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Punter bet against Nikolic's mounts |
SMH |
6 Mar |
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"A professional
punter laid at least eight of Danny Nikolic's mounts soon after speaking
on the phone with the jockey for ''a substantial amount of money'' which
''far exceeded his usual or historical betting pattern'', a racing
judiciary heard yesterday." |
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Sportingbet Second-Quarter Profit Advances.. |
Bloomberg |
4 Mar |
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"Sportingbet Plc..
said fiscal second- quarter profit rose 18 percent as soccer betting
increased." |
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Two Pakistanis in match-fixing probe |
Reuters |
27 Feb |
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"We suspect two of
our players are involved in match-fixing but until we get a report from
our inquiry committee I will not say anything more on this subject,"
Butt told a news conference in Lahore. The PCB set up a six-member
inquiry committee this month to investigate the Pakistan team's dismal
performances on their recent tour of Australia." |
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William Hill Sees Challenging 2010 |
WSJ |
27 Feb |
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"The fall in profit,
which comes despite a 4% rise in net revenue to £997.9 million, was the
result of particularly unfavorable football results in the third quarter
which hit margins in the period. Still football margins swung to higher
than normal levels in the fourth quarter, the company said." |
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Failure to hand over mobile phone lands.. |
The Australian |
27 Feb |
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Betfair's alert triggers Victorian betting probe |
SMH |
23 Feb |
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"The Herald
understands Betfair alerted stewards to suspicious betting activity on
Finishing Card when beaten as a $1.60 favourite at Mornington on January
8, sparking the investigation into Nikolic." |
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Betfair tax breaks |
ABC |
22 Feb |
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"The Tasmanian
Government has offered tax breaks to keep the gambling agency Betfair in
the state.." |
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Online Bookmakers Warm to Winter Games |
NY Times |
18 Feb |
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"Despite the modest
betting volume, the Vancouver Games have whetted the appetites of
bookies for the 2012 Summer Games in London. William Hill has opened a
book on the number of gold medals Britain will win, with the over-under
set at 20. Sharpe said he expected William Hill to handle $80 million or
more." |
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Danny Nikolic caught in betting probe |
The Australian |
13 Feb |
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"It is believed
Betfair integrity officers noted unusual betting patterns in certain
accounts and notified stewards in Melbourne and Queensland." |
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Divided racing heading for fall |
The Australian |
13 Feb |
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"Here is racing's problem.
It doesn't want to be governed, organised, directed or told what to do.
It fights change vigorously but pig-headedly. The industry cannot think
outside its own small community. Doesn't want to." |
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Paddy Power further expands in Australia |
GI |
12 Feb |
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Irish firm Paddy Power pay
AUD$13 million for another 10% of Sportsbet. The acquistion from a minor
non-executive shareholder gives Sportsbet and IASBet an implied
valuation of "approximately $185 million, as compared with an implied
valuation of $147 million for Paddy Power's investments in Sportsbet
last year". |
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The latest betting news, moves and markets from around the world
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GENERAL
Oscars betting
update
13:45
Saturday 6 March |
Betting on the Academy Awards has reached
a new level thanks to Costa Rican outfit BetUS. Along with markets on
just about every category, punters can now wager on a host of other
novelty markets. Predictably, thanking god (or family or the Academy)
first is 1.65 favourite for both the best actor and actress winners. The
length of speeches can be bet at under or over 45 seconds. And crying
(termed by BetUS as crying or tearing) during their speech? The Best
Actress winner is as short as 1.40, while the Best Actor is a bigger
3.00 of letting emotions take over. Meanwhile, after it's Bafta win, the
Hurt Locker is a narrow favourite over Avatar in the Best Movie
category.
