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In the run-up the Christmas week betting sites have come up with odds on the doors of the UK's pubs being forced to close and bolt their doors once.
Anyone finding the prospect of not being able to go down the pub to celebrate the end of word for Christmas, seeing in xmas on the 24th, a lunchtime drink on Boxing day or New years Eve celebrations unthinkable might take a look at the odds and market created by the Smarkets Exchange
Pubs To be Forced to Be Closed Before the End of January 2022
| Pubs to Close Again | Odds | Probability |
|---|---|---|
| Yes | 6/4 | 40.0% |
| No | 1/2 | 66.67% |
Massive Lost Businesses
According to a report published back in March, over 12,000 bars, pubs, and restaurants had shut down in the United Kingdom since December 2019—a rate of around 30 per day.
Many of those down to the forced closure throughout 2020.
At the same time it might be said that 4,000 of those were reopened under new ownership, management, but still it showed an 8000 net loss of the Great British Pub.
