Father Green

Chapter 300: William Hill and BW's counterattack

It wasn't until the day before the No.30 fourth round of the league that the two gaming companies finally came up with a feasible plan.

BW and William Hill held a press conference and stated that in the next five games of the Premier League, if the team can win Southampton, they will receive a winning bonus provided by the two companies, a total of 1000. million pounds!

As soon as this press conference opened, England and even Europe were blown up.Everyone said how Southampton offended these two world-class gaming companies, and made them want to make a big move.

In less than three hours, names such as Southampton, BW and William Hill were on the headlines of the world's major news, especially sports news, and ranked first in the hot searches of major search engines.

There is never love without reason, and there is no hate without reason.So there must be some stories in these three parties, and then the major media began to dig deeper.

In fact, it didn't take much effort. Everyone immediately found out about Charlotte's passionate bet of 15 pounds before the season. After all, this news was once on the headlines of major European sports media at that time.More than half a year has passed, and everyone didn't remember it for a while, but everything became clear after such an investigation.

"According to our reporter's understanding, many bookmakers, including BW and William Hill, have dissatisfied Southampton coach Charlotte with the odds of winning the Premier League in the new season. The champions of the championship also spent a lot of money on signings in the summer. Southampton’s winning odds are farther than those of the newly promoted. However, they only qualified for the play-offs in the British Championship last season and did not have a lot of money to sign in during the summer transfer period. West Ham The odds of the United team are a thousand points higher!! Southampton coach Charlotte sent an email to discuss this matter with several bookmakers, but was rejected by several companies, so he was annoyed , Charlotte threw 15 pounds to bet on the result of Southampton winning the league championship. At the same time, the greatest possibility of this season's Premier League championship will go to Southampton, so the two sides have this dispute." ——"Bild"

"Well, the other nineteen teams in the Premier League expressed their disapproval. This should belong to the big data analysis department and risk assessment department of the bookmaker. At that time, William Hill's odds of winning Southampton were 1:6001 , and the sure win is no better than 1:5001! What does this odds mean?" More than such "interesting stories", the "Sun" will naturally not miss it, but what they are best at is producing such news, They even did a feature story directly.

"We made an interesting statistics to take stock of the weird odds and events betted by major bookmakers. For example, the odds of Simon, the vicious judge of Britain's Got Talent, being elected as the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom are 1 to 500, and Cameron is elected The head coach of Aston Villa is 1 to 2500. Southampton striker Sturridge switched to a movie and won an Oscar. It is 1 to 1000. Arsenal fired Wenger and let Pierce, the British gold medal TV host, become the head coach. 1, Beckham as the head coach of Manchester United is 2500 to 1, Kim Kardashian is elected as the President of the United States is 750 to 1, Elvis Presley is still alive to 2000 to 1, the Chinese men’s football team won the 2000 World Cup champion is 2018 to 1, these wonderful things The odds of the event are actually much lower than Southampton's winning the championship, and what is really comparable to Southampton's winning is that FIFA announced that the 3500 World Cup will be held in Antarctica, and the odds are 2026 to 1."

"So now everyone has a clear understanding of Southampton's odds? What does this mean? It means that Charlotte was heading for the league championship before the terrible season, but obviously this is less likely than Southampton's winning the championship , so the only explanation is that Charlotte spent 15 pounds for disgusting the two major gaming companies just to vent her anger, she is so wealthy that she has no friends!"

And the always serious "Times" was not serious once: "According to the odds at the time, if Southampton finally won the championship, Charlotte's income in bonuses will reach a terrifying 5000 million pounds!! This is a terrifying figure. You have to know how much the Liebherr family spent to acquire Southampton? It’s less than 1 million pounds to fill the loan gap! As far as we know, Charlotte’s in Southampton The salary is not high either. If the Saints don’t offer a generous contract extension this season, I think Charlotte can buy a Premier League team for fun, at least the current No.2 in the English Championship. Cardiff City and No.[-] Hull City, as well as teams such as Wigan Athletic, Queens Park and Aston Villa in the bottom half of the Premier League standings, will not exceed £[-] million in market value!"

"I think the English government should thank Charlotte, because Charlotte's investment of 15 pounds has brought nearly [-] million pounds in taxes to the federal government!"

