Big Brother 10 Betting
Big Brother 10 betting update
Half Wit twice as popular in Big Brother Betting
Big Brother betting favourite, Half Wit, continues to consolidate at the head Sky Bet’s market after surviving his third public voted evection. The wannabe MP has been cut to 13/8 from 11/4 to win the show after his friend Angel got the boot on Friday.
Sky Bet’s Big Brother betting expert, Helen Jacob, said: “Never has someone so unpopular with the housemates themselves been such a strong favourite but it seems that the more nominations Half Wit gets the stronger he is in the betting. We’re taking twice as many bets on him as any other housemate at present.”
Rodrigo, who is the only housemate not to have received an nominations so far, is Sky Bet’s 9/2 joint second favourite in the Big Brother 10 betting together with Siavash. Outsider of the pack at 33/1 with Sky Bet is Brummy troublemaker Lisa, with womanising Kris also friendless in the Big Brother betting at 28/1.
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Wimbledon betting preview - Murray v Federer final 11/10 with Sky Bet
Wimbledon betting hots up today as play restarts, with all eyes on Andy Murray’s odds. The Scot is 2/1 with Sky Bet to be the first Brit to win the men’s singles since 1936 and he goes into his fourth-round clash against Stanislas Warwinka as 1/20 hot favourite to book a place in the quarter-finals for the second consecutive year. The pair have never played each other on grass and the Swiss 19th seed is 9/1 with Sky Bet to beat Murray.
Sky Bet’s tennis betting odds compiler, Chris Kennedy, said: “Wawrinka is a step up in class from Murray’s opponents so far but I still expect him to prevail in three or four sets. Although we have big liabilities on Murray winning the outright, Wawrinka has been well backed to win the match at attractive odds of 9/1.”
Sky Bet boast a wide variety of Wimbledon betting markets on today’s action, including several Murray betting specials. Murray has not lost his serve during his last two matches against Troicki and Gulbis and is 5/4 with Sky Bet not to lose his serve again today. He has scored 48 aces in 44 service games and Murray’s odds of serving up an ace in his first service game are 8/15 (11/8 not to serve an ace in his first service). He is 2/9 favourite to score more aces than Wawrinka (3/1).
The British number one is on course for a place in Sunday’s final and a Murray v Federer showdown is an 11/10 chance with Sky Bet.
Despite Murray’s form, five-time champion Federer remains Sky Bet’s 4/7 favourite in the Wimbledon men’s singles betting. He takes on Robin Soderling today in what is a repeat of the French Open final and is 1/25 to take his record against the Swede to 11-0. Sky Bet make the Swiss master 3/1 to win in SW19 and follow up with victory at the US open, while Murray is 9/1 to take both titles.
Murray is into 6/4 with Sky Bet to be named BBC Sports Personality of the Year, while Jenson Button’s odds of topping the poll this December have drifted to 8/11 (from 4/7).
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Murray to lose serve in match 4/7 Murray to serve a double fault in his 1st service game 9/2
Murray not to lose serve in match 5/4 Murray not to serve a double fault in his 1st service game 1/8
-1.5 sets Murray, A 1/6 Murray to serve an ace in his 1st service game 1/2
+1.5 sets Wawrinka, S 7/2 Murray not to serve an ace in his 1st service game 6/4
Match to be decided past 6-6 in 5th set 33/1 Murray to make 1st hawkeye challenge 5/6
2 or more tie-breaks in the match 5/2 Wawrinka to make 1st hawkeye challenge 5/6
A 6-0 set in the match 13/2
Name The Finalists
Note: Others on request.
Murray v Federer 4/5 Murray v Haas 25/1
Murray v Djokovic 5/1 Hewitt v Djokovic 33/1
Roddick v Federer 6/1 Roddick v Haas 66/1
Hewitt v Federer 9/1 Hewitt v Haas 80/1
Roddick v Djokovic 22/1
Win Specials
Federer to win Wimbledon & US Open in 2009 10/3
Murray to win Wimbledon & US Open in 2009 9/1
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William Hill coupon code
If you have found this page then chances are you are looking for a coupon code for William Hill.
