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News articles from October-01-2007 to October-31-2007

British National Lottery Draw Results (Wednesday Oct 31) - £11,173,800
31-Oct-2007

On Wednesday night no players won the jackpot of £11,173,800 by matching six numbers in the national lottery draw.

Niclas Fasth is 16/1 with SportingBet to win the Volvo Masters in Sweden

Fasth lane for success at Volvo Masters
31-Oct-2007

When Ernie Els decided to commit to a money-spinning invitational in Singapore he signed away the possibility of protecting his European Order of Merit lead in the final week of the European Tour season. Now, his worst fears will be realised if one of the chasing pack get their act together at the Volvo Masters.

Juande Ramos takes charge of Spurs for the Carling Cup game against Blackpool

Ramos earns his spurs in Carling Cup?
31-Oct-2007

Juande Ramos takes charge of his first game as Tottenham coach this evening and the Spaniard will hope he can instill enough confidence into his side to see off Championship strugglers Blackpool in the Carling Cup fourth round.

Gabby Logan left Strictly Come Dancing this weekend and is likely to be followed by her husband

Logan's run comes to end on Strictly Come Dancing?
30-Oct-2007

The English public again proved what a fickle bunch they are during the latest round of Strictly Come Dancing leaving normally light-hearted presenter Bruce Forsyth fuming, "I thought we were running a dancing contest."

Arsenal are chasing the premier League title

Arsenal's match against United a title showdown?
30-Oct-2007

Arsenal's young guns survived one test to their Premier League title credentials on Sunday by holding Liverpool to a draw at Anfield and this weekend they face champions Manchester United in a game that William Hill believe will have a large bearing on the destination of this year's championship.

Michael Mifsud, left, will be looking to score against West Ham in the Carling Cup fourth round

West Ham come unstuck in Carling Cup?
30-Oct-2007

Given the controversy surrounding West Ham United at the end of the last Premier League campaign, it has been a surprisingly low-key start to the season typified by injuries and moderate form. That could all be about to change tonight in the Carling Cup fourth round.

Dimitar Berbatov is odds-on to leave Tottenham and play Premier League football elsewhere

Berbatov sights set on move away from Spurs?
29-Oct-2007

With news that Martin Jol learnt his fate by text message and that player unrest is at an all-time high at White Hart Lane, it has not been a great start to the Premier League season for Tottenham. However it could be about to get even worse with the news that star striker Dimitar Berbatov is being priced up for a move in the January transfer window.

George Washington to rule Breeders Cup Classic
26-Oct-2007

New Yorkers will be swarming out of the Big Apple like a T-Bird flocks to a Pink Lady on Saturday, all intent on soaking up the atmosphere of the annual racing jamboree that is the Breeders Cup. This year's carnival has landed at Monmouth Park, a tight turning course that favours the more agile runner and the feature is Breeders Cup Classic on Saturday 10.35pm (BST).

Back Frozen Fire at 9/2 with VCBet for the Racing Post Trophy at Doncaster

Frozen fires in Racing Post Trophy?
26-Oct-2007

Three of the last ten winners of the Racing Post Trophy have gone on to be Derby winners and five of the last six have proceeded to win a Classic. This is a very classy race indeed, and punters should get acquainted with the whole line-up over the winter months in time for next season.

Grand Couturier is each/way value at 12/1 for the Breeders Cup Turf with Blue Square

Grand Couturier to win Breeders Cup Turf in style?
26-Oct-2007

Dylan Thomas, Wales's greatest poet was in New York on the last week of his life. He was caught by a husband in bed with that man's wife. Now our Thomas was a heavy drinker and when challenged to a drinking contest by the husband in question, he stood up to the plate and gallantly lost the battle.

Back Trippis Storm for the Breeders Cup Mile at 12/1

Trippi's Storm blows away Mile opponents
26-Oct-2007

Anyone who has ever done maths, or athletics for that matter, will know that running on the inside of a bend is always preferable to running on the outside. You run further on the outside. What's more, racehorses derive some benefit from having a rail as a guide and those drawn low at Monmouth Park have a massive advantage over their rivals.

