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London NFL game attracts betting "10 times greater" than normal

The betting action on the Indianapolis Colts-Jacksonville Jaguars game at Wembley Stadium in London, England was more than double any other NFL game on the Sunday slate at U.K. sportsbook Ladbrokes.

"Yesterday's game demonstrated again the popularity of holding NFL games at Wembley for the U.K. betting public," Ladbrokes spokesman Alex Donahue told ESPN. "The [betting action] achieved figures approximately 10 times greater than we would expect were the game between these two team to have been held in the U.S."

Sports betting is legal in the U.K. The NFL, which opposes legal sports betting in the U.