Tipster: Arsenal's astonishing fightback at Reading last night left the bookmakers reeling with Ladbrokes facing a six-figure pay out on bets struck AFTER the Royals took a 4-0 lead.
Manchester United and Tottenham could cause a further dent in their profits in tonight's Capital One Cup ties.
Arsene Wenger's men drifted out to 66/1 to qualify for the quarter-finals after leaking four goals in just 37 minutes at the Madjeski Stadium.
But punters latched on and took advantage of a series of bets in-play to leave Ladbrokes paying out £150,000 after the Gunners bounced back to draw 4-4 in 90 minutes and then win an amazing match 7-5 in extra-time.
'We had quite a few bets in our in-play markets, more than usual,' said Ladbrokes spokesman Alex Donohue. 'Punters placed wagers on the draw, Arsenal to qualify and on the Gunners to win in extra-time.
'As extra-time started 90 per cent of the bets were on Arsenal to win with punters still lumping on when Pavel Pogrebnyak made it 5-5 with just a couple of minutes remaining. Madness.'
Manchester United are 9/4 with Bet365 and Bet Victor to inflict their second success over Chelsea at Stamford Bridge in four days following Sunday's controversial 3-2 Premier League win.
And Javier Hernandez, who has scored five times in eight games against the Blues and three in his last four, is 5/2 with Ladbrokes, Sky Bet and Bwin to be on target.
Both teams to score is a bit short at 4/7 with Stan James and if you think there will be more red card mayhem with another two players being sent off then snap up the 9/1 being offered by Unibet although we will pass on this occasion.
Tottenham will field a strong side at Norwich and appeal at 28/29 with 188bet to win in regulation time while Gylfi Sigurdsson is 11/4 with Sky Bet to find the back of the net for the Londoners.
LUKE DONALD will not be defending his title in the final PGA Tour event of the season next week so he will want to end the year with a bang at the WGC-HSBC World Championship which start in the early hours.
He 10/1 across the board while Dustin Johnson at 20/1 Boylesports and Graeme McDowell at 30/1 in most places complete our each-way three-ball.
DEFENDING champions the Miami Heat got our NBA betting campaign off to a sparkling start last night with a big win over the Boston Celtics only for the LA Lakers to immediately bring us back to level terms by losing their home opener to the Dallas Mavericks.
The Lakers are back on court tonight against the Portland Trail Blazers, who include England's Joel Freeland, making his NBA debut.
‘It’s a dream opening game,’ said Freeland, who represented Great Britain at the London Olympics. ‘I’ll be thinking of my family at home. It’s going to be epic.
‘It wouldn’t really matter to me as every team in the NBA has great quality and amazing players, but it’s incredible. To even be on the same court as people like Kobe Bryant and Steve Nash is going to be an amazing experience.'
Catch Freeland against the Lakers live by going to
www.nba.com/leaguepass as all games are free until November 6. The Lakers look set to bounce back against Portland's rookies but tonight's best bet is for the Denver Nuggets to win in Philadelphia at 11/10 with Paddy Power.