Golf: Fred has a bonnie chance at the Loch: Freddie Jacobson is the man VC Bet are doing their best to avoid laying at this week's Scottish Open on the bonnie banks of Loch Lomond. Accordingly, the stylish Swede is chalked up at an industry-low 28/1 to go one better than his 2002 play-off defeat to Argentina's Eduardo Romero. "Jacobson has a...
VCBet 2005/2006 Premiership odds: Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho found the secret to winning the Premiership title at the first time of asking and at 5/6 bookies VCBet appear to be taking no chances with the West Londoners. Petr Cech proved himself one of the world's finest keepers last season and with a defence led by inspirational...
Saturday's John Smith's Cup at York - Woodcraker tipped: At the Royal Ascot at York meeting, it was evident that a high draw over a mile and a quarter was highly disadvantageous in big fields. Indeed, this factor has also been evidence in the John Smith's Cup over the years - only one winner in the last decade has won the valuable contest from a double-...
A G.B. Football team?: Following David Davies' comments that the FA would be putting their weight behind the formation of a Great Britain football team to compete in the 2012 Olympics, bookmakers William Hill have cut the odds about that happening from 10/1 to 2/1.
London wins Olympics Bookies lose over a Millions: Ladbrokes estimate that the industry has lost in the region of £1 million after London won the 2012 Olympics. Lord Coe's bid had been backed off the boards since Sunday as punters sensed an upset. The odds were slashed to 7/4 from 7/2 (2/1 to 7/4 this morning) as the money kept coming. Ladbrokes...
$3.3m Prize Pool for the Ladbrokes Poker Cruise 2006: Ladbrokes Poker has charted the entire ultra luxury Zenith cruise ship for a breathtaking Eastern Caribbean cruise. Ladbokes Poker are offering 600 players the chance to be flown to Miami for a 9 night Caribbean Poker Cruise for 2 persons, including meals and entertainment, and $5,500 entry into...
Big Brother Betting Update: Science not popular with housemates: For the second week running, Maxwell has been put up for a public vote by his fellow housemates. Last week the Londoner escaped eviction when Saskia was kicked out, a result that in reality was never ever in doubt. Maxwell received the most votes, six in total - from Science, Derek, Eugene, Kemal...
World Wife Carrying Championships: July 5, 2005, Sonkajärvi, Finland -- As an NBA legend, notorious party animal, headline-grabbing celebrity, wrestler, poker player, and talk-show host, Dennis Rodman has done it all. Except lend his unique brand of shock value to the 2005 Wife Carrying World Championships. Now "The Worm" proves...
Where will Gerrard Kick off the new Season?: SO WHERE WILL GERRARD KICK OFF THE NEW SEASON?.......Steven Gerrard is 2/5 to be a Chelsea player on the first day of the Premiership season say bookmakers William Hill who make him 2/1 to be at Real Madrid by then; 10/1 still to be at Liverpool and 14/1 to have joined any other club.
Barclays Scottish Open - Loch Lomond Preview: With the countdown to the British Open at St Andrews underway, the European Tour stops off at the shores of the beautiful Loch Lomond. It's a star-studded line up headed by Ernie Els, a stalwart of this event and previous winner twice, although there are a total of 4 players from the current Top...