| | |  | Last Updated: Tuesday, October 23, 2007 |  | | | World Cup 2006 Brings Gambling Frenzy to Sports Sites
- Thursday, 18 May 2006
World Cup gambling has become very popular in recent years, and this year many online sports gambling sites will offer a variety of FIFA World Cup 2006 wagers. Apparently the World Cup is not only the biggest and most popular sporting event in the world, but it's also the most bet sporting event globally, even bigger than gambling numbers of March Madness and the Super Bowl together.
"Having our main operation located in both Costa Rica and Panama for the last nine years, Legendz Sports realizes the value, both patriotic and economic, that gambling on soccer has on the Latin American countries. No sport, and specifically the World Cup, comes close to impacting people on a global level as this event does," said Luke King of Legendz Sports to The Online Wire. The tiny Central American Country is expected to have a tough life from get go, at least according to bookmakers gambling odds. Bet CRIS gambling odds for Costa Rica to win the opening game are currently set at +850, +25,000 to win the World Cup.
"Having our offices located in Costa Rica since 1991, it's incredible to feel the magnitude of energy the World Cup creates in Latin America. However, we've seen exponential growth in the number of North American betters interested in World Cup gambling," said Scott Martin of Bet CRIS to The Online Wire. While bets already started to flow in, gambling odds and lines on the World Cup began to move, providing punters with indications of the public's favorites. | |
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