X Factor winner Joe McElderry career betting odds
December 21, 2009
Poor X Factor winner Joe McElderry lost out in the battle for the Christmas number one to Rage Against the Machines infamous “Killing in the Name” song due to a campaign that was engineered on the social networking site Facebook. Joe lost out by around 50,000 sales, with Rage clocking in at an incredible 500,000 downloads, making it the most downloaded song in the UK ever and the first ever download only number one single. Following this upset to the X-Factor apple cart the bookies Paddy Power believe that this event could have put a scupper on the career of poor Joe.
Joe McElderry Success Specials
- 1/8 – Simon Cowell to drop Joe from his record label before 2013
- 7/4 – Simon Cowell to drop Joe from his record label before during 2011
- 9/4 - Joe’s debut album to be the biggest selling Album of 2010 in the UK
- 12/1 -Joe to have the fastest selling debut album of all time in the UK and Ireland
However it is believed that next week Joe’s fans will be out in force next week and he will get his number one single after all. How long this lasts for and how many more songs he will get to the top spot remain to be seen as winning the X – Factor never guarantees long term success.
Odds on how many number 1′s Joe have in 2010?
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Capone is betting favourite for the 3.35 from Kempton today
December 21, 2009
The 3.35 from Kempton Racecourse is a handicap race that will feature 12 runners over the small distance of 6 furlongs, the race is a class 4 race for 3 years olds and over. The going for the course is set to standard and with the weather being sunnier than the last few days the ground may be not as hard as it was at the weekend.
Paddy Power are running a cash back offer on the race and if the horse that you have backed finishes in second place to Capone in the race then they will refund your losing single stake.
The Hayley Turner ridden horse Capone is the favourtie to lead this race and as such has odds of 11/4, the second favourite is Fen Spirit ridden by Robert Havlin who is showing odds of 11/2. The freebetsblog.com tip for the race today is Brandywell Boy at odds of 12/1 a great promise for an each way bet.
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Danikhali favourite for the 12.30 handicap hurdle from Downpatrick
December 18, 2009
Downpatrick Racecourse unlike Ascot has survived the snow and the 12.30 from this track is a handicap hurdle that is set to feature 15 runners over a distance of 2 miles 2 furlong and 50 yards.
The bookmakers Paddy Power are getting in the Christmas spirit by running another one of their famous cash back offers. On this race if your chosen horse finishes in second place to the starting price favourite then they will refund you your losing single stake, Merry Christmas!
The starting price favourite for the race according to Paddy Power is Danikhali who is at odds of 3/1. The second favourite for the race is shared between Posh Bird and Trotsky who are both being quoted at odds of 9/2. The Freebetsblog.com tip for the race is the 12/1 Lady Beneficial great for an each way bet on this race.
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Feel the Rage as battle for the Christmas number one heats up
December 17, 2009
Earlier on in the month we had thought that the battle for the Christmas number one single would be a sure fire thing, like it has been for the last few years, the X-Factor show finishes and the sheep all go and buy the single (no matter how lame, talking to you Leon Jackson) and the song becomes the festive hit single.
However the likes of Simon Cowell did not realise how powerful the social networking site Facebook can be in rallying up support for a cause. A couple of disgruntled music lovers were fed up of the same old same and thought of the excellent idea of getting Rage Against The Machines 1993 anthem “Killing in the Name of” as the alternative Christmas number one, they started a group on Facebook and within a short time had several thousand members and at the time of writing this has hit over 800,000 members. They then asked all the members to download via iTunes or other digital music outlets.
Click here to join the campaign and find out how to download the song
The Rage against the X factor has been overwhelming up to Thursday the song has outsold the winner of the X Factor by over 37,000 units, music industry sources believe that this will decrease now that the Joe McEldery single is available for physical purchase and will be lapped up by Grannies and Aunts, but the bookies are rapidly slashing their odds, get in while you can!
Christmas Number one single odds
Rage Against The Machine on BBC Radio 5
Radio 5 DJ Nicky Campbell gets a full on version of the song much to his surprise, as RATM are interviewed about the facebook campaign.. (explicit content).
Rage Against The Machine – Killing in the Name of
Don’t know what all the fuss is about? Then take a look here at the original (explicit content):
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Celtic are the underdogs for Europa league away game against Vienna
December 17, 2009
Celtic’s assistant manager Mark Venus has confirmed that he intends to use tonight’s Europa League clash against Rapid Vienna as a platform to give some of his players some European experience. His side have travelled on Tuesday to the Ernst Happel Stadium ready for their 18.00 kick off, which can be watched live on ITV4.
Venus jas been forced to make this decision as he has had several of his key players unable to make the game, Chinese midfielder Zheng Zhi is ineligible to play and Scott Brown and Shaun Maloney are still both out with long term injuries, adding to that Paddy McCourt and Lee Naylor did not travel with the team ready for the fixture.
Rapid Vienna v Celtic match odds
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Ronnie O’Sullivan favourite to win Celebrity Big Brother 2010
December 17, 2009
The guests for 2010 edition of Celebrity Big Brother (which is scheduled to be the last one ever!) have not even been announced yet and already snooker champion Ronnie O’Sullivan has already been lined up to be the favourite to win the contest with odds of just 2/1. This would be a boost to O’Sullivan who will be getting over the recent disappointment of his semi-final loss in the Pukka Pies UK Snooker Championship another contest he was primed to win.
