"Some people would bet on which direction to look for sunrise," she observed.

But few people in the aerospace industry are betting against the company.

"Some people are betting it may be the 'next place,' but there's been no real action so far."

So far, the governor's people are betting that the teams will stay.

Somewhere, he thought, people are betting on which way this trial will go.

Some people were betting the expansion would die of old age.

"I think people are betting there's a little upside here," he added.

"We knew they'd come, but people are betting a lot more than we thought," he said.

The development of high street betting meant that people could now bet without having to visit to the track.

By Friday, people were betting that the next move in the discount rate would be downward.