Does Your Sportsbook Post Betting Lines On Just About Anything?
Remember when youd saunter into a sportsbook, or contacted one on the Internet, because you wanted to do a little sports betting? You still can but increasingly sportsbooks are catering to a more varied wagering clientele that is demanding betting lines on topics that do not meet even the broadest definition of sports. Ambitious sportsbook operators, eager to please their customers (not to mention fearful that theyll lose them to someone else) are obliging, often offering wagers designed specifically for just one bettor.
That was certainly the case when one proud father demanded that a British bookmaker give him a price on his newborn son scoring a goal for England in a World Cup event, two decades down the life line. The sportsbook quoted a price and the man took it.
No one knows for sure when sports betting emporiums began posting and accepting wagers on non sports related events but some trace it back to 1960 when the William Hill Agency, one of Britains most respected bet takers, offered 10,000/1 odds on a man landing on the moon before the end of the decade. Neil Armstrongs one small step...