Graham Sharpe Quotations | Page 2

At the weekend Paris were way out in front as red hot favorites, but over the past 48 hours London's odds have been dramatically cut several times.

Up until the injury we were consistently taking substantial bets for England but now the support has dried up - although we do face seven figure liabilities for an England victory.

Still, you can't afford to take chances when a gamble develops on this job as previous bitter experience has shown us.

This is already the biggest betting Test series ever, with up to a record 50 million pounds riding on the outcome of the five-match series, and with the unprecedented interest in the outcome of the final match we are expecting cricket punters to bet over a million pounds in a single day for the first time as the game gets underway.

I hope we are trivializing it. The Booker takes itself far too seriously. We are popularizing it and making it far more accessible. It's great that people have a flutter.

I hope we are trivializing it, ... The Booker takes itself far too seriously. We are popularizing it and making it far more accessible. It's great that people have a flutter.

Dr Fox's decision to run does not seem to have excited political punters.

In one way, it's a good thing. In another, it's bad because you could easily get all 20 Premier League clubs in the next round and they could go on to dominate the competition.

Whoever takes over will be inheriting a much loved position and an opportunity to become a broadcasting institution.

The gamble started in South Wales and moved down towards London from there.