{"id":82867,"date":"2018-07-06T14:00:28","date_gmt":"2018-07-06T21:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/?p=82867"},"modified":"2018-07-06T09:06:07","modified_gmt":"2018-07-06T16:06:07","slug":"uk-bettors-could-splash-200-million-on-weekend-sports-bonanza-for-betting-industry-record","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/uk-bettors-could-splash-200-million-on-weekend-sports-bonanza-for-betting-industry-record\/","title":{"rendered":"UK Bettors Could Splash $200 Million on Weekend Sports Bonanza for Betting Industry Record"},"content":{"rendered":"

UK bookmakers are predicting a potentially record-breaking weekend of wagering, as major sports events align for an anticipated betting avalanche. The World Cup quarter finals will be vying with the British Grand Prix, Wimbledon<\/a>, and the Coral Eclipse horse race for the attention of sports fans.<\/p>\n

\"Bookies
British F1 driver Lewis Hamilton is favorite to win the British Grand Prix but he will be competing for attention with the World Cup and Wimbledon. Bookies are expecting a big one. (Image: Charles Coates\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cThe weekend\u2019s sport[s] could spark a \u00a3200 million betting spree across the industry. With so much happening, we could see record turnover,\u201d Ladbrokes head of racing PR, Nicola McGeady, said on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

Bookmakers rub their hands with glee every World Cup year and this one is proving to be the biggest ever<\/a>. Industry figures leaked to The Times<\/em> newspaper suggest as much as $2.5 billion could be wagered on the tournament by UK \u201cpunters\u201d — around 50 percent more than they splashed on Brazil 2014.<\/p>\n

Royal Wagering <\/strong><\/h2>\n

It\u2019s quite possible that the betting industry enjoyed its best week<\/em> of all time last month. This year, the first full week of the World coincided with the famous Royal Ascot horse racing meet.<\/p>\n

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On July 18, the day England took on Tunisia, online bookmaker Betway suggested Britain\u2019s bettors could stake as much as \u00a3500 million over the week, with \u00a330 to \u00a340 million wagered on Royal Ascot each day of the five-day event. We\u2019ll have to wait for the financial reports to see whether they did or not.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

If you needed a better example of how ingrained betting is in UK culture, the Queen was in attendance, as she is every year. Elizabeth II is an avid horse-breeder, who whose horses have won millions in prize money over the years.<\/p>\n

As has become traditional, many bookmakers were offering odds on the color of her hat. Ladbrokes had yellow as the 2\/1 favorite, declaring on its website \u201cYellow Fever Hits Hat Punters.\u201d It was pink.<\/p>\n

Allez Les Bleus!<\/strong><\/h2>\n

It\u2019s not just the UK market that has descended into a gambling orgy — the World Cup is huge business for bookmakers in regulated — and unregulated — markets across the world.<\/p>\n

French online gambling regulator ARJEL said this week that internet betting on the group stages were more than double 2014\u2019s figures, at \u20ac363 million.<\/p>\n

While the lion\u2019s share of French betting has been patriotic — and why not when you have Kylian Mbappe charging up and down the wing — the highest betting volume of the tournament was on Switzerland versus Brazil.<\/p>\n

The French sank \u20ac17 million on that game, making it the second-most bet-upon event since France liberalized its online gaming market in 2010.<\/p>\n

ARJEL neglected to say what the<\/em> most-bet-upon event was — but then, as a regulator, oversight is its business.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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