Bad Week For Sportsbooks

Published: Thursday, December 08, 2005 Online-Casinos.com

BAD WEEK FOR SPORTSBOOKS

Too many winners spoil the books

Betting media in the States were this week reporting empty pockets for some bookies following an unprecedented run of favourites winning last weekend in the NFL.

The run of losses for Week 13 left the bookmaking industry paying out millions to its football bettors, reports revealed.

Twelve favourites won and covered the spread in the sixteen games played over the weekend, which was profitable for many gamblers but bad news for the sportsbooks that took their action.

One sportsbook spokesman, Tony Munnelly at Sports Interaction said: "We're calling it 'Black Sunday.' In my time in the industry I have never seen a Sunday like it."

"It's very unusual to see that many favourites cover at any one weekend, especially in this era of parity," added Munnelly. "I'm happy for our customers, they won their money fair and square and good luck to them. But when I'm writing my letter to Santa later this week I'm going to ask for some underdogs to starting biting, before I end up on standing on the street corner wearing a red hat and ringing a bell!"