Wales Can Add to Bookies’ Woes by Repeating Leicester Upset
- Euro 2016 win for Welsh would cost industry 20 million pounds
- ‘We’re beginning to get a little sweaty on this’: Ladbrokes
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Less than two months after Leicester City’s shock Premier League victory cost U.K. oddsmakers more than 20 million pounds ($26 million), the industry is braced for a similar dose of soccer-induced pain.
Betting firms face similar liabilities should another long shot, Wales, lift the European Championship trophy in Paris on Sunday. Available at odds of 80-1 before the tournament started, Wales have attracted wagers not just in their own country, but from across the U.K., according to David Stevens, a spokesman for the Coral betting chain.