The $28 Million Goal: Bookmakers Celebrate as England Denied
- Russia’s equalizer in Euro soccer tourney saves betting shops
- ‘We breathed a huge sigh of relief,’ Ladbrokes spokesman says
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The Russian goal that denied England victory in their opening Euro 2016 soccer game on Saturday may have saved Britain’s oddsmakers about 20 million pounds ($28 million).
For industry leader William Hill Plc, Vasili Berezutski’s last-gasp header was worth about 5 million pounds, a spokesman said. Instead of a 3 million-pound loss on the game, the company made a 2 million-pound profit, he said. Ladbrokes Plc estimated that the goal made a difference of about 2 million pounds to its outcome on the game.