Sports Betting Blog

Bookies are breathing a sigh of relief that 16.1 outsiders, Diversity won the final of Britains got talent. This was the bookies record final in TV betting history. William Hill Estimate that over £3.5 Million Was Be Bet On Britain’s Got Talent. In the final hour of betting Hills took twelve bets a second.

One bookmaker, British Based William Hill commented “We were expecting to pay out million of pounds, but after the biggest shock in reality TV betting history we have won a six figure sum. We still think Susan will be the star and our odds suggest she is more likely to have a number one in the states than in the UK,”
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Bookies William Hill have started to see a possible Boyle backlash following her alleged rant at the contestants hotel. Hills have not taken a bet of over £100 for her today and have eased her price from 4/7 to 4/6 with Shaheen cut from 6/1 to 5/1. Hills also offer 10/1 that Susan swears during the live final and 100/1 that she proposes to Piers following her victory!

Hills expect a huge audience on Saturday night and offer evens the final will produce the largest TV audience of the year and 6/4 that peak viewing figures will top 20 million.
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STEVE BRUCE is 4/9 favourite for the Sunderland job with William Hill who also offer: 5/2 Strachan; 20/1 Curbishley; Bilic; Jol; McClaren; 25/1 Advocaat; Poyet; Ranieri. ‘Punters believe this is a two horse race, and even though early gambles in these markets are not always successful they are usually based on more than pure guess-work’ said Hill’s spokesman Graham Sharpe.
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You Bet Coyle Will Quit Burnley For Celtic

Despite Owen Coyle declaring that he intends to stay at Burnley, the side he has just taken into the Premiership, punters are convinced that he will instead aim for the now vacant Celtic job – and have backed him down to 4/6 favouritism for that role. ‘Coyle has gone from 4/1 to 4/6 during the course of the day as we have taken a steady series of £200 bets from all over the UK, sending Coyle past former favourite Tony Mowbray in the afternoon’ said Hill’s spokesman Graham Sharpe.
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Would the final of the Champions League be the same without some crazy special bets from the world famous bookmaker, Paddypower. These bets are mainly for fun but the really shrewd punter could probably profit from this.

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Arguably the biggest game of the season is on Wednesday. Manchester United vs Barcelona is the dream fixture I am sure every neutral would have wanted for the Champions League Final.

Bookmakers often have offers to encourage new and existing customers to wager on the big game. Last year Paddypower slipped up by offering to refund all bets if Ronaldo scored at anytime. He duly delivered and cost Paddypower over a million pounds. This year, they have not been so generous.
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