Event Update -
Last updated: 13th April 1999 Event 1 - Boxing : Heavyweight Title A controversial draw, between Lewis and Holyfield, in their Heavyweight title fight, left those who brought on 0 while those who sold lost ten times their stake. Initial spread: 115 - 125 Final score: 125 Make-up: Sell (-10 x stake), Buy (0 x stake) That left 16 people top of the table. Event 2 - Rowing : University Boat race Initial spread: 1.8 - 2 Final score: 4.0 Make-up: Sell (-22 x stake), Buy (20 x stake) Despite Oxford being pre race favourites, Cambridge repeated the 4 length victory of last year. Giving a nice tidy profit for those who stuck with them. Event 3 - Ice Hockey : Super League Playoffs Initial spread: 58 - 62 Final score: 50 Make-up: Sell (12 x stake), Buy (-8 x stake) Manchester stormed out of the semi-finals, getting hammered 5-0 by Cardiff. After that, who cares who won the final? Event 4 - Rugby Union : 5 Nations England finished second, behind Scotland, in the Five Nations Championship and only managed to score 103 points. This Gave a small profit to those who chose to sell. Initial spread: 115 - 125 Final score: 103 Make-up: Sell (12 x stake), Buy (-22 x stake) Event 8 - Basketball : NBA Playoffs (Update) Chicago have currently won 10 and lost 27 of their matches and are well adrift at the bottom of the Central division. The only chance they've got of going to the play-offs, is if the queue up and buy tickets. Expect to score heavily if you sold big. Initial spread: 75 - 80 Final score: Make-up: Event 11 - Golf : Majors (Update) A final day 78 saw O'Meara slump to 31st in the masters. He'll need to perform better than that in the other majors if he is to beat the spread. Initial spread: 77 - 82 Final score: Make-up: Event 13 - Rugby League : Super League (Update) Wigan have won four of their first five matches and are currently 2nd in the table. More importantly they have scored 172 points. It's early days yet, but things are looking good if you brought big. Initial spread: 580 - 610 Final score: Make-up: Event 14 - Football : Euro Championship qualifiers (Update) An impressive 3-1 victory for England against Poland, gives Kevin Keegan's men 25 points. Two more victories like that will be enough to cover the spread. Initial spread: 72 - 77 Final score: Make-up:
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