Sports Betting Blog

Jessica Ennis is the current 4/1 favourite with William Hill to win the BBC Sports Personality of the Year after annihilating the competition in Austria. After being out with injury for 7 weeks, she returned to the heptathlon just 2 weeks ago.

Andy Murray is 5/1 having already reached a Grand Slam final this year and David Haye is 6/1 ahead of his bout with Wladimir Klitschko in July. Sebastian Vettel looks uncatchable in the F1 Drivers Championship and Lewis Hamilton has slipped in the betting for BBC Sports Personality of the Year , because of this from 5/1 to 8/1.

Ennis does look like a good early favourite but it depends on what others do. If Haye beats Klitschko in style then I can see him being made instant favourite. There is still half the year to go too, so plenty of time for things to chance.

“In a year without a major football tournament, the betting for BBC Sports Personality of the Year is always incredibly tight. Looking forward to the rest of year, there are still many sporting events to come and many more sportsmen and women who can perform their way into the running,”said Hill’s spokesman Joe Crilly.

William Hill BBC Sports Personality of the Year Outright:

4/1 Jess Ennis
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5/1 Andy Murray
6/1 David Haye
8/1 Lewis Hamilton
10/1 Rory McIlroy
16/1 Lee Westwood
20/1 Luke Donald
20/1 Alastair Cook
22/1 Amir Khan
22/1 Chris Ashton
25/1 Andrew Strauss
40/1 Graeme Swann
40/1 Phil Taylor
40/1 Mark Cavendish
40/1 Tom Daley

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Some good value betting on early long shots in this market if your man (or woman) wins something later on.

With Jeff Stelling stepping down as Channel 4′s Countdown show, the bookies have opened a book on who will be the next permanent countdown presenter. William Hill have Aled Jones and Gyles Brandreth as joint favourites. With the viewing figures tumbling, it will need a big man to fill the chair. Hill’s have seen a flurry of money on Terry Wogan and have cut his odds to 14/1 from 33/1.

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William Hill have opened a special market to support comic relief. If you are stopping in to watch the show, this is an interesting way to help out. If you win, you can increase your donation. If you lose, then William Hill will donate the money to Comic Relief.

How Much Will Be Raised By Comic Relief During The Live Show*:

8/1 Under £40m

6/4 Between £40-50m

11/10 Between £50-60m

7/1 Between £60-70m

16/1 Over £70m

Comic Relief To Beat The 2009 Total Of £57,809,938*:

11/8 Yes

8/15 No

*All profits from the market will be donated to Comic Relief 2011

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Paddy Power pays out on January being coldest month ever. So much for global warming. Could be a medium term money spinner, if the bookies keep setting odds as if the earth is warming.

(10/01/10) Only ten days into a sub-zero 2010 and Paddy Power have suspended betting and are paying out on this month being the coldest January on record in Ireland.
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It does not seem that long ago when Ryan Giggs won BBC sports personality of the year. The 66/1 outsider ended up pipping odds on favourite Jenson Button to the race.

Irish Bookmaker, Paddypower have released the odds for the 2010 race. Current favourite is Andy Murray, surely with the expectation that he will win something this year. All bets will be off if he wins Wimbledon but thats a big if. At 2/1, you are probably best off just betting on him to win Wimbledon straight.

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With the sad news that Michael Jackson, passed away late last night bookies Paddy Power are predicting that the King of Pop will once again top the charts and are offering odds of 5/2 for the late singer to be this years Christmas number one. Betting is also available on how many Michael Jackson songs will be covered by acts performing at this weekend’s Glastonbury Festival.

Paddy Power are also offering odds on the name of the inevitable Michael Jackson motion picture. “Michael” has emerged as the 4/1 favourite followed by “Invincible” at 8/1. Less likely options include “Black or White” at 50/1 and “The Lost Children” at 100/1.
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Paris Hilton a socialite, turned reality TV star, turned pop singer and actress, and Ronaldo is the most expensive player in football history after being sold to Real Madrid for a mega £80million. A match made in celebrity heaven some might say, bound to be hyped up by the tabloids to sell more papers.

Irish bookie Paddy Power are betting Ronaldo will do it doggy-style with Paris Hilton this summer. It’s 2/1 that the footballing legend is spotted out and about with the dog on his arm – Paris’s pet pooch ‘Tinkerbell’ that is!
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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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With the forecast set fair for the Boat race, William Hill are bracing themselves for a run of money on the record time of 16 minutes and 19 seconds being beaten, and currently offer 8/1. Hills rate Oxford the 4/11 favourites, with Cambridge offered at 2/1. The boat race will be on ITV1 at 3.40pm.
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Bookie Paddy Power has installed Ruth Langsford as the 5/4 favourite to replace Fern Britton as Phillip Schofield’s next presenting partner on This Morning.

In one of the highest profile jobs for female presenters in television Britton’s regular stand-in Langsford is the lady in pole position that her rivals look most likely to have to beat although ITV may choose to keep her as part of their current team alongside long-term partner Eamon Holmes.
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MINI-ME TIPPED TO REIGN CELEB BIG BROTHER HOUSE

This may be of interest to you who watch this. Looking at the line up I have no interest in this.

As speculation continues about the final line up for this year’s Celebrity Big Brother series, reality-TV betting experts, Paddy Power, have reported a surge of betting in support of pint-size Hollywood actor, Verne Troyer.

Recent reports that the Austin Powers star has already broken Big Brother rules by boozing late into the night at fashionable London nightclubs seem to have got punters pulses racing. Troyer is now Paddy Power’s 3-1 favourite to win this year’s series.
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