Winning football betting like orgasm

Football fan Henrik Gerdin is the most satisfying man. His team scored in the last minute of the match, helping him to win a bet and push his heart rate beyond the orgasm.

The 25-year-old Swedish is part of a World Cup experiment at Loughborough University, England, to test the effect of football betting on fans' heart rhythms.

"The heart rate we obtained in the early stages of the study completely matches the heart rate of orgasmic people, and some cases are even higher," said Professor Ron Maughan.

The study will last as long as the England team remains in the World Cup. Moving forward they will measure the level of stress, or excitement, of English fans.

Gerdin placed a £ 100 bet on a 2-2 draw between Sweden and England in the Group B group. Sweden's Henrik Larsson scored the winner in the 90th minute on June 20, fixing the match score. The match was 2-2, sparking the ultimate joy of the Swedish fans at Cologne - and of course Gerdin was in the laboratory.

"He was really mad , " said Simon Greening, an English football fan who also participated in the experiment. "If it were me, I would be the same."

All participants received £ 100 sponsorship from website betfair.com and half of them bet.

"It really is a feeling of extreme tension," Gerdin said. "I was obsessed with it all day and finally won". Gerdin has earned £ 2,000.

So far, research results show that World Cup betting is more exciting than sex, at least based on heart rate.

"We all know that football fans are always passionate about their team, but this result has shown that football is sometimes better than sex," Maughan said.

Participants had an average heart rate of 120 beats / minute. According to the American Heart Association, when orgasm, each person's heart rate will fluctuate in the range of 90-145 beats per minute, with a peak of 115 beats per minute. Normal heart rate at rest is 70 beats / minute.

Gerdin had the highest heart rate in the study with an average of 133 beats / minute and peaked at 168 bpm.

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