Story by Sarah Preece on 2010-12-02 17:05:00
They will not host it, but you can bet England will go into 2018 World Cup finals with Stuart Pearce as boss, Jack Wilshere as skipper, and David Cameron as Prime Minister!!
DESPITE ENGLAND NOT HOSTING the 2018 World Cup, bookmakers William Hill are predicting that the tournament could produce the biggest betting turnover ever for a major sporting event of up to £3billion- and England are 14/1 with Hills to win it.
'Each World Cup ALWAYS produces the biggest betting event so far, but with the tournament taking place in the home of both football and betting we are already anticipating an amazing betting bonanza with up to £3billion being gambled on the 2018 tournament worldwide - at least double what the 2010 event managed' said Hill's spokesman Graham Sharpe.'However, had England won we'd have expected a betting turnover of up to £5billion.'
ENGLAND are now 10/1 with William Hill to host the 2030 World Cup. 'We're now finding it as difficult to make a serious bid to host the World Cup as we do to win Eurovision' said Hill's spokesman Graham Sharpe.
HILLS have already opened a book on a number of elements of the 2018 tournament: 'The shrewd punters backed Russia - one South London customer staked £2000 on them at 4/5 -but a late patriotic gamble which promoted England back to the favouritism they lost after the Sunday Times revelations made the market a six figure winner for us - which is some (very) small consolation for the World Cup not coming home' said Hill's spokesman Graham Sharpe.
ALREADY, Hills have put up markets for who will manage and skipper the England side which takes the field for the country's first game of the 2018 World Cup finals - and which other players will be part of it - Wayne Rooney is 2/1 to make it, (and 9/1 favourite to score England's first goal of the Finals) (1/2 not to) but the shortest priced contender is Jack Wilshere at 7/4 (4/7 not to). 'Over seven years is a long time to wait for your winnings, but if you correctly select a player who starts you'll be receiving back over 175% profit on your original investment - not something many banks and building societies are likely to be able to match!' said Hill's spokesman Graham Sharpe. 'And we are offering our punters a 100% market because of the timeframe, leaving no profit margin for ourselves' he added.
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