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peter  #362  Sat, 05 Jul 08 01:28 AM
Why do Sportsbooks offer such betting?
  
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lfcforever  #370  Sat, 05 Jul 08 10:07 AM
I suppose the main objective of the sportsbook is to offer as many opportunities for punters to have a bet. They keep relatively low liability limits for special bets such as 'weather betting' however if they can get a new customer through the doors with such markets they are delighted to do so.

I think Ladbrokes won millions last christmas day because it didn't snow.

Novelty bets appeal to a VERY large market.
  
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expat.iain  #439  Wed, 16 Jul 08 05:07 PM
Pretty much any of the big bookies will give you odds on anything you want to bet on. It's all part of their game too.

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toogood  #441  Wed, 16 Jul 08 08:03 PM
What's the most obscure betting market you have heard of?
  
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expat.iain  #453  Wed, 16 Jul 08 10:42 PM
Oooh, there are some really crazy ones out there, but perhaps one of the most weird and at the same time heart warming, was a British guy who was diagnosed with a terminal illness. Doctors gave him something like 6 months to live and he put a bet down that he'd be around...hang on, let me see if I can find the article...(goes to Google...)

Here's a link: Daily Telegraph

Betting on your own life may not be a first, but this is certainly one that hit the news for the 'obscure factor'!

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chelsea4me  #525  Sun, 20 Jul 08 11:28 PM
I bet it will rain somewhere in the world tomorrow!

Seriously though, this is a large market at christmas time with a lot of money spent every year.

The funniest bet I ever saw was whether Elvis would return (in real life) and have a number one hit in the charts.
  
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cyborg  #530  Mon, 21 Jul 08 01:35 AM
If you go to the band club bar in Birgu you would see guys betting on everything,

the usual is which fly will fly off the table first and if a guy or a girl would walk in nex and what they would drink....

pity these guys are not literate enough to use a pc as it wouild be a market in its own right....

LOL
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inzaghi  #701  Thu, 24 Jul 08 11:46 PM
Hahaha, where is Birgu though? Which fly will fly off the table first :)

What's the world coming to?
  
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