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Rory McIlroy The Favourite To Be The Next European Golfer To Win A Major Championship

Haydon Eckles — Mon, 08 Aug 2011 14:01:34 +0000

European golfers have ruled the roost in the Major Championships over the past 18 months with a number of top class young players making the breakthrough to the very top of the game and there is a competitive market on offer for the next European to win a Major. The talk of the tour at the moment continues to surround Rory McIlroy who was a brilliant winner of the US Open back in June, and he is the player that Sportingbet expect to to continue that trend with the next major now on the horizon and an army of European players heading across the pond to the USPGA.

As well as McIlroy we have seen Graeme McDowell, Darren Clarke and Martin Kaymer claim Majors for Europe over the past 18 months and there are a number of other players queuing up to claim a Major title as soon as possible. Kaymer is the defending Champion at the USPGA Championships and with that one the next Major on the horizon his price of 8/1 with Sportingbet to be the next European to win a Major could prove excellent value. The German has been a real star of the game over the past 18 months and he has the game to win multiple Majors during his career and it would be no surprise to see him continue that form starting at the upcoming USPGA in Atlanta.

As well as the players already with a Major to their name it is worth considering one of Europeans without a Major win on their CV in this market with plenty of top class players on the brink of making the big breakthrough. Lee Westwood seems to have been trying to win a Major for years now and he looks set to continue to be a Major threat over the next year or two making him one to watch in this market. Westwood can be backed at 9/2 with Sportingbet.com to be the next Major winner from Europe, he has gone close at all the big tournaments in recent times and will be desperate to end that drought as soon as possible. Such is the strength and depth in Europe at the moment that there are a number of players to consider here, there are the more experienced names as well as the young and upcoming names with value to be found across the board for shrewd punters.

Next European Golfer to win a Major Championship Odds with Sportingbet

100/30 – Rory McIlroy
9/2 – Lee Westwood
11/2 – Luke Donald
8/1 – Martin Kaymer
12/1 – Graeme McDowell
12/1 – Sergio Garcia
16/1 – Ian Poulter
16/1 – Paul Casey
20/1 – Justin Rose
20/1 – Matteo Manaserro
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Cash back offer available on the 2011 Ladbrokes Mobile Masters from Sporting Bet

Royston Smith — Fri, 14 Jan 2011 12:30:06 +0000

The 2011 Ladbrokes Mobile Snooker Masters runs from 9th – 16th January from Wembley Arena in London, the competition has a prize fund of £500,000 with the winner standing to walk away with £150,000. The 2010 winner was Mark Selby who was knocked out in the first round of the competition by Mark King who was in turn knocked out by Jamie Cope.

Bookmakers Sporting Bet are offering punters the chance to claim their losing stake back should if you place a bet on any match in this years Masters and your player loses the all important deciding frame of match then they will refund your stake money back into your account for you to use as a free bet. To be eligible on the last frame decider refund you need to place a bet on matches that take place at The Masters tournament between 09/01/11 and 16/01/11.

World Championship 2011 outright odds

All odds for this market come from bookmakers Sporting Bet

15/8 – Ding Junhui
2/1 – Neil Robertson
9/2 – Mark Allen
13/2 – Jamie Cope
14/1 – Marco Fu
22/1 – Peter Ebdon

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European Championship 2012 qualifiers cash back offers

Haydon Eckles — Thu, 07 Oct 2010 08:22:41 +0000

It is always good news when a major sporting event takes place as the bookmakers tend to put out quite a few offers and this weekends Euro 2012 fixtures are no different, there is quite a full schedule of games and the offers cover the majority of them.

The first offer we have comes from Paddy Power who are giving a cash back offer on the Ireland v Russia game, if Ireland’s Aiden McGeady (who plays in Russia for Spartak Moscow) scores anytime during the game then Paddypower will refund all of the losing first and last goal scorer bets as well as correct score and also scorecast singles that have been placed on the match. He is currently at odds of 7/2 to score at anytime during the game and 9/1 to score the first or last goal.

