With the cricket tournament of the “Indian Premier League” (IPL) which ended on last May 24th in South Africa, the main event which attracts enthusiasts about sporting bets in India, the expectation of the monsoon first rains is now the most appreciated event by punters. Foretelling the coming of the monsoon and betting on the first rainfalls in every country’s town become a real national passion. Millions of persons participated indeed to this immense challenge to give an exact date of the rainfall. According to the local medias, websites of online bets and sporting bets societies had collected more than $250 millions or 10 billions rupees of stakes for trying to determinate the exact date of the first rainfalls.
The majority of punters bet so on the date of the first rain in Bombay, in the financial capital and the biggest agglomeration of the country. The date of Friday the 5th of June is the most chosen by players. But others think that rain won’t fall in the town before next June the 10th, it is moreover the bet’s deadline and which is the riskiest. According to the same estimations, more than $10 millions change hands every day since Monday for the bets in Bombay only. In order to share the risks, sporting bets enthusiasts, for want of large-scale match, bet on several towns to increase their chances to win.

Source:  Poker 777

Friday, 05 June 2009