‘We’ve lost millions’ – Punters clean up as Paddy Power suffer ‘one of the worst days’ in their history
PADDY POWER were left reeling after last night’s Nations League thriller between Spain and France helped punters cash in to the tune of millions!
The nine-goal spectacular, which ended 5-4 to Spain, triggered one of the worst financial batterings in the bookmaker’s history, thanks mainly to their own Super Sub promotion.
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Super Sub means if your selected player is substituted, your bet rolls over to their replacement – and it backfired in spectacular fashion.
Over the last 18 months, it’s featured in 973 games.
But none have come close to stinging their pockets quite like this encounter. It’s understood the bookmaker lost ‘millions upon millions’ – all down to a series of hugely punter-favourable results.
Among the killer blows: Dani Vivian replacing Robin Le Normand and immediately giving away a foul, which cost them half a million quid.
Samu came on for Mikel Oyarzabal in the 77th-minute, and had a shot on target, which too cost Paddy Power a small fortune.
Then Gavi strolled on in injury time, picked up a yellow card in the 97th minute, and cost Paddy another £200k!
A Paddy Power spokesman said: “I thought the Nations League was supposed to be boring? I wish it bloody was!
“But fair play to the punters. They’ve come in, taken advantage of Super Sub and absolutely pulled our pants down, leaving us licking our wounds at Power Tower today.”
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