Sensational appearance Erling Haaland in his first season together Manchester City not only make the opponent’s defenders topsy-turvy. Betting houses in England feel the same way.
Haaland has scored 31 goals in 26 matches in all competitions, 25 of which have been scored in the Premier League this season. He is now predicted to be able to break the record for the most goals scored in one season in the English domestic arena.
Haaland’s performance, which is so promising, is like a guaranteed goal for The Citizens in every match. As a result, many gamblers dared to bet on him, and it often came true.
Halfway through the season, The Times reports betting house Betfred has paid out £1 million to bettors who guessed right. Meanwhile, several other bookies such as Sky Bet, Coral, and Ladbrokes have changed the odds.
“He is the most expensive candidate in Premier League history for bookmakers. He may be a nightmare for defenders, but he has become a nightmare for us who have lost big,” said Betfred spokesman Peter Spencer.
Sky Bet has placed a bet on Haaland to score 40 Premier League goals this season at 250-1 odds shortly after his transfer was made official. Now that number has been drastically reduced.
Ladbrokes was originally 50-1 on a similar bet with Sky Bet, and has now gone 6-4. Meanwhile, the Coral gambling house, which initially set odds of 66-1, has now changed it to 10-11 for new bettors.
“Haaland has changed the map of gambling. No player in Premier League history has scored such a routine or scored a hat-trick. Not even Alan Shearer, Andy Cole or Harry Kane,” said Coral spokesman David Stevens.
“Every time he starts, people will bet he will score at any minute of the game. This type of betting is nothing new, but people placing these bets for him every game is definitely something new.”
“When he failed to score in three games in a row, those were happy days for us. Every time he scores, it will cost us because a lot of people are betting on him.”
One bettor, Steven McInerney, was in on the 40-goal season bet for Haaland in July last year, shortly after his transfer was made official. He put up 20 Pounds, and now has the opportunity to get 5 thousand Pounds at the end of the season.
Halfway through the season, the 37-year-old man had been offered £2,124 by Sky Bet to withdraw from the bet (cash out), but he chose to wait patiently.
“I’m not thinking about cashing out because I’m also not really focused on gambling. I’m confident that this opportunity is worth waiting for until the end of the season,” said McInerney.
The betting houses are placing a lot of bets regarding Haaland this season. In addition to 40 goals a season, there are also 50 goals a season and 60 goals a season bets. In the short term, there is a 9-1 bet that he will score a hat-trick against Arsenal in the FA Cup tonight.
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