Sportsbet taking bets on next Commonwealth Games blunder
AFTER misidentifying the founding nation of the Commonwealth, GC2018 organisers have found their next blunder the subject of intense betting interest.
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POPULAR betting app Sportsbet is cashing in on what the next Commonwealth Games blunder will be.
It follows an embarrassing mistake where England was listed as an African nation in the official Gold Coast Commonwealth Games program, ahead of tonight’s anticipated opening ceremony.
And it comes weeks after opening ceremony tickets were printed with the wrong day for the event.
Sportsbet has opened the betting on the next slip-up being the wrong anthem played at $2.25, and the wrong flags being displayed is at $4.
Other bets include the wrong medals being awarded and the pool to turn green at $10 each, and lastly a power blackout at the event at $16.
Sportsbet spokesman Will Byrne said: “They’ve only had a decade or so to plan for the games so mistakes are bound to happen when you rush these things and the betting looks like there’s more to come.”
Originally published as Sportsbet taking bets on next Commonwealth Games blunder
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