Wayne Rooney will expect to extend his scoring run against Middlesbrough this weekend

Manchester United to run riot against Boro
26-Oct-2007

After scoring four times in each of their last three games there is little to suspect Manchester United won't pile on more misery for Middlesbrough with another Premier League goal binge on Saturday.

Aaron Lennon has had a quiet seson and is 9/1 with SportingBet for first goalscorer

Gung-ho Spurs pay dividends in Uefa Cup
25-Oct-2007

Two teams in relegation trouble in their respective leagues meet at White Hart Lane for tonight's Uefa Cup encounter and Spurs and Getafe will be hoping to gain comfort from a convincing European display.

Steven Gerrard plays for the Liverpool football team

Liverpool backed for Champions League progression
25-Oct-2007

They may have lost their last Champions League game against Besiktas and be rocked by the recent fallout between manager and star player but punters continue to back Liverpool to qualify for the knockout stages of the Champions League.

Dimitar Berbatov is 9/2 with William Hill to leave Spurs before Martin Jol

Jol next in line for Premier League exit?
24-Oct-2007

Will it be third time unlucky for Tottenham boss Martin Jol as after twice seeing the wolves from his door he is now just 2/5 in places to be the next Premier League manager to lose his job.

Pady Power have several specials on Rory McIlroy's future golf career

McIlroy set to make 2008 a special golfing year?
24-Oct-2007

Rory McIlroy has taken the world of golf by storm ever since turning professional this year and now Paddy Power have opened a series of markets based on what the 18-year-old Northern Irishman can achieve in the next stages of his career.

James McFadden, right, is in line for the Sports Personality of the Year award

McFadden in line for Sports Personality gong
23-Oct-2007

A gamble has developed on Scotland striker James McFadden to win the Sports Personality of the Year Award, according to Ladbrokes.

Eduardo, left, starts up front for Arsenal in the Champions League tie against Slavia Prague

Gunners to fire to Champions League qualification?
23-Oct-2007

Although lacklustre, their 2-0 win against Bolton Wanderers maintained Arsenal's perfect home record on Saturday and the Gunners can be relied upon to take their run into double figures when Slavia Prague visit in the Champions League on Tuesday.

British National Lottery Draw Results (Saturday Oct 20) - £7,176,688
22-Oct-2007

On Saturday night no players shared a jackpot of £7,176,688 by matching six numbers in the national lottery draw.

Kauto Star won the Betfair Million in the second year of the bonus being offered

Million just 6/1 on Betfair to be won again
22-Oct-2007

The path to the 2007-08 Betfair Million began in earnest when the 2007 Northwest Racing Masters - a weekend of top-class jump racing at Haydock and Aintree – was launched at Paul Nicholls' stables at Ditcheat.

Kimi Raikkonen is 9/1 with William Hill to steal the F1 title from Lewis Hamilton

Raikkonen to hog limelight at Brazil GP
19-Oct-2007

While William Hill will be laughing all the way to the bank at the profit they've already made on those foolish enough to fall for their patriotic English football, rugby and Formula One treble this week, they are nonetheless looking to cover their liability in the event of Lewis Hamilton winning the Drivers' title on Sunday by offering 9/1 on Kimi Raikkonen.

Arsenal should celebrate another Premier League victory when they play managerless Bolton

Price is right for Premier League fourfold
19-Oct-2007

Bolton fans look away now. After a miserable week for both club and country, the grim prospect of a long round trip to Arsenal beckons, as the Trotters scuttle into the abattoir that is the Emirates Stadium, where the Gunners are sharpening their Premier League knives for victim no 9.

Hernandez will be key for Argentina in the 3rd/4th World Cup playoff against France

No handicap for Argentina in World Cup final bow
19-Oct-2007

So here we are then. After 46 games, and it is back to square one. France take on Argentina for a second time this Rugby World Cup and despite everything that we have learnt in the past few weeks, the Pumas are once again massive underdogs.

Jonny Wilkinson is backed to score all of England's points in the Rugby World Cup final

Wilkinson to score all England's World Cup final points?
19-Oct-2007

Stan James are facing at least a £1m payout if England win the World Cup thanks to some bright spark suggesting they refund all of their bets taken on the tournament outright market if one of the home nations went on to win. And yet, the World champions are in the World Cup final through a mixture of playing cup rugby, being realistic, and sheer guts. And it is that kind of will, that sheer belief that has hauled England from nothing to something.