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The second offer on the Euro 2012 tournament comes from Boylesports who will refund all losing live bets made on the game if there is a goal scored during injury time, the money will be credited back to your account for you to use as a free bet. This offer is for the following games on Friday; Ireland v Russia, Czech Republic v Scotland, Wales v Bulgaria, Northern Ireland v Italy, Germany v Turkey, Greece v Latvia, Spain v Lithuania and on Saturday France v Romania.

Another cash back offer on the game comes again from Boylesports in a similar offer to that of Paddy Power they will refund all losing bets on the first and last goal scorer market if Ireland’s Richard Dunne scores a goal at anytime during the match

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Another cash back offer comes from internet bookmakers Sporting Bet who will help reduce the pain of a late goal spoiling your betting. They will refund your stake if bet changes from a winning to a losing coupon during the last 5 minutes (plus stoppage time) of any of the Euro 2012 qualifiers running from the 8th – 12th October.

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Earn points when you bet with Sporting Bet to win prizes and free bets

Haydon Eckles — Fri, 10 Sep 2010 09:23:37 +0000

The online bookmakers Sporting Bet are running a rewards system for their loyal punters which will give them the opportunity to gain free bets and win fantastic prizes such as football shirts, MP3 players and match tickets.

The scheme is simple once you opt in and it works similar to supermarket loyalty schemes, every time you place a bet you will earn points and at the end of each month you are given a statement showing your points balance and what rewards you are eligible for.

Once you have opted in to the scheme you can with as littple as one point be eligble to enter the monthly rewards prize draw and as well as entry to these prize draws you will also be able to qualify to earn free bets, the more points you earn the better the prizes you can win.

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Can South Africa start the tournament with a win?

Haydon Eckles — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 10:06:47 +0000

The long 4 year wait between World Cups is over and the tournament in South Africa begins today with the match between the host nation and Mexico. Last night saw the fabulous opening concert with performances from The Black Eyed Peas and singer of the World Cup anthem Shakira.

The hosts have had quite good form of late and one player to watch out for is Katlego Mphela the 25 year old striker for Mamelodi Sundowns who in his last five outing for South Africa has netted six goals, head coach Carlos Alberto Parreira is so confident in his ability he has left Benni McCarthy out of South Africa’s 23 man squad.

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Opening match odds

15/8- South Africa win
13/8 – Mexico win
9/4 – Draw

Cash back offers

If Javier Aguirre’s Mexico side can beat the host nation by more than 2 goals then Bet Fred will give punters who have staked £5 or more (up to £200) on the first or last goal scorer, correct score or scorecast markets on this game their stake money back.

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If you place a bet on the game with internet bookmakers Sporting Bet they are offering punters their stake money back if the game ends with a 0-0 score draw.

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Cheltenham Gold Cup latest odds and prices

Royston Smith — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 11:50:33 +0000

The race is ran on the New Course at Cheltenham and it is over a distance of three miles and two furlongs with twenty two fences to be jumped along the way. Of all the races being ran this year it is the most prestigious having past winners of the calibre of Arkle and Golden Miller.

The Cheltenham Gold Cup is one on the most eagerly awaited races that feature in the Cheltenham Festival by punters, jockeys and of course the trainers. There is a great deal of money at stake for winner who will be looking to get his share of the £475,000 prize fund that is on offer.

Past winners Kauto Star and Denman will be both hoping to regain the title, Kauto Star for the third time (second time in succession) and Denman a second win, either way trainer Paul Nicholls will be a happy man if they come in the top 3.

Cheltenham Gold Cup Latest Prices
The following prices from Sporting Bet are without the heavily backed Kauto Star and Denman.

