Profiting from Lay the draw – before the off!

21/06/2014 | By | Reply More

A curious episode in the annals of sports trading this week. No, not another England fail at a major tournament but an opportunity to profit, with a bit of foresight.

With Italy due to play Costa Rica and hold England hopes alive I was browsing the various scenarios in a similar manner to the way I did at the end of the EPL season.

I posted some comments on the forum where I was looking at the prospect of the Italy and Uruguay playing out drab draw to ensure both qualified. I flicked to the market and saw the draw was at very low odds. I didn’t think much more about it to be honest but as the Italy vs Costa Rica match unfolded I realised that in fact the drab draw was no longer on.

Queue a lay the draw opportunity, long before the match ever went inplay! One for the notebook.

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I left a good job in the consumer technology industry to go a trade on Betfair for a living way back in June 2000. I've been here ever since pushing very boundaries of what's possible on betting exchanges and loved every minute of it.

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