British bookies taken to the cleaners Visit Coral Save For Later Posted by Bettingpro Staff 20 Nov 2011 Tweet Related Articles See all Industry news Share it Pin It Britain’s bookmakers were taken to the cleaners yesterday by the nation’s football punters with Coral describing it as the “biggest winning day for football punters ever”.Nearly all the major favourites across the English and Scottish divisions won their matches yesterday but the vital statistic that caused the historic monster payout was the success for favourites playing away from home.“On the weekend coupon there were eleven football teams playing away from home that were favourites to win their matches, including the likes of Arsenal, Manchester United, West Ham, Charlton and Celtic, and only one, Swindon Town, failed to land the odds”, explained Simon Clare, Coral Spokesman.“Make no mistake this is the biggest winning day for football punters in the history of betting. We are facing a sizeable seven figure payout, and all bookmakers across Britain and even further a field will be in exactly the same boat”, added Clare."In many ways we are a victim of our own success. Football betting has exploded over the last ten years so whilst we have undoubtedly seen a similar pattern of bad results in the past they didn't cause anywhere near the financial battering we experienced yesterday" "Football turnover has been absolutely booming of late, flying in the face of the gloomy economic backdrop, and the one small consolation for us is that most of this monster payout is to the hundreds of thousands of regular, customers who visit our shops every week for their football flutter and who will be back next week for more”, said Clare. Read our Coral review Claim your £50 free bet at Coral now Like Like Post to wall 177 Reads All Industry News Recent Industry News Articles Betfred red-faced after early £500,000 pay-out on Manchester United14 May 2012Betfred paid out on Manchester United in early April and have now paid out on Manchester City after Paddy Power Latest Advert Banned - Goal Line Technology Video Falls Foul of Censors06 May 2012Paddy Power have once again fallen foul of the censors with their latest video 'Goal Line Technolog William Hill named Bookmaker of the Year at 2012 BetView Awards03 May 2012William Hill have been named Bookmaker of the Year 2012 at the gaming industry's BetView Awards cer Ladbrokes narrowly leading bet365 in battle to be biggest in-play betting firm10 Apr 2012Ladbrokes narrowly beat bet365 in the number of in-play football matches covered online as live bet WrestleMania betting odds27 Mar 2012Paddy Power are taking bets on all matches at Wrestlemania 2012 and make John Cena the favourite to Sportingbet football trader insights – Tuesday 20 March20 Mar 2012Sportingbet have taken a £3,000 bet on Osasuna beating Getafe on Tuesday More Stories Recent Articles Sharks v Stormers - Super Rugby Live Stream Preview26 May 2012The Stormers will be looking to remain at the top of the Super Rugby ladder on Saturday when they t TTG Ugra v Dinamo Moskva - Russian Super League Live Stream26 May 2012The Russian Futsal Super League semi-final series continues on Saturday with Dinamo Moskva looking League One Play-off Final Cashback at Coral26 May 2012Coral bookmakers are running cashback specials on today’s League One Play-off Final between Hudders Crowne Plaza Invitational at Colonial Live Scores – Dufner on top again26 May 2012Red-hot Jason Dufner is Boylesports’ 11/8 favourite to win the Crowne Plaza Invitational at Colonia Carl Froch v Lucian Bute Money Back at Ladbrokes26 May 2012Ladbrokes are running a money back promotion for tonight’s world title fight between Carl Froch and Warrington Widnes v Widnes Vikings - Super League Live Stream26 May 2012Warrington Wolves have the opportunity to top the Super League on Saturday evening when they take o More Stories Tags
