bet365 pay out more than £8m as part of Extra Time Extra Chance offer

The Euro 2024 last-16 ties mostly looked rather one-sided on paper, with six favourites prevailing, and only two games going to extra-time.

Only England v Slovakia and Portugal v Slovenia went beyond the 90 minutes, but the quarter-finals have been much more closely contested.

As part of our Extra Time Extra Chance offer, more than £4m was paid out in the last 16 - largely thanks to Harry Kane's goal against Slovakia - with that total nearly doubled in the quarter-finals, where three of the four ties went to extra-time.

bet365's Steve Freeth said: "We paid out £4.3m with our Extra Time Extra Chance offer in the last 16 and that total is now over £8m after the quarter-finals with three out of the four going into extra-time. The concession is for pre-game player market bets being paid in Bet Credits if they win in extra-time and it’s for singles, multiples and Bet Builders.

"We had two of our most popular bets landing in the England v Switzerland clash in extra-time, with Jude Bellingham taking Over 1.5 Shots and Over 0.5 Shots on Target. Not only that, we saw Declan Rice also having a Shot on Target to go with his Over 0.5 Tackles and Over 0.5 Fouls Committed in normal time in a Boosted Bet Builder.

"And then there was the small matter of Anthony Taylor producing seven cards, including a red for Dani Carvajal in the extra 30 minutes between Spain and Germany.

"We paid out a big number with our Super Boosted England to Qualify (4/7 – Evens) but it was still a favourable result in Dusseldorf as have been the other three matches as the majority of teams take the cautious approach. However, it’s not all one-way traffic as the Extra Time Extra Chance offer goes to prove.

"As for the Outrights, we’d take an England win right now with Spain (9/1 into 2/1) being the bogey in all of them! Having got rid of Bruno Fernandes and Toni Kroos we have one sizeable loser left in the Player of the Tournament book thanks to Rodri.

"We’ll do well to get Lamine Yamal (18/1 - 4/7) chinned in the Young Player award after some sensational showings and he also features heavily in the Most Assists market having shortened from 40/1 into 11/10, so it’s fair to say we’d happily take France boring their way to a semi-final victory over Luis de la Fuente’s outfit."

Liam Williams

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