The bookmakers are presenting All Black fans with a conundrum.
The TAB around the corner are paying $1.50 for the All Blacks to win but for the traitors willing to put a bet on the rest of the world, there's a payout of $2.50.
And it seems there's
a massive number of turncoats having a flutter.
TAB rugby book-maker Mark Stafford said there are about eight times more people laying bets on the rest of the world than the All Blacks.
"It's popular because you can't definitely pick a second favourite," Mr Stafford said.
The international bookies are also backing the All Blacks as favourites with odds like 18 to 35 and 7 to 13.
Translated, they are paying between $1.40 and $1.53 on a $1 bet for the All Blacks to win the Cup.
The other top favourites - South Africa, France and Australia - are paying between $5 and $8.60, $8 and $10, and $10 and $14 respectively.
Put a dollar on Namibia or Japan and get $5001 back in the pocket... if they win.
Portugal, who are in the same pool as the All Blacks, are paying twice that at $10,001. What's the probability of the All Blacks' laundry department mixing up their jumpers for the tournament?
New Zealand Problem Gambling Foundation CEO John Stansfield said with the massive amount of gambling advertising during the World Cup, there will be some "unwise decisions".
"If you went out and blew $10,000 would that be problem gambling? You'd get your bollocks kicked around at home but is it pathological gambling? - not really," Mr Stansfield said.
But he said the advertising is dangerous to those who have recently stopped gambling.
Mr Stansfield said gambling is at its most dangerous when it is commercialised, individualised and advertised.
He said socialised gambling like a raffle or an office sweepstake does not tend to hook people into gambling.
