Sports Betting Blog

After today’s win for Lewis Hamilton, William Hill price him at evens to win in Hungary and he is now 4/7 to win the drivers championship with Kimi Raikkonen 5/2 for the drivers.

“Any Hamilton victory is a great result for punters but the golf has been the big betting event of the weekend so it could have been a lot lot worse,” said Hill’s spokesman Rupert Adams.

William Hill Drivers Championships: 4/7 Hamilton, 5/2 Raikkonen, 4/1 Massa, 25/1 Kubica, 100/1 Kovalainen, 100/1 Heidfeld

William Hill Constructors Championship: 1/3 Ferrari, 9/4 McLaren, 20/1 BMW

It looks like Fergie has kept his man and bookies William Hill are for the first time odds on at 4/9 that he will remain a Manchester United player. Hill have also seen an unexplained run of bets on Alan Curbishley to be the next manager to lose his job and have cut him from 7/1 to 5/1 with bets of up to £500 accepted.

“It is good news for Sir Alex but Alan Curbishley might not be so lucky,” said Hill’s spokesman Rupert Adams. (more…)

This is bad news for people in the UK.

Bookies William Hill are offering 6/1 that next week will produce the hottest day of the year as forecaster predict a very early end to the summer. Hills have also pushed out the price of temperatures topping 100f in 2008 from 6/1 to 12/1.

“It has been a very disappointing summer and despite a possible good week ahead, the bookies have officially announced summer is over!”said Hill’s spokesman Rupert Adams.

6/1 Week of 21st July tp produce hottest day of the year

William Hill a temperature of 100F to be registered in 2008: 12/1

Lewis Hamilton is 7/4 to follow up his win at the British Grand Prix by taking the flag in German. But the real money has been for him to win the drivers Championship at 11/8. “We make Kimi Raikkonen our narrow favourite to beat Lewis in both Germany and in the drivers championship but punters disagree and the money has all been for Lewis Hamilton,” said Hill’s spokesman Rupert Adams.

William Hill German Grand Prix: 13/8 Raikkonen, 7/4 Hamilton, 3/1 Massa, 12/1 Kubica, 12/1 Kovalainen, 25/1 Heidfeld, 40/1 Alonso, 66/1 Trulli, 80/1 Webber

William Hill Drivers Championship: 5/4 Raikkonen, 11/8 Hamilton, 4/1 Massa, 20/1 Kubica, 50/1 Heidfeld, 80/1 Kovalainen

Bookies William Hill have cut the price of Dimitar Berbatov starting the season at United from 1/2 to 4/9 following support today and have also trimmed him from 7/1 to 6/1 to be the top Premiership goal scorer. Meanwhile Chelsea continue to be by far the best team to win the Premiership and are currently the 13/8 second favourites with William Hill. Ronaldo is 5/6 to go and 5/6 to stay! (more…)

Bookies William Hill are 1/6 that Belinda will get the boot from Big Brother on Friday night with Rex the outsider at 7/2. “Belinda is up against it as she is bound to suffer from the curse of the late comer, who never win,” said Hill’s spokesman Rupert Adams.

William Hill Eviction: 1/6 Belinda, 7/2 Rex
William Hill Big Brother Winner: 7/4 Kathreya, 3/1 Darnell, 4/1 Luke, 8/1 Dale, 10/1 Michael, 14/1 Rachel, 25/1 Rex, 33/1 Lisa, 33/1 Stuart, 50/1 Rebecca, 50/1 Sara, 66/1 Mohamed, 66/1 Maysooon, 100/1 Belinda

The UEFA Intertoto Cup has reached a crucial point as the competition now enters its third and final round with fixtures on the weekends of July 19/20 and 26/27. At this stage some big names appear in the Intertoto betting menu at PinnacleSports.com, such as Aston Villa, VfB Stuttgart, Napoli and Deportivo La Coruna. The current Intertoto betting suggests that all the big guns should comfortably qualify for the UEFA first round, but the minnows should be sharper having been sharpened by the earlier rounds. (more…)

DWAIN CHAMBERS is odds on to make it to the Olympics with William Hill, who quote odds of 8/11 that he WILL be on the start line for the Olympic 100metres heats, and Even money that he will NOT, following the resolution of his court case on Thursday. ‘The likely outcome would seem to be that Chambers will win the case which will result in his selection for the Olympics, although that will not be a popular decision with many people’ said Hill’s spokesman Graham Sharpe. (more…)

Heath Ledger is being heavily tipped to win a posthumous Oscar by bookmakers William Hill for his performance in The Dark Knight, and they have slashed their price on him winning from 12/1 to 3/1.

“Every year there is a buzz about a particular performance and we always gets calls but we have not seen this much early interest in the Oscars since Helen Mirren won with her flawless performance as the Queen,” said Hill’s spokesman Rupert Adams.

Hills have also accepted bets on Meryl Streep to win an Oscar for her performance in Mamma Mia and she ia a 4/1 shot for victory.

William Hill Oscar Specials:

3/1 Heath Ledger to win an Oscar for his performance in Dark Knight
4/1 Meryl Streep Oscar for performance in Mamma Mia
20/1 Both to win an Oscar

WILLIAM HILL: TRANSFER ODDS: WILL IT BE BERBAT-OFF?

William Hill make Berbatov a 1/2 chance to be at Manchester United by the first game of the season, while he is 6/4 still to be at Spurs. (Others on request)

Will Ronaldo be at Man Utd on the 1st day of English premier league season ?
1/2 Yes
6/4 No
Will Ronaldinho be at Man City on the 1st day of English premier league season ?
9/4 Yes
1/3 No
Will Arshavin be at Tottenham on the 1st day of English premier league season ?
9/2 Yes
1/8 No
William Hill offer 6/5 that Adebayor will still be at Arsenal on the opening day of the new Premier League season; 7/4 that he will be at Barcelona by then and 9/4 with AC Milan. (Others on request).

LAMPARD is 5/6 to stay at Chelsea for the first day of the season with Hills who also make him 5/6 to go.’