Czechs bet record amounts on World Cup matches

According to numbers available from two of the country's most prominent betting agencies, Czechs have now bet more than one billion crowns - the equivalent of around 50 million US dollars - on matches in the on-going football World Cup. A spokesman for one of the agencies said that following the national squad's exit in the group stage it was expected that Czech betting on matches would now drop by an estimated 30 percent.

Author: Jan Velinger