Stansdead exactly right, very little money did change hands. For the amazing outlay of £20 one could alter the odds from 10 to 1, to 4 to 1. I know because I did it. This showed the stupidity of the whole betting scandal that was associated with this scheme. Many thousands of peoples jobs were threatened by such a schoolboy prank. Several airlines suffered, a couple are no longer trading. Quod erat demonstrandum. There are said to be two culprits involved, one of whom is the person mentioned by Saskatoon. Whether he personally started it, I am fairly sure he didn't, but he certainly did nothing to stop it getting out of hand, so you can draw your own conclusions. Just shouting about "bags of manure" however, adds nothing to any reasonable argument.