Yes, when they say that you can bet on anything involving the London Olympics, they do mean anything. One British bookmaker, William Hill, is even offering this tempting wager: 1,000-1 odds that a flying saucer “will appear over Olympic Stadium during Friday’s opening ceremony.”
Ladbrokes, another British bookmaker, will offer 11,000 different wagers during the games, according to spokeswoman Jessica Bridge. Those bets include that the Olympics will be over budget, that a British athlete will be photographed eating a McDonald’s Big Mac, or that flamboyant London Mayor Boris Johnson accidentally lights his hair on fire with the Olympic torch.
Of course there are your more standard wagers as well. The most popular are expected to be the men’s 100-meter dash, men’s and women’s soccer, and the women’s heptathlon (Britain’s Jessica Ennisis expected to compete for gold).
Sources and more information:
Yes, when they say that you can bet on anything involving the London Olympics, they do mean anything. One British bookmaker, William Hill, is even offering this tempting wager : 1,000-1 odds that a flying saucer “will appear over Olympic Stadium during Friday’s opening ceremony.” Ladbrokes, another British bookmaker, will offer 11,000 different…
• Find Betting Odds on London 2012 Olympics with Free-Sport-Bet.com
With the opening ceremony for the London 2012 Olympics now just around the corner, the free online betting advice website, Free-Sport-Bet.com has this week released an item allowing armchair sports fans the opportunity to compare the best available prices in the men’s and women’s Olympic athletics events.
• Olympics – UFO sighting at Olympics? Bet On It ~ UFOs Blogger.com
• Make your bet: UFO to appear over London during the Olympics?