em, where players make up their hands from dealt cards and communal ones which are left face up, has reportedly won as much as 7,600 pounds on one single day.

Lee-Anne's biggest win was £7,600 in one day.

She now owns her £150,000 home outright and paid cash for a £15,000 car.

She is now expecting her first child and plans to marry boyfriend Paul Cranstom, 26, — in Las Vegas.