Almighty Athlete Chapter 7: Buy yourself and win
On March 20, 2003, the US and British coalition forces launched an attack on Iraq. Within less than a month, they controlled most of Iraq. In July 2003, Iraq established an interim government. In December 2003, Saddam He was arrested, but the shadow of the war was still shrouded in Iraq’s territory. Car bombs and human bomb attacks continued. In addition to the green zone established by the Americans, Iraq could not find a safe place.
Under such conditions, the Iraqi football team's ability to enter the Athens Olympics is a miracle in itself. They have experienced economic sanctions for more than 20 years, experienced wars, no equipment, no funds, no training ground, and are constantly advancing with a will of will.
Although the IOC has always claimed that the Olympics does not involve politics, the political significance of Iraq’s participation in the Olympic Games is indeed greater than the participants or the competition itself, so the IOC has given a green light to Iraq’s participation in the Olympic Games and will just resume The Iraqi delegation with Olympic seats took part in the Olympics.
The story of the Iraqi football team is very touching, and the Iraqi athletes are also worthy of respect, but touching and respecting do not bring money. The European spinach firmly believe that Iraq, which has just experienced the war, is the football of this Olympic Games. The weakest one in the project has the highest odds for the Iraqi team.
"Iraq’s odds to enter the semifinals, Ladbrokes 1 loses 50, William Hill 1 loses 60, Ribo 1 loses 80... This odds are very good, you can make a profit if you buy it." Zhang Guan took notes Odds, and then clicked on the odds for the first Iraqi team in the Olympic group stage.
"Iraq football team played against Portugal in the first game, let me see, the odds of victory and defeat of Portugal! The score is... high odds! 1 for 100, 1 for 180 , There is still a loss of 220, and a loss of 500!"
Zhang Guan is looking at the odds of Iraq’s 4:2 victory over Portugal. The odds offered by various companies are undoubtedly the highest numbers, and even some companies have paid odds of 1 to 500.
"Make a profit, I really want to get rich this time!" Zhang Guan secretly applauded.
Zhang Guan knows that the Iraqi team is the biggest dark horse in the football match of this Olympic Games. They not only qualify for the group, but also reached the semifinals. In the first game of Iraq against Portugal, Iraq beat Portugal 4:2.
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Zhang Guan wrote the number and situation of the item he wanted to buy and the amount of money to buy on the paper, and went to one of the betting counters.
The counter clerk saw an oriental face and knew that he was a foreign tourist, so he asked in English: "Hello, sir, what service do you need?"
"I want to bet on these." Zhang Guan handed the note to the clerk.
Zhang Guan mother is a high school English teacher anyway, so the Zhang Guan English level is not bad among high school students of the same age, the basic knowledge of Chinese people is dumb English, and the current English level of Zhang Guan can only cope with daily life However, foreigners listening to Chinese speaking English are similar to Chinese listening to foreigners speaking Chinese, even if they have grammatical errors, incorrect wording, non-standard pronunciation, not fluent speaking, they will not speak after half the words, etc. Understand the general meaning.
Clerk's result note, he confirmed: "Are you going to buy football and enter Iraq's top four?"
"Yes!" Zhang Guan replied.
"OPAP bets 5000 euros, Ladbrokes bet 2000 euros, William Hill bet 2000 euros, Ribo bets 2000 euros..." The shopkeeper confirmed all the Zhang Guan bets and said: "All the bets in this way 30,000 Euros required. Are you sure?"
The clerk wrote the number 30000 on the paper while speaking, he was afraid that Zhang Guan didn’t understand it, so he expressed it in written numbers.
"Yes." Zhang Guan confirmed.
One-time bet of 30,000 Euros, even if the European tourists are also local tyrants, the clerk did not expect Asian tourists to be so rich. More importantly, Zhang Guan voted for Iraq to enter the semi-finals, and the odds are all extremely high. The shop staff naturally thought that Zhang Guan was the kind of gambler who only bought high odds.
"Mr., because the amount exceeds the limit, OPAP bets 5000 Euros need to be confirmed by the company, you can reduce the bet amount, you can also go to the VIP customer lounge over there to wait, confirming that you will not waste too much time. Said the clerk.
Zhang Guan frowned slightly. The regular European spinach companies will limit the amount of bets. For some large bets, the spinach companies will also review and confirm that the simple point is that the spinach company needs to evaluate it. Business, but also avoid malicious betting by business opponents. For example, in many novels, the protagonist bets hundreds of thousands at a time, and regular companies will not accept orders. Only black market transactions will accept orders.
Zhang Guan has been inquired about this from the Greeks in the Olympic Village, so the funds are placed separately. The amount of each company's bet is only two or three thousand euros. The purpose is to avoid the large-scale betting audit of the spinach company. . The reason why OPAP bets the most is because OPAP is a Greek company, and the amount of bets accepted in Greece is higher than other companies.
