Mark Daniell

Having a flutter on Euro 2008

Ok, so Euro 2008 has kicked off (if my calculations are correct, we should be most of the way through France vs Romania right now). And the BBC still bellows “Who will you support?” Answer: no-one. We didn’t qualify, remember? Cinderella has never had so much empathy.

I wrote on Friday night how we Brits could mine some enjoyment out of the tournament. But I just thought I’d pick up on another – albeit expensive – way of injecting some genuine emotional attachment into proceedings, and that’s to stake cash on them. These days there are some highly elaborate and intricate ways of losing money that you should know about.

First up, you can avoid being a butterfly and back your club’s overseas players to outscore their Premiership rivals. New signing Modric has already got the ball rolling for Spurs yet the favourites remain Liverpool’s Spanish contingent.

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