Sports Betting Blog

Bookie Paddy Power is offering 100/1 that Nott’s County will be in the Premier League in four seasons time following Sven Goran Eriksson’s imminent arrival to the club as Director of Football. Current manager Ian McParland will still be the manager but having an experienced manger as director of football will surely help.

With the recent takeover from Middle East consortium Munto Finance and Sven’s appointment Notts County are now 8/1 to win this season’s League Two title and 5/2 for promotion. The Meadow Lane club had been 25/1 for the title prior to the Arab takeover and 12/1 before news of Sven’s appointment.
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Whilst some bookmakers offer just five places on the biggest golf betting event of the year Paddy Power are again leading the way down the fairway to payout on the first seven players at the top of the final leaderboard. An each way bet pays 1/4 odds at Paddypower.

With Tiger Woods in fine form after his win at the AT&T National over the weekend the world number one is just 2/1 to win at Turnberry next week, which if the betting is to be believed could make the each way odds to seven places that Paddy Power are offering all the more valuable.
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This Saturday sees the start of the Tour de France 2009. The big news is that 7 times winner, Lance Armstrong is returning.

Armstrong is the 11/2 second favourite to win the Tour De France behind hot favourite Alberto Contador at 11/10. As with many sports Paddy Power has seen a firm split between the head and the heart in the betting. The emotional money has been firmly toward Armstrong whilst Contador, winner of the Tour two years ago and considered the best rider in the world, attracts the serious wagers.
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