Patriotism has been thrown out the window ahead of the Socceroos World Cup clash against the Netherlands, with almost 12 times the money invested on the Dutch compared to Australia.
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The Netherlands produced the performance of the tournament to date when they demolished Cup holders Spain 5-1, prompting one punter to plonk $20,500 on the Oranje at $1.25 against the Aussies for a possible collect of $25,625.
The flood of money for the Dutch has seen online bookmaker sportsbet.com.au bring their price into $1.20, with the Socceroos priced at $15 to provide the greatest upset in World Cup history.
“We’ve actually seen as many bets placed on the Aussies as we have for the Netherlands, but all of the big bets are with the Dutch, and it’s not hard to see why,” said sportsbet.com.au’s Christian Jantzen.
At least one punter is keeping the faith though, placing a $20 bet on Australia to top their group at the juicy price of $501 for a mighty $10,020 collect!
Markets courtesy of sportsbet.com.au
Australia v Netherlands
$15 Australia (Out from $13)
$7.00 Draw (Out from $6.35)
$1.20 Netherlands (In from $1.22)
Group B – Winner
$1.22 Netherlands (In from $3.75)
$4.50 Chile (In from $5.50)
$17 Spain (Out from $1.67)
$501 Australia (Out from $61)
Group B – To Qualify
$1.01 Netherlands (In from $1.62)
$1.67 Chile (In from $1.83)
$2.10 Spain (Out from $1.12)
$61 Australia (Out from $13)
Tournament Winner
$4.00 Brazil (Out from $3.75)
$5.00 Argentina (Out from $4.50)
$5.50 Germany (In from $6.50)
$13 Netherlands (In from $26)
$15 Spain (Out from $7.50)
$17 France (In from $26)
$19 Italy (In from $29)
$23 Belgium (Steady)
$26 England (Out from $21)
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$1001 Australia (Out from $751)