Back Fair Along at 6/1 with Blue Square to win Casarewitch at Newmarket

Fair Along the Cesarewitch fancy
19-Oct-2007

Let's get one thing straight. To win the Cesarewitch, you need to be drawn high. The lowest stall any of the last nine winners have inhabited was 17 and the first six home last year were housed in 29,32,11,20, 21 and 31.

Betfair Poker Promotion Codes
18-Oct-2007

British National Lottery Draw Results (Wednesday Oct 17) - £2,721,688
18-Oct-2007

On Wednesday night no players won a jackpot of £2,721,688 by matching six numbers in the national lottery draw.

Wayne Rooney gave away a penalty in the Euro 2008 qualifier against Russia

England facing Euro 2008 exit
18-Oct-2007

After returning from Russia without love, England are now staring into the Euro 2008 abyss and the likely prospect of a summer without football is priced at 2/1 by the bookmakers.

Rory McIlroy is each/way value at 28/1 for the Portugal Masters

McIlroy the each/way value at Portugal Masters
17-Oct-2007

As Ernie Els takes a couple of weeks off to bask in the afterglow of his seventh World Match Play title the door has been opened for Justin Rose to stake his claim for a first Order of Merit title with a win at the inaugural Portugal Masters this week.

Hillary Clinton is cut after Al Gore withdraws from the race to be the next US president

Gore withdrawl leaves nomination open for Clinton
17-Oct-2007

Hillary Clinton has been cut from 1/4 to 1/7 to secure the Democratic presidential nomination, following Al Gore's decision not to stand. Gore's latest move has also saved the bookies on a huge payout on a unique treble.

Paul Jewell is 5/4 with VCBet to be the next Bolton manager

Jewell in frame for Bolton manager job
17-Oct-2007

Bolton Wanderers parted company with manager Sammy Lee by "mutual consent" on Wednesday and former Wigan boss Paul Jewell is the bookmakers' early favourite.

Joleon Lescott, right, could start at left-back against Russia in the Euro 2008 qualifier

Plastic fantastic for England on Euro 2008 Moscow trip?
16-Oct-2007

England enjoyed an uncomplicated 3-0 win over Russia when they met at Wembley last month but their midweek visit to Moscow will be about as comfortable as a camping expedition in Siberia.

Will England fans be celebrating a unique Euro 2008 treble come Sunday?

Patriotic punt leaves bookies sweating
16-Oct-2007

A massive, multi-million pound gamble on major triumphs for British sport this week threatens to inflict the biggest liabilities on the country's bookmakers since Frankie Dettori hammered them for almost £50m by winning all seven races at Ascot in September 1996.

Angelina Jolie is 1/4 with SportingBet to be the next celebrity to adopt a child

Angelina ready to adopt again?
16-Oct-2007

Such is the public interest in the lifestyles of the rich and famous, SportingBet have decided to offer two markets which reflect the wacky world of celebrity. They are running a book on the currently fashionable trend of adopting babies as well as who they think will next end up on the wrong side of the law and be arrested.

National Lottery Draw Results (Saturday Oct 13) - £4,706,935
15-Oct-2007

On Saturday night one player won a jackpot of £4,706,935 by matching six numbers in the national lottery draw.

Review of weekend sporting news and events with tips and odds.

That was the weekend that was
15-Oct-2007

On a weekend where Peter Crouch's better half, Abbey Clancy, told us she would never resort to going under the knife, the England rugby team again decided to produce their very own cutting edge by beating hosts France to make the World Cup final. But were we celebrating our own incisive calls or were we not as sharp as normal as we look at how our bets fared and what lies ahead this week in the world of betting

Wayne Rooney was back on the scoresheet in the Euro 2008 qualifier against Estonia

Punter cheer after England Euro 2008 rout
15-Oct-2007

England are now as short as 1/5 to qualify for the Euro 2008 Finals in Austria and Switzerland after their comprehensive win over Estonia at Wembley.