15/8 – Cooldine
15/8 – Imperial Commander
9/2 – Tricky Trickster
12/1 – Carruthers
16/1 – Calgary Bay
20/1 - My Will
25/1 – Mon Mome
150/1 - Mr Pointment
200/1 – Cerium

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Triumph Hurdle looks like an easy win for Alaivan

Royston Smith — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 11:15:27 +0000

The Triumph Hurdle opens up the fourth and final day of racing at the 2010 Cheltenham Festival. The race is for novice hurdlers and it is a grade one National Hunt hurdle with the runners covering a distance of 2 miles and 1 furlong with eight hurdles on the course. Past winners of this race have gone on to win the Champion Hurdle, past winners of both events include Persian War and Katchit.

Our friends over at Sporting Bet are making great use of betting offers to use during the Cheltenham Festival. Throughout the whole four day they are running a faller betting refund if your chosen horse falls, unseats or is brought down then they will refund your stake to use as a free bet on the following days racing. An top of this on their special Cheltenham Festival mircosite they are running offers such as enhanced odds , enhanced doubles and special daily offers only available between 12pm and 1pm each day.

Click here to place your Triumph Hurdle bet with Sporting Bet

The favourite for the race according to Sporting Bet is Alaivan at odds of 7/2 followed closely by Carlito Brigante at odds of 5/1. Our choice for the race is Westlin Winds a great offer at 12/1 for an each way bet.

The bookmakers Ladbrokes are running a great free bet offer on this race if you place a bet for £20 on the JCB Triumph Hurdle and they will give you a free bet of £10 to use on the Grand Annual Chase.

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Triumph Hurdle Race Card

7/2 – Alaivan
5/1 – Carlito Brigante
7/1 – Advisor
7/1 – Secant Star
7/1 - Soldatino
12/1 – Westlin Winds
14/1 - Pittoni
16/1 – Olofi
28/1 – Barizan
33/1 – Barwell Bridge
66/1 – Baccalaureate

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Notus De La Tour highly rated for the Fred Winter Hurdle

Royston Smith — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 14:09:26 +0000

The Fred Winter Hurdle is the penultimate race of the second day of racing at the Cheltenham Festival, it is a grade 3 National Hunt hurdle that is ran on the Old Course and it covers a distance of 2 miles and 110 yards and features 8 hurdles. The going for the race tomorrow looks like it will be good to soft.

The David Pipe trained Notus De La Tour looks like he could make his mark in the race, current odds quoted by Ladbrokes place it as favourite to win with odds of 5/1. The second favourite according to Paddy Power is closed behind at odds of 6/1 the Paul Nicholls trained Sanctuaire, our tip however goes to outsider Cross Appeal trained by Noel Meade at odds of 16/1 from Ladbrokes.

Fred Winter Juvenile Novice Handicap Hurdle – Bookmakers Best Prices

We take a quick look at the 11 highest placed runners for this race and what are currently the best odds available from a multitude of the top online bookmakers.

Horse	Best Odds	Bookmaker
Notus De La Tour	5/1	Ladbrokes	Click Here to Bet
Sanctuaire	6/1	Paddypower	Click Here to Bet
Hunterview	9/1	Paddy Power	Click Here to Bet
Open Day	11/1	Stan James	Click Here to Bet
Son Amix	12/1	Boylesports	Click Here to Bet
Bothy	12/1	Sportingbet	Click Here to Bet
Cross Appeal	16/1	Ladbrokes	Click Here to Bet
Doctor Deejay	14/1	Ladbrokes	Click Here to Bet
Stormy Weather	22/1	Boylesports	Click Here to Bet
Ned Of The Hill	20/1	Boylesports	Click Here to Bet
Shanrod	25/1	Ladbrokes	Click Here to Bet

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Odds are close between Craig Kelly and Jo Wood to be eliminated from Strictly 2009

mbates — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 08:56:32 +0000

The odds are very tight on who will be the fifth celebrity to be eliminated out of Strictly Come Dancing this weekend, the battle looks set to be between Coronation Street’s Craig Kelly and the ex wife of Rolling Stone member Ronnie Wood, Jo Wood to be booted off. We have already had to say goodbye to Martina Hingis, Richard Dunwoody, Rav Wilding and last week OXO lady Lynda Bellingham,

The remaining 12 contestants know that as each week passes the weaker dancers will be removed by the public votes (and damning judges critiques) and they will have to improve week on week and not reply on their professional dancer to carry them! Of all the contestants Phil Tufnel will be looking to achieve the Reality TV double if he can win this competition having won I’m a Celebrity get me out of here in 2003.

