There was tremendous betting interest in last night's Cricket World Cup semi-final between the Black Caps and India.
The TAB's Mark Stafford said "it was the largest turnover from a single event this year."
"$200,000 came in on New Zealand last night and $600,000 was paid out to those who backed the Kiwis."
"For the first time we're starting to see a lot of money going on New Zealand to lift the cup" he said.
Earlier, new Sky TV boss Martin Stewart took to Twitter this morning to declare the ICC Cricket World Cup final will be free-to-air on Prime "so the whole country can join in."
The pay TV provider said before the World Cup that it would only show the Black Caps two warm-up games free-to-air on Prime, with other coverage restricted to Sky Sport and Fanpass subscribers.