Other celebrities that have been rumoured to enter the house include Baywatch Babe Pamela Anderson and American Rapper MC Hammer famous for his “hilarious” trousers and hit single “You Can’t Touch This”. One contestant that has surprised pundits is Hollywood Madame Heidi Fleiss who provided escorts for the rich and famous in Tinsel town, viewers will listen avidly for any gossip there!
Celebrity Big Brother 2010 outright winner
- 2/1 – Ronnie O’Sullivan
- 4/1 – Pamela Anderson
- 6/1 – MC Hammer
- 8/1 – Paul Danan
- 10/1 – Boy George
- 12/1 – Richard Bacon
- 14/1 – Alex Reid
- 18/1 – Heidi Fleiss
However if he chooses to enter the house it will of course mean that he will be due to miss the snooker Masters in January therefore Paddy Power have created some Rocket specials.
Rocket Specials
2/1 – Big Brother to hold a snooker tournament in the house
4/1 – Ronnie to quit the house early
8/1 – Ronnie to become the first housemate evicted
9/1 – Big Brother to warn Ronnie for excessive use of bad language
10/1 – Ronnie to kiss Pamela Anderson in the house
12/1 – Ronnie to get into a physical fight with any other housemate
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Big Buck’s the odds on favourite for BGC Long Walk Hurdle
December 16, 2009
The BGC Long Walk Hurdle comes from Ascot Racecourse on Saturday December 19th and starts at 14.05, it can be watched live on Channel 4 Racing. It is a grade 1, class 1 for horses aged 4 years and over. The going for the course has been set to good to soft and it will feature 16 runners covering a distance of 3 miles and 1 furlong.
The favourite for the race by a long way is Big Buck’s who will be ridden by champion jockey Ruby Walsh and is trained by Paul Nicholls, the second favourite is the 11/4 Diamond Harry ridden by Timmy Murphy. The Freebetsblog.com tip for this race is Sentry Duty who has had a small blip of late but should be good for this race as an each way bet at odds of 16/1.
BGC Long Walk Hurdle Race Card
- 1/2 – Big Buck’s
- 11/4 – Diamond Harry
- 9/1 – Karabak
- 12/1 - Lough Derg
- 14/1 – Fair Along
- 16/1 – Sentry Duty
- 16/1 – Whiteoak
- 25/1 – Katchit
- 33/1 - Kayf Aramis
- 40/1 - Sweetheart
- 100/1 – Viper
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Spurs are at full strength for Manchester City clash
December 15, 2009
Tottenham welcome Manchester City to White Hart lane on Wednesday night in a top of the table Premiership clash. Following Tottenham’s hiccup at the weekend when they were beaten by Wolves at home the two players that were dropped for the fixture David Bentley and Roman Pavlyuchenko are both expected to return to the lineup. Mark Hughes side is set to be without striker Craig Bellamy who had a red card at the weekend as is therefore suspended.
Head to Head
Spurs have beat City a whopping 17 times in the Premier League and City have lost their last 5 visits to White Hart lane which easily gives them the statistical advantage, however this season has seen a massive investment in Man City and they have only lost one match and are looking at a Champions League spot.
Tottenham v Man City Match odds
The bookmaker Paddy Power are running another one of their great cash back offers, for this game if Emmanuel Adebayor scores the final goal of the game then they will refund all losing first and last goal scorers as well as correct score and scorecast singles made on the match.
Last Goal Scorer Odds
England hopeful Defoe is just ahead of Adebayor to net the last goal in this game.
| Player | Last goal scorer Odds |
| Jermaine Defoe | 5/1 |
| Emmanuel Adebayor | 11/2 |
| Robbie Keane | 6/1 |
| Peter Crouch | 6/1 |
| Carlos Tevez | 13/2 |
| Roman Pavlyuchenko | 13/2 |
| Robinho | 7/1 |
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Tiger is set to lose more than his wife as sponsors evaluate their relationship
December 15, 2009
With all the recent speculation following Tiger Woods recent car crash and confession of infidelity, he lost one of his major sponsors when consultancy firm Accenture said he was “no longer the right representative”, they followed news that Gillette were evaluating his position.
Woods is thought to be the worlds richest sports personality having a gross income believed to be in the region of $1 billion, helped mainly by is sponsorship deals. But with admitting to an affair he is no longer the clean cut sports star that wholesome American companies wish to be associate with, General Mills create cereals aimed at children so they could be the next to jump away from the Tiger.
He has however had backing from some sponsors, Nike have been the most outspoken saying that this will just be a small blip in his career and hope that he sorts things out with his wife and Electronic Arts are unlikely to sever ties as their Tiger Woods golf computer games are one of their highest selling products.
Bookmaker Paddy Power have cheekily asked Tiger Woods for the relatively small amount of £1 million if he will promote their Tiger Woods themed “Tiger’s Birdies bet” which will allow punters to guess the total number of birdies that Woods scores on each day of the four majors if he gets round to playing during 2010.
Who will be the next sponsor to drop Tiger?
- 7/4 – AT&T
- 9/4 – General Mills
- 3/1 – Gillette
- 6/1 – American Express
- 6/1 – TAG Heuer
- 10/1 – TLC Laser Eye Centers
- 10/1 – Upper Deck
- 12/1 – NetJets
- 16/1 – Electronic Arts
- 16/1 – Golf Digest
- 33/1 – Nike
- 40/1 – Titleist
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December 14, 2009
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