Golfing Odds Hurt
Online casino betting companies lost a lot of money last week with the because
of an uncannily true long-shot prediction for the person who was going to take
the US Open last week. A radio announcer out of Ireland made the prediction and
the listeners seemed to love his advice and hurried to the internet betting
sites to place their bets. Paddy Power, the largest Irish facing bookmaker and a
major contender in the UK online casino sport booking industry, announced that
the company lost roughly $1.6 million in company profits because of golf radio
announcer Bob Bubka’s accurate but very long-shot prediction that Lucas Glover
was going to take the Open.
Glover was actually about the longest odds in the game when Bubka made the
announcement –Paddy Power had actually placed Glover at 175 to 1 odds. There was
no actual reason for Bubka to know that Glover was going to win considering golf
favorites like Tiger Woods and others had much better odds at the start of the
US Open’s betting. Paddy Power was a little discouraged by the losses because
the company just didn’t have enough time to alter the odds –many, many bettors
were able to place their bet at the online casino poker site before the company
was able to boost the odds to near even.
Bubka has proven himself twice now and the online casino and internet betting
industry would do pretty well to listen to the radio announcer when he picks out
his winner. In addition to the bizarrely accurate Glover prediction, Bubka
listeners were also treated to some great money wins if they took his advice and
bet on Angel Cabrera to win the Masters. |