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Asian flu has no effect on bettors
Despite Indonesia8217;s worst economic crisis in decades, ardent football fans have found the money and the time to gamble on the World Cup. In a country where organised gambling is illegal, the bets range in value from a cigarette or a milkshake to half a million rupiah about 30. Bets on who will win the World Cup can be done in a pool with the favourite teams having greater minimum bets. Bets on Brazil, for example, start at 100,000 rupiah with quot;as high as you can goquot; as the limit.
Brazil 5-2
Argentina, France, Neth. 11-2
Germany, Italy 7-1
England 14-1
Nigeria, Yugoslavia 25-1
Spain 28-1
Croatia, Romania 33-1
Chile 66-1
Mexico 100-1
Denmark 125-1
Belgium, Norway, Paraguay 150-1
Colombia 200-1
Bulgaria, South Africa 500-1
