Originally Posted by JasonWatkins:
“I wonder if Leicester's imminent title win will change things for bookies ?
I know they're not stupid, but will them winning the title cause bookies to cap the maximum odds they'll offer on teams from now on ?”
They might be more careful. But after this seasons outcome i wouldn't be surprised if they want to keep odds high enough to attract the blindingly optimistic mug punter. Next season will surely see the highest number of "Win the League" bets on the likes of Watford, Swansea, Burnley, Bournemouth etc than ever before.
But they might be more careful on teams that in the previous season went on a 10+ match run of averaging approx 2 points per game, like Leic did the back end of 2014-15 season. This season Stoke and Palace are 2 teams earlier this season that went on a long run of games averaging high points tallies. Between Mid-Sep and mid-Dec Stoke got 21 points from 11 games.
But i reckon 1,000-1 or 2,000-1 odds will still be there for the likes of the 3 promoted teams and Sund/Norw if they avoid the drop. Leicester odds were around this most the time pre-season i'm sure? Only 1 or 2 bookies for a week at the longest went 5,000-1?