After blitzing her heat tonight, online bookmaker sportsbet.com.au has declared the women’s 100m hurdles at the London Olympics is over and has paid out all bets on Aussie Sally Pearson winning the Gold.
To date, Pearson has attracted 88 percent of all bets wagered on the race.
“That was like a training exercise. We truly believe she’ll blitz the final and we’d be paying on her tomorrow anyway, so punters may as well enjoy their winnings a day early,” sportsbet.com.au’s Ben Hawes said.
As with all sportsbet.com.au early payouts, the market remains open, meaning punters who have been paid out can take their cash or can reinvest if they wish.
Sportsbet.com.au has a reputation for paying out early on major events, and usually is on the money with their predictions including the Liberal National Party winning the 2012 Queensland State Election, So You Think to win the 2010 Cox Plate and England to win the 2010/11 Ashes Series. However, this was not the case last year when they paid out on Chris Judd to win the Brownlow Medal with four rounds to go in the season, or in the Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race when they paid out on Wild Oats XI for line honours four days before the race.
The payout applies to all single wagers placed on Sally Pearson before 7:33pm AEDT on Monday 6 August, 2012.