William Hill currently have one particular code that you can use as follows:
Get £100 in free bets when you open a new account with the bonus code F100 - click here to claim
For their other offerings such as the Casino or Poker no coupon code is required. We do however have the following special offer for their casino which is running for a limited time only:
Get £30 free with no deposit required - click here to claim
If any other offers become available we will add them to this page.
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Big Brother 2009 Special Offer And Bets
If your looking for some different Big Brother markets to bet on other than the normal Outright winner, Gender of winner etc. then have a look at some of the odds offered by Paddy Power.
Some of the markets are a little far fetched at the chances of them happening are slim to none but some may be worth a small bet or even a free bet. Subo to enter the Big Brother house?!?! Somehow I don’t think so!
The list currently being offered is as follows:
- Big Brother 2009 to finish before the original official end date - 4/1
- No summer Big Brother series in 2010 - 9/4
- Highest Eviction Percentage - Various
- How many eviction nominations will the winner receive - Various
- Sex to occur in this year’s Big Brother house - 3/1
- Big Brother to organise a foreign exchange program (with another reality TV show) - 5/1
- A pair of identical twins to enter the house as contestants - 5/1
- Big Brother to give the housemates a parrot - 10/1
- Susan Boyle to appear in person in the Big Brother house - 12/1
- Big Brother to run a weekly anger management class in the house - 16/1
- A ‘Fathers4Justice’ representative to climb onto the Big Brother house roof - 20/1
(All odds are valid at time of writing 05/06/09 and subject to change)
Whats more Paddy are also offering a money back special on Big Brother. If your housemate finishes second Paddy will refund all bets on that housemate. This offer applies to all bets placed on the outright market before 2nd July 2009.
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Big Brother Odds
With Big Brother underway now starts the Big Brother bookmakers special offers and odds being offered on various Big Brother betting markets.
Both William Hill and Betfair both have a small selection of markets available to bet on including Outright Winner, Male Or Female Winner, Top Female and Top Male.
Rodrigo has taken an early lead in the outright market with current odds of 4/1 available at William Hill. Charlie is currently in second sport with odds of 6/1 closely followed by Kris at 7/1.
Its still early days yet while housemates battle it out to become full members of the house and were sure over the next week or two the odds will shift more than once.
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Britains Got Talent Betting Odds
Britains Got Talent Odds
With the final 10 acts now decided following Friday nights performances the line up and odds for the 2009 Britain’s Got Talent final is as follows:
The above odds are taken from Betfair. Open an account through this link and if your first bet loses, you’ll receive your cash up to £25 within 24 hours back into your account.
With Susan Boyle still the Bookmakers favourite at the time of writing she would be the safe bet, but given this is a talent show and with the huge amount of public interest you never know. Just think about the twists and turns with the likes of big brother. There is a chance as has been reported in the news over the past couple of days that she may withdraw from the final so one of the other acts such as Aiden Davis may well be worth a small wager.
These odds were taken at the time of writing and there is chance the odds will change depending on market conditions so please check the odds before placing your bet or free bet.
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Coral Cashback - Perfect For Big Bets
Coral have launching a new cashback scheme, aiming to differentiate themselves from the other online bookies. The way that it works is that you gamble with Coral as normal, and at the end of every month they refund 10% of your net losses back into your account.
This offer is similar to ongoing free bets and for those who have more than one online betting account it may well tip the advantage to Coral when one looks to place a bet due to the added 10% cashback factor, add that to the fact Coral are one of the UK’s most well known bookmakers and that they offer pretty decent and competitive odds (unlike some other unmetioned bookies!) I think they are onto a winner with this.
Now from an arbing point of view I think that it is possible to profit from this offer by placing one large bet and laying it off at a betting exchange, obviously this would require a large bankroll and can only be done once a month. If the bet loses then you will get 10% of the stake back, otherwise wait until the next month, rinse and repeat.
To signup to Coral and obtain a free bet if you are new to them then click here.
Alternatively view more information on this unique betting offer here.
