Remember...there's always a reason why odds are offered. (in this case, -10,000)
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IT WAS money for old rope, fruit for the sideboard, or, as punters have been saying since gambling was invented, an absolute certainty. Or so a few cashed-up cricket followers believed.
After Australia posted a world record 4-434 in their one-day match in South Africa late on Sunday night, Sydney time, most Australian fans went to bed, content victory was secure. But a few went chasing easy money. The odds weren't flash, but there was no way Australia could lose, was there?
There was. Unbelievably, South Africa won by reaching 438 off the second-last ball, with only one wicket to spare.
http://www.smh.com.au/news/cricket/a-punters-nightmare/2006/03/13/1142098402548.html
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IT WAS money for old rope, fruit for the sideboard, or, as punters have been saying since gambling was invented, an absolute certainty. Or so a few cashed-up cricket followers believed.
After Australia posted a world record 4-434 in their one-day match in South Africa late on Sunday night, Sydney time, most Australian fans went to bed, content victory was secure. But a few went chasing easy money. The odds weren't flash, but there was no way Australia could lose, was there?
There was. Unbelievably, South Africa won by reaching 438 off the second-last ball, with only one wicket to spare.
http://www.smh.com.au/news/cricket/a-punters-nightmare/2006/03/13/1142098402548.html