Sky Bet endure worst day in their history as favourites prevail from Saturday's football action.
Punters get one over on the bookies as favourites pay out
Sky Bet were left licking their wounds after enduring the worst day in their history as virtually all of the favourites prevailed from Saturday's football action.
A week after the online bookmaker saw their '
What If' accumulator of England, Republic of Ireland, Scotland and Wales come in at 60/1, the 'What if the table toppers triumph' paid out to thousands at 7/1 with Manchester City, Southampton, Charlton and Southend all winning.
That added to an expensive afternoon when short-priced Premier League favourites Arsenal, Manchester City and Manchester United all claimed victories, with an enhanced 50/1 accumulator of Charlton, MK Dons, Huddersfield, Sheffield United and Sheffield Wednesday also paying out, while one lucky punter made £45k off a £5 15-team multiple.
Sky Bet's Head of Football Trading Sandro Di Michele said: "Pretty much everything that could have gone wrong for us today did, with the 'What If' market just one of our enhanced accumulators to have come in.
"You know it's a bad day when you're relying on Manchester United and Barcelona losing to turn things around, but we hardly made things easy for ourselves by picking out back-to-back winning accumulators for the punters in our 'What If' specials."
With favourites prevailing, there was little movement in the Premier League outright betting with unbeaten Manchester City the
4/5 favourites and Manchester United 15/8 after overcoming Swansea, while Arsenal have been trimmed to 25/1 following a fifth straight win.