10% Cash Back – Terms and Conditions
- To qualify for this Cash Back offer you must be aged 18 years or over and be a customer of Coral.co.uk placing bets or playing any of the real money games between 00:00:00 on 05/05/09 and 11:59:59 on 31/12/09 and have registered for this offer by completing the offer registration form accessed from the Home Page. Playing for fun does not contribute to eligibility for this offer. This offer is only open to residents of those countries or states where coral.co.uk accepts customers and is subject to coral.co.uk’s normal full rules, terms and conditions.
- Participating customers will automatically have their Coral.co.uk account credited with 10% of their *net calendar monthly losses as returns*net monthly losses on settled sportsbook bets and gaming (excluding peer-to-peer games i.e Poker, Dice Arena, Head-To-Head and Bingo) between the first and last days of each calendar month except for the first month when net monthly losses will be calculated from date of registration for the offer and the last day of that month. Offer only applies to the first £2,500 of net losses. Customers wishing to be considered for cash back on net losses above £2,500 can apply to join our VIP club by emailing
- Only one Cash Back registration per person. Customers with multiple accounts will not be eligible for more than one Cash Back. New accounts being opened to claim additional cash back will be closed and cash back funds not credited. In the event of any offer abuse being identified or suspected, promotional bonuses will not be granted and management reserves the right to prohibit or exclude certain individuals, groups or regions from promotions with immediate effect.
- Customers whose account becomes closed prior to the date of Cash Back credit (on or before the fifth day of each month) will not qualify for the offer
- Withdrawals of Cash Back credit must comply with existing Coral withdrawal rules located in the Help section within the Account tab.
- Cash Back Offer will run until 31/12/09
- This is a cash back promotion. Any pending bonuses related to other bonus schemes remain unaffected and do not affect this promotion.
- Coral may cancel, terminate, modify or suspend the promotion or these terms and conditions at any point and for any reason, including for technical reasons such as and not limited to computer viruses, bugs, tampering or technical failures.
- In the event of a betting dispute, Coral.co.uk reserve the right to withhold Cash Back credit payments until resolution of dispute
- Void bets, other losing bonuses and losing free bets will not be included in Cash Back calculations
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Live Betting - Bet In Running
A number of online bookmakers including betting exchanges offer live betting on popular sporting events including football, horse racing and motorsport. What makes this type of betting different to traditional sports betting is the ability to bet in running and react to changes in the market.
Betting in running is especially popular in football where punters can bet on the outcome of the match throught play and by using betting exchanges it is also possible to lock in profit on a bet depending on market conditions by cancelling out an original bet or even reducing a loss on a losing bet by betting on one of the other outcomes.
With changes in the markets during events comes changes in odds as the markets adapt and react to the goings on in the particular event, live betting odds are adjusted by the bookmakers and betting exchanges every minute and should an important event happen for example a goal in a football match then the markets are suspended for a short period which the odds are restructured. This however does not happen with the such sports as horse racing where the odds just change according to the race as it happens.
The advantages of betting during live events are two fold. The first is that by waiting for an event to begin before placing the initial bet you can get a better grasp of the market and take into consideration any news or changes likely to effect the odds of the event right up to ana after the start. This can result in an advantage compared to placing the bet hours or days before the start of the event, much like placing an ante-post horse racing bet in some ways.
The second advantage is that you have the ability to change the outcome of a previously placed bet. For example take the following scenario:
Place a correct score bet on a football match between Arsenal and Chelsea for Arsenal to win 1-0.
Now say the result is 1-0 and the match is 70 minutes old, Chelsea are playing well and it looks likely the game will not finish 1-0, by betting in-running you can use a betting exchange and cancel out the bet by laying 1-0 Arsenal and as the odds would be greatly reduced it would be possible to make a profit regardless of the end result.
Either way betting on live sporting events can be a different approach to betting compared to standard betting prior to the start of an event. There are a number of bookmakers who participate in live betting including:
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Bookie Pays Out On Man United Losing Bets
Popular online and high street bookmaker Paddy Power have paid out a reported £1m in losing bets on Man Utd winning this seasons domestic treble.