Michael Owen is backed to score in the Euro 2008 qualifier against Estonia at Wembley

Owen in for Euro 2008 feast against Estonia
12-Oct-2007

England's well-documented injury problems will not prevent them from easing to a comfortable win over Estonia on Saturday in the Euro 2008 qualifier. John Terry is the latest to withdraw but the captain's absence will not affect the outcome, which will be a comfortable win for Steve McLaren's men.

Betting news for the Rugby World Cup Semi Final.

France too strong in World Cup semi
12-Oct-2007

Both teams come into this fixture with the strange whiff of rugby success adhering to them after their wins over the world's top two rugby teams. And it all looked so bad a few weeks ago. England's 2003 World Cup semi-final rematch with France in Paris is the first time that teams who had lost in the Pool stage have contested a game at this stage of the tournament.

What are the betting odds for Argentina and South Africa in the Rugby World Cup semi-final?

Argentina to suprise Boks in RWC semi
12-Oct-2007

Argentinian prop Juan Martin Scelzo has a butcher for a father. It is unlikely that he would have chopped up, let alone grilled, any Springbok. Scelzo on the other hand may start a family tradition because his side have a magnificent chance of upsetting the rugby odds on Sunday by beating South Africa in the World Cup semi-final.

Lukas Podolski can give Germany the edge against the Republic of Ireland in the Euro 2008 qualifier

Germany keep Euro 2008 campaign on track
11-Oct-2007

The Republic of Ireland are a force to be reckoned with on home soil but will be crying into their Guinness when their European Championship dreams are shattered by the Germans on Saturday.

Martin Jol, right, will hope for a good run in the Uefa Cup

Tips on English clubs in the Uefa Cup
11-Oct-2007

Despite unimpressive recent performances by Tottenham, Everton and Bolton, for some reason Ladbrokes have priced up an English winner of the Uefa Cup at just 6/1 and go 16/1 that there will be an all-English final.

Ernie Els is at 4/9 with Betfair to win his HSBC Match Play opener against Colin Montgomerie

Big Easy Match Play start for Els
10-Oct-2007

Ernie Els has been drawn against Colin Montgomerie in the pick of the first round matches at the HSBC World Matchplay and it should be a Big Easy home win for the 4/1 tournament favourite against his Scottish rival.

Kevin Pietersen is due a return to cricket form and can be backed at 4/1 to top score for England

Pietersen due return to one-day form
10-Oct-2007

Talk of shouldering the burden of his side's poor record in Sri Lanka was taken quite literally by captain Paul Collingwood in the third of the five-match series when he injured his shoulder.

Despite seeing his lead cut to four points, Lewis Hamilton is 4/11 to win the world championship

Hamilton still on course for title
09-Oct-2007

Despite seeing his lead slashed to just four points after a dramatic Chinese Grand Prix, Lewis Hamilton is a best priced 4/11 to win the title. Hamilton led from the start in Shanghai but came off the circuit and had to watch as both Fernando Alonso and Kimi Raikkonen closed the world championship gap.

Steve Bruce eyes exit door
09-Oct-2007

Steve Bruce has been slashed from 20/1 to 8/1 to be the next Premier League manager to go, according to some bookmakers as Birmingham's start to the season and their impending takeover takes hold.

Michael Owen needs 10 more goals to break the England goalscoring record

Owen closing in on record
09-Oct-2007

Fit again striker Michael Owen showed he has returned to goal-scoring ways with a goal for Newcastle against Everton at the weekend and his form has led the bookmakers to believe it's only a matter of time before he breaks the England goalscoring record.

That was the weekend that was
08-Oct-2007

On a weekend where it was revealed that Sienna Miller would appear nude in her new film, based on hippies in the Sixties, the England rugby team produced some free love of their own by making the Rugby World Cup semi-final. But were we celebrating our own bets as we analyse our performance and see what lies ahead in the world of betting.

National Lottery Draw Results (Saturday Oct 6) - £4,186,550
08-Oct-2007

On Saturday night two players shared a jackpot of £4,186,550 by matching six numbers in the national lottery draw to win £2,093,275 each.

Gordon Brown's decision not to call a snap election has cost Labour in the polls

Has Brown bottled it?
08-Oct-2007

Politics punters have been quick to round on Gordon Brown and are backing the Conservatives hand over fist, according to bookmakers. Whoever said a week was a long time in politics could well have been saying that as a summary of Brown's last seven days.