bet365 customers landed a major gamble on Sunday night when Tony McCoy lifted the 2010 BBC Sports Personality of the Year trophy.

bet365 spokesman Steve Freeth “There’ll be a few punters buying late Christmas presents after landing this touch – we’ve taken a hammering.

“In the 24 hours before the show punters had backed McCoy from 8/11 into 4/9. It was a similar story in-play where 90% of the bets we took during the showpiece were for AP (closed at 2/7) and looking at the final voting figures you can understand why they were shovelling it on!”

Tony McCoy is 12/1 with bet365 to win the 2011 Grand National.

2011 BBC Sports Personality Of The Year

Andrew Murray 4/1
David Haye 6/1
Lewis Hamilton 8/1
Lee Westwood 12/1
Amir Khan 12/1
Rory McIlroy 16/1
Jessica Ennis 16/1
Andrew Strauss 16/1
Kevin Pietersen 25/1
Lewis Moody 25/1
Tony McCoy 25/1
Jensen Button 25/1
Graeme Swann 25/1
Phil Taylor 25/1
Graeme McDowell 28/1

2011 Special

Tony McCoy To Win 2011 Grand National 12/1
 

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