The blunder which some may see as a clever marketing stunt failed before the final hurdle today when Man Utd were knocked out of the FA Cup at the semi final stage by Everton following a nail biting penalty shootout. They are still on target for the domestic double by currently holding he top spot in the Premier League and having already won the League Cup following another penalty shootout against Tottenham.
Paddy Power have paid out on bets early before on Man Utd winning the Premier League and in previous times the payouts were correct but a bookmaker has never paid out so quickly on the domestic treble and following this costly mistake it’s likely they will reconsider doing so in the future.
At the time of the payout Paddy Power were quoted as saying “We’re confident that we won’t be left with egg on our faces by paying up early”.
So next time your thinking of placing a long term bet on Man Utd then do it with Paddy and you may win even when the bet loses! Paddy have a free £20 bet offer for all new customers available here.
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Lay Betting
This article will cover the process of lay betting, previously touched on when we detailed the basics of betting exchanges.
What is lay betting?
Lay betting as previously touched on is the process of betting against a result happening. In effect it is the complete oposite to traditional betting and gives you the role of becoming the bookmaker yourself by allowing you to take bets on result. 
With the introduction of online betting exchanges in recent times lay betting has increased in popularity and although it can be used exclusively on it’s own in the same way as traditional betting it also opens up the oportunity to trade on an even and lock in either a loss or profit as explained later on. To a certain extent laying a bet was available prior to the introduction of betting exchanges when bookmakers offer additional markets on such sports as football.
Take the goals market offered by many bookmakers on popoular Premier League matches, you have the option to bet on 0 goals and the option to bet on 1 goal or more which is the equivalent to laying a bet on 0 goals as you would be betting on their either being 0 goals or more 0 goals.
If bookmakers had a difference of opinion on the goals market there would have been an opportunity to place an arbitrage bet and make money on the market regardless of the result, but that is another area of betting in itself.
How does lay betting work?
Laying a bet involves a similar procedure to that of placing a bet online, you just need to be aware that by laying a bet at certain odds you can lose more than you are laying, and therefore need to have the required liability in your online account to cover all eventual outcome.
Lay betting does have an increased risk over traditional sports betting as depending on the odds you can lose a lot more than you stand to gain as we will explain below.
Take this as an example:
Aston Villa are playing Everton in the Premier League and you believe that Everton will not win the match. Now instead of placing bets on both Aston Villa to win and the Draw you can lay Everton. By doing this you are betting against Everton winning the match, if Aston Villa win or the result is a draw then you will win your lay bet. However if Everton do win then you will lose your lay bet and will have to pay out on the Everton win much in the same way as a bookmaker would.
Put the above into money terms and the process is easier to understand. Say Everton are 3/1 to win the match and you decided to lay them for £10, if Aston Villa win the game or it ends in a draw you would make £10 (less any commission taken at the exchange) as by being the bookmaker in effect you have taken £10 of someones bet that they have placed on Everton to win.
If on the other hand Everton win then you would need to pay out on your lay bet and at odds of 3/1 your would lose £30, proving that there is an increased risk of losing more money when lay betting so approach with a little caution until you understand the concept fully.
Where and how do i place lay bets?
Lay bets are placed at a betting exchange such as Betfair or Betdaq, open an account at either and follow their online guides to get started palcing lay bets.
Locking in a profit or reducing a loss with lay betting.
It is possible using a mixture of lay betting and trading to lock in a profit on a bet prior to completion of the event. Many betting exchanges and some bookmakers offer in-play betting, also known as in-running or live betting on many sports.
So using the previous example if Everton were to go a goal down you would be able to use the increased odds in the market on the Everton result to lock in a profit on the match without waiting for the final result. This is handy in cases where you feel that the result is likely to change as you can take a smaller profit and run safe in the knowledge you have made money and will not lose any. The same can then be applied to reducing any loss on a lay bet, by backing the same result you can lock in a loss and reduce your lay bet exposure, again suitable if you feel there is no way back and the lay bet will have to be paid out.
The possibilites with lay betting and mixing it in with market trading, live betting and some concepts used when arbitrage betting can be endless and allow a much more flexible way of betting online in general.
Open an account at either of the main UK betting exchanges Betdaq or Betfair and have a try lay betting.
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