Cheetahs come to rescue

After a rather shaky Rugby World Cup to date, I enjoyed a great weekend with virtually all of my bets arriving. The only one that went belly up was Scotland to beat Japan, my final play of the weekend.

The turning point for me came last Friday night with the Cheetahs at home to Munster in the Pro 14.

I had started the weekend off with a winner in Friday’s World Cup game and was following the thoughts of the guys on our YouTube rugby show, The Handicap, as well as the Goodforthegame Forum, and was heavily involved in the Cheetahs. Rather than back them on the handicap, I took them to score 34 points or more in the match and had a decent-sized bet.

After a slow start, the Cheetahs finally started scoring points and heading into the final 10 minutes, I had a good chance of landing the spoils. To my surprise, my daughter and her friend came and joined me for the final 10 minutes and seeing how excited I was getting, they enquired what financial interest I had in the match? I told them about my bet and, reluctantly, how much I had on.

As the final minute of the match started, it looked like I was going to lose this bet by the narrowest of margins with the Cheetahs on 33 points. They could have kicked the ball out, but continued to run at their opponents and I leapt from the couch as they scored a try after the hooter.

The girls were delighted with the win and I could see my daughter’s friend’s eyes that she was weighing up Sports Betting as a possible career choice. This was not my first rodeo and even as I celebrated, I watched the TV to make sure the try was awarded. To my horror, they wanted to review the grounding. The girls saw me pacing up and down until the try was awarded and the bet was banked.

I hope my daughter’s friend doesn’t look back at this night as the trigger to a lifetime of gambling.