Anyone planing to place a bet on the headliners at this year's Glastonbury Festival has the odds stacked against them.
Bookmakers William Hill and Paddy Power issue regular press releases about their runners and riders for the Pyramid Stage.
This year's favourites are U2, Radiohead and Coldplay.
The offer of odds gets the bookies plenty of free publicity.
Unfortunately for the punters, any attempt to actually place a bet on the headliners won't get out of the starting gate.
Paddy Power lists U2 at 9-4 and Abba at 33-1 in its releases, but any attempt to actually place a bet on their website hits a brick wall.
"We are not currently accepting bets on this event," reads the website. This is curious as the attempt to have a flutter took place the same day as the Paddy Power odds were issued.
William Hill are also keen to offer novelty bets, or so they would like the punters to believe.
But so far any attempt to actually place a bet has been met with refusal.
A customer who attempted to put a U2/Abba/Lady Gaga accumulator on at a William Hill shop in Somerset was told that the odds were not available and that bets were not being taken.
Odds may be made available "closer to the time" according to the betting shop.
So anyone who has insider knowledge from one of Michael Eavis' cow's brother's uncle will find it affords them little chance of a killing at the bookies.
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