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Bookies bank on record weekend of sport

ByChris Johnston
Business reporter, BBC News

A bumper lineup of sport consisting of the Grand National, the Masters and Premier League games, is expected to produce a record weekend for bookies.

The Grand National will attract about ₤ 225m in wagers across the wagering market, William Hill anticipated.

Combined with other sporting fixtures it expects to take "the highest turnover levels on any weekend in history", the bookmaker said.

Saturday's race is anticipated to be seen by 600 million people internationally.

"The Grand National is the general public's race and we will see millions of once-a-year punters being available in to wagering stores or downloading the app," William Hill representative Rupert Adams stated.

The race is set to draw in over 35 million bets with the average being worth ₤ 4.41.

William Hill is also expecting another big-priced winner in the Grand National this year. The last 5 races have produced winners at odds of 33/1, 25/1, 25/1 and 33/1.

Ryanair primary executive Michael O'Leary owns 5 of the 40 horses in Saturday's field.

He is wanting to end up being the very first owner to win consecutive Nationals with different horses considering that 1954 after Rule the World, ridden by David Mullins, claimed success last year.

Last year, the start time for the Grand National was moved by an hour to 17:15 BST. The decision proved to be a boost for turnover and William Hill anticipates that pattern to continue.

New sponsor

"The experiment of moving the start time really settled and we anticipate the Grand National to smash wagering records this year," Mr Adams said.

It is the first year that the race has been sponsored by Randox Health, which analyses blood and urine samples to spot and .

The Northern Ireland-based company was set up in 1982 by Dr Peter FitzGerald - a keen horse racing fan.

Meanwhile, the conference at Aintree might be impacted by a 24-hour strike involving members of the Rail, Maritime and Transport union (RMT) at Merseyrail and Arriva Trains North.

Tens of thousands of people travel by train from central Liverpool to the racecourse.

Jan Chaudhry-van der Velde, managing director Merseyrail, said the yohaig code operator had actually designed a schedule aimed at transferring as lots of guests as regular on Grand National day.

Andy Bell, from Bookies.com, external, stated: "This is a bumper weekend of betting and the Grand National is often the event that sees individuals have a flutter for the extremely first time. The brand-new start time indicates people are back from their Saturday shopping and activities and it is effectively the start of their Saturday night festivities. It's best timing."

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