Who backs the 999/1 shots?

price gets lower and you trade out.easy as riding a bike

Price will only likely get lower if they don't lose their first games so would be simpler to lay their opponents in those games.

More likely been backed by people who had layed them for say 2k liabilty and then later found their whole bank was tied up , so had to back them to free up money.

bookmakers.

A bookie would be have to be stupid to back them at 1000 betfair prices, given that they are laying at least as high as that themselves!

North Koreans who have been told that their country has already won it.