Sports Betting Blog

October 9, 2008 by Ben Filed under: Football 

WILLIAM HILL have had to cut the odds about England beating Kazakhstan 2-0 from 7/1 to 6/1 after taking a string of bets left them with a hefty potential payout. ‘We have seen one bet of £1000 in a London shop, another of £800 and numerous smaller, three figure bets for a 2-0 win, which have left us with a potential £50,000 loss on 2-0 in the correct score market’ said Hill’s spokesman Graham Sharpe.

‘Punters are clearly not expecting an England landslide win, as we have also seen a gamble in the ‘double result’ market in which our 6/1 for England to be level at half time before winning at full time has been so well backed that we have acquired another substantial five figure liability’
Hills have opened a book on how many goals England will scoe against Kazakhstan, and make THREE their 3/1 favourite:

Number of England Goals
0 14/1
1 9/1
2 5/1
3 3/1
4 10/3
5 5/1
6 8/1
7 or More 10/1

Hills are also betting on how many hat-trick hero Walcott will get:
Theo Walcott goals v Kazakhstan (Must Start)
0 8/13
1 13/8
2 8/1
3 or more 25/1

Walcott to play full 90 minutes?
Must Start
No 1/ 2
Yes 6/4

**Time of 1st England Goal
1-10 minutes 3/1
11-20 minutes 4/1
21-30 minutes 5/1
31-40 minutes 6/1
41-50 minutes 7/1
51-60 minutes 10/1
61-70 minutes 12/1
71-80 minutes 18/1
81-90 minutes 16/1
No England Goal 14/1

FAROE ENOUGH?
AN UNEXPECTED gamble on Faroe Islands to beat Austria at the weekend has caused William Hill to cut their odds from 16/1 to 11/1 after they took a stream of three figure bets.

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