The World Cup opening ceremony today heralds the beginning of the biggest sporting tournament on the planet and the bookmakers are rubbing their hands with glee at the numerous opportunities to pull in the punters. Traditional books on matches and outcomes are central but there are rafts of other attempts to snare a few more pounds. There is something for everyone, lifelong football fans can use their knowledge and judgement to assess the teams chances but for others there is World Cup betting with a difference. One particular option offered by boomakers Paddy Power is to guess how many times'1966' will be mentioned during the commentary on England's opening game on Saturday.
Stalwart football fans would overlook such a ridiculous bet, seeking to outwit their colleagues and the TV pundits with their prediction of outcomes, scorers and winning margins, but this particular gamble is well worth having a peek at if the bet, rather than sporting pride is what is at stake.
England's opening match on Saturday against the USA launches their campaign to finally bring back the Fifa Trophy to its roots after 44 years of absence and as Wayne Rooney, Steven Gerrard and Frank Lampard line up it is almost impossible to believe that there will be no mention of the halcyon days of 1966! What commentator worth his salt would fail to look back to the glory days as he sees today's generation of footballers embarking on their quest.
For 1966 to be mentioned four or more times by an ITV commentator during the course of the game is priced at 6/1 which seems not only quite possible but ethically a better bet for an England fan to take than almost identical odds for a USA win !!
Odds plus a host of Novelty Betting Opportunities courtesy of Paddy Power
None 11/8
One 9/4
Two 10/3
Three 11/2
Four or more 6/1
Posted: Friday, 11th June 2010
Author: Suzi Flute
Tags: sports novelties, wayne rooney, steven gerrard, frank lampard, paddypower,
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