"So it is completely reasonable for the two bookmakers to be angry at Southampton, because the amount of these bonuses is too large, so big that even Must Win and William Hill can't bear it."

The two companies are also smart. They chose to spend money to let other teams and Southampton die, and then create opportunities for Manchester United.But they did not spend money to let Manchester United's opponents deliberately release water, because such an operation would make them face criminal responsibility, which is no different from gambling and game manipulation by underground groups.

But the two companies also think a little bit better, just like the Times said, now the English government has pegged the tax of up to [-] million pounds, after all, Southampton's chances of winning are too great, so in order not to Since the huge sum of money disappeared, they naturally wanted to speak out.

First of all, the FA received hints from the government, and then issued a harshly worded statement, stating that William Hill and BWB’s approach is undermining the principle of fair play, and hopes that the two companies will take back this award, otherwise the FA The FA reserves the right to file a lawsuit against the government.

But the legal department of the gaming company will take advantage of the loopholes, and immediately said that the way they issued the statement was wrong. The order issued by the company was to give the Premier League team that won Southampton a sponsorship contract. The contract lasted for one year and the total was 1000 million pounds.And why do you have to cooperate with the team that won Southampton?Because Southampton is now the leader of the Premier League, even if they lose the championship, their runner-up this season will still not be able to escape.Do you think, is it worth investing in a team that can beat the Premier League champions and runners-up?
The FA felt that what they said made sense, but was speechless for a while
At the pre-match press conference for the No. 30 round of the league, Charlotte responded to the behavior of the two companies: "Although today is not suitable to talk about things that have nothing to do with this game, I still want to express my opinion on this matter." The two companies said that if you don’t die, you won’t die! They didn’t consider a suitable odds plan when they were asked to consider it, but now they are in a hurry?”

"Facts have proved that the data analysts of these two companies are not fans of West Ham United, so there is a problem with their ability! Tell them, prepare money, I accept all payment methods such as cash, bank transfer, remittance and Alipay, etc. At that time, I will call the lawyer and the staff of the tax department together to solve the problem at once."

The reporter of The Sun, who has always been a fan of the excitement, immediately raised his hand and asked: "Then, Mr. Charlotte, are you starting to attack the champion?"

I can't blame the reporter from The Sun for asking such a dubious question. It is really a good character that Charlotte has accumulated. In the first two rounds, he still shouted "Manchester United is the champion", so everyone wants to hear a Yes.

Charlotte was sitting upright, facing the microphone: "Yes, from today Southampton will fight for the championship! In addition to telling the two companies, you can also tell Sir Alex Ferguson that he can arrange a post-season vacation plan earlier Now, the next game has nothing to do with them!"

After finishing speaking, Charlotte strode out of the press conference room. Anyway, the minimum time stipulated by the FA has come. At the same time, the reporters got what they wanted, so naturally no one came to keep him.

In an instant, Charlotte and his Southampton once again dominated the headlines.One tabloid media even wrote on the front page: "Looking back on the Premier League sports coverage this season, this is a year for Charlotte and his Southampton!"

The reason is that they have occupied the headlines of the major media too many times. Whether it is good news or bad news, whether it is serious game score results or gossip messages, Southampton has attracted attention from the beginning of this season. the media's attention.

"He really said that? Then please tell that kid, the season is not over, everything is possible, don't be too happy, know that what you expect will never happen. At the same time, I am already thinking about next season You know, as the defending champions of the Premier League, we must strengthen our strength to deal with greater challenges. Signing? That is a must! What, who are on the signing list? I think Southampton's Sturridge , Schneiderlin and Aubameyang are very good, and I also very much hope that Paul (Pogba) can be brought back to Old Trafford."

When the reporters heard it, their eyes flashed, this damn is the rhythm of digging the wall.

In an instant, reports of "The Premier League champion may be a certain number, Southampton supermarket opens for business" are flying all over the sky again.

Charlotte looked at the newspaper and secretly scolded Ferguson for being an old driver.
All of a sudden, the goal of winning the championship was transferred to the summer transfer market, and he also knew that with Southampton's outstanding performance, the players in the camp must have received the attention of other strong teams.And the old fox Ferguson could tell at a glance that he was an important player for Southampton.

This summer may have to fight wits with those giants again