A bet with 1 loss of 80. If you invest 2,000 euros, the spinach company will accompany 160,000 euros. Zhang Guan feels that those big spinach companies in Europe will not review and confirm for 160,000. And the fact is the same, those bets of two or three thousand yuan are passed without any review.
The odds given by OPAP to enter the semi-finals in Iraq are 1 for 100, and a bet of 5000 euros for a spinach company will accompany 500,000. This has reached the standard of OPAP’s audit and confirmation, so OPAP must carry out this bet Review and consider whether to do this business.
Zhang Guan did not go to the lounge, but took out another piece of paper and handed it to the clerk again.
"I want to buy these, and may also need to be checked and confirmed by the spinach company." Zhang Guan said.
"Okay, sir." The clerk took the paper, then widened her eyes, and there were incredible expressions on her face.
"Mr. Are you going to buy Iraq to defeat Portugal 4:2? Are you sure you didn't write it back?" the clerk asked.
"No reversal." Zhang Guan nodded, and the staff's response did not surprise Zhang Guan.
"Okay, sir." The clerk calculated that this time the Zhang Guan bet is the same as the previous one, each spinach company has two or three thousand euros, but the odds are much higher than the previous one.
"These add up to a total of 28,000 euros. This gentleman, I need to confirm with you again. What you are going to buy is Iraq's 4:2 victory over Portugal. Are you sure you have written the position of the two teams?" ask.
"Nothing wrong, I think Iraq will win." Zhang Guan answered.
"Okay, then." The shop assistant started betting for Zhang Guan.
At this time, a middle-aged man who had just finished betting happened to pass behind Zhang Guan. The man was wearing a khaki suit and carrying a black briefcase. He heard the conversation between Zhang Guan and the clerk and left immediately. come.
"Sorry, man, if I heard correctly, you just bought Iraq to defeat 4:2 Portugal?" the middle-aged man said.
"Yes." Zhang Guan replied.
"Oh, my God, you shouldn’t buy it. How could Iraq beat Portugal? I don’t know about the Iraqi football team. Maybe he is strong in Asia, but when they come to the Olympics, they are definitely at the bottom. Portugal , But it’s a hot topic to win the Olympics.” The middle-aged man stretched out his fingers and said while counting: “The Portuguese team has Costa, Almeida, Ribeiro, Bosingwa, Almot, Alves These are the best young men in Europe. Maybe you are not familiar with these people, but the Portuguese team also has Cristiano Ronaldo! He is now Europe, no, the most talented football player among young people in the world. Portugal is so powerful, how can Iraq beat Portugal? And it is still 4:2, such an exaggerated score..."
This middle-aged man speaks English faster and faster. In the end, Zhang Guan doesn't understand much at all, but in the end he talked about Ronaldo's name, but he was understood by Zhang Guan.
Zhang Guan smiled slightly and said, "I think the odds are high, so I bought Iraq."
"The odds are high? Oh, God! I really don’t know what you think, you just throw money into the fire. Well, I have nothing to say, I can only thank you for doing to the Greek economy. Contributed." The middle-aged man shook his head and turned away.
And at this time, the clerk also completed the betting process.
"Mr., there are many bets that need to wait for the spinach company to review and confirm, because it involves foreign companies, the verification and confirmation time may be slightly longer, so you may have to wait for one to two hours." The shop assistant said.
Zhang Guan nodded, this time he reduced the bet amount, but because the betting odds are higher, the final return is more, so there are more spinach companies to review.
"I still need to buy something else, this time it's an athletics event." Zhang Guan handed the third piece of paper to the clerk.
Clerk's result sheet, read it and said: "Are you going to bet on the men's 100-meter sprint event in track and field, Chinese player Guan-Zhang won the championship?"
This clerk obviously did not know that the Chinese put the last name behind, so he directly pronounced the name of Zhang Guan as "Guan-Zhang".
"Yes." Zhang Guan nodded again to confirm.
"So how much are you going to buy?" The clerk asked ~IndoMTL.com~ This time Zhang Guan did not write down the bet amount on the paper.
"Each spinach company is 500 euros. If it is not verified, then buy another 500 euros until the money in my bank card is spent." Zhang Guan replied.
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OPAP headquarters.
The phone sounded, the supervisor picked up the receiver, and the other party said, "Boss, there is a bet that needs confirmation."
"Got it." The supervisor put down the phone, picked up the mouse and clicked in the computer a few times, and saw the information about the bet.
"5000 euros bet on the Iraqi football team to enter the semi-finals! According to the odds, if Iraq really enters the semi-finals, it will accompany 500,000." The supervisor smiled self-deprecatingly and thought to himself: "This Where is the madman, how could Iraq enter the semifinals! This is simply to send money!"
Supervisor moved the mouse and gently clicked to confirm agreement. Then returned to the previous interface, but found that there is a new bet that needs to be reviewed and confirmed.
"Hey, it’s Iraq again. The Iraqi group stage defeated Portugal 4:2! Oh my god, why are there so many lunatics today, and the lunatic asylum closed!"
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