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Spain are the clear favorites to win the Euro 2024 final on Sunday. Even if England pulls off an unexpected victory English bookies are ready to take the financial blow. Some see it as just “money lent.”
English bookmakers still want England to win even though Spain are the top pick. Spain has a chance to grab their fourth European title in Berlin. But bets for England have been pouring in since their exciting semi-final win against the Netherlands.
David Stevens, who runs PR at Coral, had mixed thoughts. “An England win makes the fan in me happy. A Spain win satisfies the Coral guy in me,” Stevens told AFP. He thinks Spain should be the favorites but knows England has lots of support. “England will lose big when the game starts,” he added.
William Woodhams, the boss at Fitzdares, feels the same way. “The heart always wins,” he told AFP. He thinks if England does well, it won’t hurt the business and might make bettors happier. Woodhams himself wants England to win ’cause his kid picked them in a school bet thing.
Stevens pointed out that football betting is getting bigger, but it’s kinda messed with other big events like Royal Ascot. “Football betting is growing, and the timing of this summer’s games has been great for people in the UK,” he said.
Woodhams said that the slow tournament and lots of ties have an impact on how much people bet. “The amount of money bet is similar to the World Cup but not as much as either Cheltenham or Royal Ascot,” he said.
Stevens said England’s boring games won’t matter if they grab the win. Even King Charles III cracked a joke on social media telling England to steer clear of last-second chaos. A bunch of people betting think it’ll be another nail-biter, with the odds of England winning on penalties dropping from 9-1 to 13-2.
Woodhams told a funny story about a customer who put a ton of money on England not to win keeping their party drinks on ice. Stevens and Woodhams can’t stop feeling proud of their country when they think about England maybe winning even though they have jobs to do. “England hasn’t won a World Cup since I’ve been alive, so waiting two more years might be okay,” Stevens said kind of hinting that he hopes England will do well in the future.