Odds on the fifth elimination from Strictly 2009

5/4 – Craig Kelly
2/1- Jo Wood
9/2 - Joe Calzaghe
12/1 – Natalie Cassidy
14/1 – Chris Hollins
16/1 – Ricky Groves
33/1 – Jade Johnson
33/1 – Phil Tufnell
33/1 – Zoe Lucker
50/1 – Laila Rouass
100/1 – Ali Bastian
150/1 – Ricky Whittle

Craig Kelly
He dances a lot better than most people could but looks set to be on his way out of Strictly 2009.

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Prix De L’Arc De Triomphe Betting Odds & Tips

rsmith — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 09:53:19 +0000

It’s the most prestigious race in the European Flat Racing calendar on Sunday 4th October at Longchamp Racecourse, Paris as the best thoroughbreds around line up for the Prix De L’Arc De Triomphe. With a prize fund of over £2.2 million it is no surprise that ‘The Arc’ has become the number one race of the year for middle distance runners (1mile 4 furlongs) and some of the best known names in Flat Racing history have won this Group One.

The 2009 running of the Arc De Triomph has the potential to be more special than ever before as the top rated horse of the year, Sea the Stars, takes his place in the field in an attempt to make it six Group One victories for the season and as such te John Oxx trained Colt is a red hot 3/4 favourite for the race (best price anywhere at Sportingbet).

Following his wins in the 2000 Guineas, Epsom Derby, Coral Eclipse, Juddmonte International Stakes, and Irish Champion Stakes, Sea the Stars is well on track to become one of the greatest Racehorses of all time. It is already safe to say that he has surpassed the achievements of Nashwan, the last dual Guineas and Derby winner in 1989 and a win on Sunday would see him held in higher regard than the 1986 Arc winner, Dancing Brave. It could be that Racing fans are witnessing the greatest of them all in Sea the Stars and a win at Longchamp would firmly put him as one of the all time greats.

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His form in 2009 has been nothing short of breathtaking and he is by far the best horse in the Arc field and he would only need to repeat what he has already done so far this season to win and despite his short price he does look a good thing and having a bet will allow people to boast in years to come that they backed Sea the Stars when he won the Arc.

Other runners in the race which are worthy of a mention inlcude Fame and Glory, who has finished second behind Sea the Stars on two occasions already this season and is a valid each way shout or betting without Sea the Stars market. Vision D’Etat and Cavalryman represent the best of the French hopefuls and both have shown glimpses of top class form to put them in with a shout and Stacelita fly the flag for the Fillies and bids to become only the second Filly to win the Arc in 20 years following Zarkarva’s victory in the race last year.

Selection
Sea the Stars to win @ 3/4 with Sportingbet

2009 Prix De L’Arc De Triomphe Betting Odds

(Odds Courtesy of Sportingbet)

Sea the Stars 3/4
Fame and Glory 5/1
Conduit 7/1
Cavalryman 10/1
Vision D’etat 12/1
Stacelita 14/1
Getaway 20/1
Dar Re Mi 20/1
Youmzain 20/1
Beheshtam 33/1
Magadan 100/1
Hot Six 200/1
The Bogberry 250/1
La Boum 300/1
Grand Ducal 200/1
Tangaspeed 500/1
Set Sail 300/1
Steele Tango 500/1
Tullamore 500/1