Tuesday, July 27, 2004

Bookies taken for £1.5 million in Irish Horse Racing Sting

Bookies pay heavy price as gamblers take €2m in sting

Bookies were taken for over £1.5mil at a Leopardstown meeting, as Cashmans paid out nearly £100,000 and paddy power got done for almost £65,000. Betfair and other UK bookies also got caught.

The horse backed was Bocaccio who ran at Leopardstown on July 14. Only a few people knew which horse was to be backed, as scores of people were told the horse's name just minutes before the race.

Each person involved was asked to place 500 euros on the horse at the first shows. The odds opened at 7/1. After this, the punters were allowed to place their own money.

The horse duly romped in at an SP of 9/4 leaving bookies across Ireland and the UK payout out thousands

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