The Third Ashes Test Tips - Perth 14th-18th December: Sports journalists across the world are now ever fearful of making predictions on the five up and down days that concoct an Ashes Test match. If for whatever reason your blood pressure has not gone through the roof and you still have a heart in a good enough condition to bet on Australia v England...
Ladbroke Handicap Hurdle Tips: The Ladbroke Handicap Hurdle is always hugely competitive and Saturday's renewal at Ascot is unlikely to disappoint. The guesswork for antepost punters is which way the ground will go. Underfoot conditions will certainly play a huge role where favourite Tarlac is concerned, as he appears to be at...
Euro Millions Draw (Friday 8th December) - £ 18,316,018 Jackpot: The Euro Millions Draw on Friday was for a jackpot of £18.3m. The Lucky Dip numbers drawn were:16, 17, 18, 36 and 47 with the Lucky Stars being 01 and 02 Euro Lotto Millions numbers2 Winners matched 5 balls and the 1 star - there were no UK winners4 Winners matched 5 balls - there were no UK...
BBC Sports Personality of the Year Winner: Over £1million industry-wide was gambled on this year's sports personality award - the largest amount ever wagered on the BBC gong.Zara Phillips' win saved the bookies a bumper pay out on Ryder Cup hero Darren Clarke. Ladbrokes spokesman, Nick Weinberg, said: "Zara Phillips had trailed the...
Third Test Betting: Given that your place in the side is fairly tenuous already, it was unfortunate that Ashely Giles dropped a catch off Ricky Ponting that almost certainly cost England a win in the 2nd test. As a result, Giles revealed that he was on the receiving end of an abusive phone call where "some bloke says...
Heinekin Cup Betting Update: On what is rapidly becoming a glittering CV, scoring a hat-trick of tries against Agen probably doesn't feature too highly on Brian O'Driscoll's list of achievements. But when you hear that the Leinster captain was ill all week and only trained on Friday, it does make it more remarkable. At one...
UK Championship Betting: The range of excuses at the UK Championship are almost as entertaining as the snooker itself. After getting dumped out, Neil Robertson seemed to say that because his game wasn't live on TV he lost, declaring "the crowds and the TV cameras bring out the best in me". Ronnie O'Sullivan took things...
United become new Premiership favourites: The Blues came from behind to scrape a 1-1 draw against their London rivals but remain eight points behind Sir Alex Ferguson's side.Ladbrokes make the Red Devils odds on at 8/11, with Chelsea even money and Liverpool and Arsenal a distant 40/1 and 50/1 respectively.Spokesman Robin Hutchison said: "...
Irish Poker Open €2,000,000 Guaranteed: Online qualifiers for the paddypowerpoker Irish Open 2007 are now open and Irelands biggest Poker tournament has been guaranteed for 2,000,000 Euro. On Easter Weekend 2007, the world's top poker pros will gather in Dublin to battle it out against the best of the Irish...
Boylesports.com International Hurdle at Cheltenham Tips: Saturday's boylesports.com-sponsored card at Cheltenham is a cracking one, featuring races not only rich in class, but also extremely intriguing. The International Hurdle is a case in point, a contest which sees dual champion hurdle hero Hardy Eustace tackle the champion elect, Detroit City. There...