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!"
