Leicester champion: Bettors break the bank!
by Constance Rigot |
The title in figures!
What is the link between the discovery of the Loch Ness monster, alien’s landing on Earth and Leicester winning the Premier League? It is simple, all are priced at 5000/1 by the bookmakers. The Foxes winning the Premier League seemed impossible but it happend. Yet some people put money on it! In total, close to 50 people backed Leicester at the start of the season, of bets between £ 2 and £ 8 and £ 20 been the highest bet recorded. The biggest winner, a person in their fifties from southern England, has won nothing short of £ 107,000! An unbelievable figure.
Bookmakers are paying out
If this story has been kind to the bettors, the Foxes win has also given serious problems to the bookmakers, with some of them losing more than 20 million pounds. An amount that could have been higher if some punters didn’t cash out on their bets. A somewhat desperate maneuver from the bookmakers that allowed them to avoid more substantial losses.
A jackpot that gives you ideas
The Foxes’ win brings a breath of fresh air to sport and allows everyone to dream. Winning big in betting is possible! So what are the odds like? Even with our head in the stars, our team decided to tour the bookmakers to offer the wildest bets for the coming months.
With Leicester’s early season form, we found some crazy bets . For example, Kyle Edmund winning the next Wimbledon is offered at crazy odds. For its part, the odds of a Romanian victory at the Euro’s is crazy, but they have the best defense of the year and can get far with a strong backline. As well in the same spirit, you will find huge odds of Peter Sagan to win the Tour de France and maybe a Vicaut victory over 100m at the Rio Olympics. Finally, if you think that miracles happen twice in the same place, Swansea to win the BPL next year is 1000/1 and now anything is possible.
Bets to attempt
- Kyle Edmund to win Wimbledon: 500/1
- Peter Sagan to win the Tour de France: 500/1
- Roumanie to win Euro 2016: 250/1
- Vicaut winning the 100m at the Olympic games: 100/1
Surely the biggest win in world sport
Beyond these financial considerations, the winners this season were Ranieri’s men. Very consistent and terribly effective, the Foxes showed great character throughout the season and defied all odds. After finishing the job and registering the most unlikely of wins they must now welcome Everton on Sunday to the King Power Stadium. In their last home game of the season the odds on a Foxes win , Vardy to score anytime () or +3.5 goals (). A story to celebrate for a long time to come.