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RUGBY LEAGUE
Cowboys backed at TAB
16:56
Wednesday 3 March |
TAB Sportsbet has taken a $10,000 wager on
Nth Qld to win their first NRL Premiership since entering the
competition back in 1995. The bet was placed at the odds of 26.00 and is
the first serious money placed on the Cowboys since betting was opened
on the 2010 season back in December 2009. Nth Qld last made the semi
finals back in 2007 and before that in 2005, the year they made the
Grand Final beaten 30-16 by Wests Tigers. If successful the customer
will collect $260,000 for his troubles. This $10,000 wager puts the
Cowboys still only 8th in the order of popularity (in $ terms) for teams
to win the Premiership.
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GENERAL
Betfair Oz stays in Tasmania
16:18
Monday 22 February |
Another milestone in the Betfair Australia
story was reached today as the company announced an in-principle
agreement with the Tasmanian Government to keep its operations there for
a further 10 years. “Today’s announcement is an important step towards
providing long-term certainty for Betfair in Australia and its Tasmanian
workforce,” said Betfair Australia’s CEO, Andrew Twaits.
More
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GENERAL
TAB Punters land multies
18:45
Monday 8 February |
New Orleans pulled off a Superbowl upset
today and there were a few TAB Sportsbet clients with plenty to
celebrate. The biggest multi landed was $3,000 at 114/1 collecting
$340,000 on New Orleans into Federer and Serena in the Oz Open, Spain in
Davis Cup, Whincup in the V8's, Australian in the Four Nations Rugby and
Bute in an IBF boxing bout.
New Orleans started the season at 25/1 before going off in the Superbowl
at 7/4. Indianapolis traded as short as 1/5 when they shot to a 10-0
first quarter lead.
Two more $45 multies landed at the TAB, collecting $61,000 and $10,500
respectively. One involved New Orleans into the winnners (Westwood and
Townsend) of two golf tournaments - not even the toughest bookie would
deny that punter.
And to top things off, another punter landed a multi with Basketball,
NHL and Soccer - $500 at 229/1 for a cool $115K collect. TAB Sportsbet
also held: $55,000 New Orleans +4.5 at 1.95; $5,000 New Orleans 13+ at
9.00; and $23,360 Under 10.5 Points in 1st Quarter at 1.75. (Score was
10-0).
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AFL |
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2010 PREMIERSHIP
St Kilda 4.00
Geelong 4.75
Western Bulldogs 5.25
Hawthorn 8.00
Adelaide 11.00
Collingwood 11.00
Brisbane 13.00
Carlton 31.00
Essendon 51.00
Sydney 51.00
Port Adelaide 51.00
Fremantle 67.00
West Coast 67.00
North Melbourne 81.00
Melbourne 126.00
Richmond 151.00
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INDIAN PREMIER LGE |
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Delhi Daredevils |
4.50 |
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Royal Challengers |
5.50 |
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Deccan Chargers |
6.00 |
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Chennai Super Kings |
6.00 |
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Rajasthan Royals |
7.00 |
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David Cameron |
1.36 |
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Alan Johnson |
3.50 |
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David Miliband |
7.00 |
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Harriet Harmon |
10.00 |
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Peter Mandelson |
26.00 |
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BoyleSports |
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2010 WORLD CUP |
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Brazil |
5.50 |
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Spain |
5.50 |
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England |
7.00 |
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Argentina |
10.00 |
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Australia |
51.00 |
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Sportsbet |
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GOLF |
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2010 U.S. MASTERS
Tiger Woods 3.50
Phil Mickelson 6.00
P Harrington 13.00
Lee Westwood 17.00
Rory Mcilroy 17.00
Geoff Ogilvy 19.00
Steve Stricker 19.00
Retief Goosen 21.00
Paul Casey 21.00
Sergio Garcia 26.00
Jim Furyk 26.00
Ernie Els 29.00
H Stenson 29.00
(At
Sportsbet)
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NOVELTY |
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2010 EUROVISION
4/1 Norway
8/1 Russia
12/1 Ireland
16/1 Georgia
16/1 Greece
16/1 Sweden
16/1 Romania
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