The number of backers for
England to defeat the United States caught many bookmakers unaware. VC Bet
reported one bet of £25,000 on England at 2-5 and William Hill stood a
£21,000 bet as well as numerous four-figure wagers. Sky Bet reported 10
bets of £1,500 at 4-9 on England and Paddy Power took one £6,000
wager.
Hull were supported to win the Championship play-off final, with
Paddy Power reporting one bet of £2,500 at 5-4 and Sky Bet one of
£6,000 at 4-6. Extrabet took wagers of up to £250 that Dean Windass
would score the first goal at 6-1. VC Bet laid a huge £50,000 bet that
Bristol City would go up.
Leeds' failure to defeat Doncaster
resulted in Hill's enjoying a £250,000 profit and VC Bet reporting a
six-figure win. Sky Bet took a £25,000 double that Leeds would go up and
that Rafael Nadal would win the French Open (after Leeds' defeat, the same
customer returned with a £50,000 single on Nadal at 8-11).
Paddy
Power made its biggest ever payout on rugby union when Munster's Heineken Cup
victory took €1m (£785,000) out of its coffers, including
€390,000 (£306,000) to a customer who had backed them at 25-1.
William Hill saw most money for the draw in the second Test between
England and New Zealand. Paddy Power lost £20,000 on the match and on
Sunday morning a Sporting Index client bought England at 5.5 for £500 on
the win index, which awards 25 points to the winner, and collected £9,750
a day later.
Sky Bet declared Lewis Hamilton's Monaco victory its worst
ever formula one result, losing £70,000, and some shrewd Extrabet
customers backed him during the race, with reported bets of between £500
and £1,000 at 11-4.
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