A few years ago this match would have been inconsequential but we now have clients in these markets and feel obliged to offer odds. |
At the weekend Paris were way out in front as red hot favorites, but over the past 48 hours London's odds have been dramatically cut several times. |
Both of these gambles took us a little by surprise and left us facing a hefty payout should either get the job. |
But the smaller money bettors like the chance of an upset. So it's difficult to say how the money will come in during the days before Saturday's kickoffs. |
Dr Fox's decision to run does not seem to have excited political punters. |
I can't recall this situation in any year. Romantics like the mystique of the FA Cup because it gives the giant killers a chance. |
I don't think Tony Blair wants to go until he has beaten Margaret Thatcher's 11-1/2 years in office and that will take us to 2008. |
I hope we are trivializing it, ... The Booker takes itself far too seriously. We are popularizing it and making it far more accessible. It's great that people have a flutter. |
I hope we are trivializing it. The Booker takes itself far too seriously. We are popularizing it and making it far more accessible. It's great that people have a flutter. |
I thought I'd heard most things that people want to bet on after 30 years in the business. But one asking literally to place a dead cert was unique. I'm glad Arthur has lost. |
If 'Big Phil' gets the job we will be quite happy from a bookmaking point of view as we will make a five figure profit. |
If these people didn't flaunt their weddings all over the place, then maybe there wouldn't be demand for others to do things like this. |
In one way, it's a good thing. In another, it's bad because you could easily get all 20 Premier League clubs in the next round and they could go on to dominate the competition. |
Still, you can't afford to take chances when a gamble develops on this job as previous bitter experience has shown us. |
That result will cost us a six figure payout but we have done well out of the elimination of Italy, so there is a silver lining to the cloud, |