One punter stands to win the largest amount in AFL betting history after an enormous wager on St Kilda to win the 2010 Grand Final was placed with leading online bookmaker Sportsbet.
The bet of $500,000 at the odds of $6 means the punter will collect $3 Million if the Saints hold the premiership trophy aloft on the last Saturday in September.
“This is the largest bet written in AFL betting history and will comfortably be the biggest ever collect if St Kilda win the flag,” said Sportsbet’s Haydn Lane.
“The Saints were as short as $3.60 less than a month ago but a run of patchy form saw their odds blow out to $6.
“Clearly this punter thought the price was too good to refuse. He has had an account with us since April but this is the first bet he’s placed.”
Prior to this morning’s bet, the biggest wager Sportsbet had taken on the 2010 AFL Premiership was a bet of $50,000 placed in March on the Western Bulldogs at the odds of $6.50.
St Kilda is now into $5 to win the 2010 AFL Premiership.
Market courtesy of Sportsbet
2010 AFL Premiership
$3 Geelong
$3.60 Collingwood (out from $3.50)
$4.50 Western Bulldogs
$5 St Kilda (in from $6)
$12 Hawthorn (out from $11)
$26 Fremantle (out from $23)
$67 Carlton
$126 Sydney
$151 Melbourne
$201 Adelaide
$251 North Melbourne
$501 Essendon
$501 Port Adelaide
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