Big gaming companies cashed in on Monday for thousands of Britons bet Prince William and his wife, Kate, named their newborn child.
Ladbrokes betting spent 50,000 hours after the Duchess of Cambridge, go to work Monday morning. Company spokesman Alex Donohue said, people rushed to put a small amount of money, such as a pound, royal baby names, because they "want to participate."
"Never underestimate the British public's obsession with the royal family," he said. "This is a big story, but it is summer, the weather is good."
For many days, the money Alexandra is a girl and a boy James or George. Monday night announced that it has delivered, Kate a son, although no word name.
Coral Bookmakers described it as the largest non-sports betting activities in the company's history, with racing gamblers bet everything new heir to the throne.
Nicholas said: "The whole world has been waiting for Kate to enter the labor, and now that she has, we are witnessing another betting frenzy, McGeady, the company's spokesman, was born in the hours before the announcement.
Bet on far beyond the name.
Company Paddy Power bet on when she came to visit, Kate's sister Pippa Middleton will be wearing the colors.
Ladbrokes odds of 33-1, the new successor, who is the third of the throne, will represent Britain at the Olympics. It's not that far-fetched - equestrian athletes, the Queen's granddaughter Zara Phillips ? London Olympics in 2012 won the silver medal.
Members of the public may have to wait, though, in their betting slips in cash. It is not unusual royal naming babies: Britain's Queen Elizabeth II and her husband Prince Philip, Prince Charles, in the case wait a month's time.
 



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