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April
2008
29 April
2008
Political
Punters Go Boris
Barmy
A rush of bets for Boris Johnson to win the race to
become London Mayor has seen bookmakers slash his
odds from 4/6 to 4/7 favourite.
29 April
2008
I'd
Do Anything - Keisha Costs Bookies
Big
Bookies took a tumble on Sunday after Keisha was
finally booted off I'd Do Anything.
26 April
2008
Powerball
Jackpot Reaches $144
Million
The Powerball jackpot continues to build. Even
though the grand prize was not hit Wednesday
evening, 650,978 players across the nation won a
total of more than $10.6 million in
prizes.
26 April
2008
Harrah's
Earns Environmental Quality
Award
Green is not just the color of money at Harrah's -
it's also the way the company operates.
26 April
2008
Manchester
United Still Odds On Title Favourites Despite
Chelsea
Manchester United are still favourites to win the
Premier League title despite losing to
Chelsea.
26 April
2008
Sun
Classique 6-1 To Capture King George
Crown
Bookies have priced up the King George VI and Queen
Elizabeth Stakes, and make the Dubai Sheema Classic
heroine Sun Classique their 6-1
favourite.
26 April
2008
Sexiest
2009 - Gentlemen Prefer
Blondes
Bookies have opened a book on the colour of hair of
next year's winner of FHM's sexiest lady and the
odds suggest that gentlemen really do prefer
blondes.
26 April
2008
Ken
Mayor Odds Shorten
Ken Livingstone has been backed down from 5/4 to
11/10 to win the Mayoral Election.
26 April
2008
Tories
Backed For General
Election
With their opinion poll lead at record levels, the
Conservatives are now the shortest price they have
been since Labour took office to win the next
General Election.
25 April
2008
I'd
Do Anything - Can Keisha
Survive?
For the third time William Hill have Keisha as
their hot favourite to get the boot from I'd Do
Anything.
23 April
2008
Riise
8/1 To Redeem Himself As Rangers 13/2 For
Quadruple
Chelsea have been backed from 8/13 to 8/15 to
complete the job by eliminating Liverpool from the
Champions League in their second leg
match.
23 April
2008
You
Bet Kelly Brook's New Man Can
Act
William Hill are betting on what profession Kelly
Brook's new beau is employed in.
23 April
2008
Barack
Still Favourite Despite
Pennsylvania
Hillary Clinton's odds for the US Presidential
Election have been cut after her success in
Pennsylvania - but Barack Obama is still hot
favourite.
23 April
2008
Backing
For Boris In
London
Boris Johnson is back in favour with the punters as
the race to become Mayor of London comes into its
final stages.
23 April
2008
Beyond
Our Ken? Maybe Not
Ken Livingstone's Mayoral odds have now come in -
putting him on almost level terms with current
favourite, Boris Johnson.
23 April
2008
2012
London Olympics Bill Might Top £20
Billion
Bookmakers believe there is every chance the the
final official cost of the 2012 Olympics will top
£20bn.
23 April
2008
Andy
Abraham Worst Ever UK Eurovision
Entry
Andy Abraham, the UK entrant for the Eurovision
song contest, is the worst entrant that the UK have
ever had.
23 April
2008
Betting
Advertisement Breached New
Rules
An advertisement that linked online betting with
increased sexual prowess has become one of the
first to breach new tighter gambling
codes.
21 April
2008
Cryptologic
Debuts Street Fighter II Action And Movie
Mayhem
CryptoLogic have introduced seven exclusive casino
games.
21 April
2008
Playtech
Licensee Agreement With
Betsson
Playtech has signed a new licensing agreement to
supply its casino product to Betsson.
21 April
2008
Conservatives
Shortest Price To Win Next
Election
Bookmakers have cut the price of the Conservative
Party winning the next election.
21 April
2008
Labour's
Casino Plans In A
Mess
The Government is facing more embarrassment over
its casino laws.
21 April
2008
Powerball
Jackpot Leaps To $125
Million
The jackpot in America's Powerball Lottery Game
continues to get bigger and bigger.
21 April
2008
Bookies
Clean Up As Keisha Survives I'd Do
Anything
Keisha continues to confound the odds as punters
took another hit having backed Keisha to get the
boot from the BBC1 programme I'd Do
Anything.
21 April
2008
Lucky
Punter Epidemic Continues At William
Hill
Online casino and sport betting company William
Hill could be forgiven for hoping that the recent
run of 'Punter Power' had come to an end after a
quiet few weeks on the payout front, but Saturday's
Scottish Grand National reaped another lucky win
for a Southern punter.
21 April
2008
Hawkins
Left Devastated After First Round
Exit
Barry Hawkins was left feeling - to use his own
words - devastated, after losing his first-round
match in controversial circumstances in the Snooker
World Championship 2008.
21 April
2008
Autonomous
Car Takes A Lap At Toyota Grand
Prix
Most people don't go to auto races to see cars
parade around the track in single file at 30 miles
an hour. Then again, most race cars include
drivers.
20 April
2008
Calzaghe
Knocks Bookies Out
Cold
Bookies took a hit after Joe Calzaghe beat Bernard
Hopkins in Las Vegas.
20 April
2008
Calzaghe
V Hopkins 20% Betting
Bonus
Eurobet are offering a 20% free money deposit bonus
on the forthcoming Calzaghe v Hopkins boxing
match.
19 April
2008
Joe
Calzaghe v Bernard Hopkins Betting
Odds
Joe Calzaghe and Bernard Hopkins are almost ready
to knock the hell out of each other - and it
promises to be an explosive contest.
19 April
2008
John
Higgins Makes It Into Second
Round
Defending snooker world champion John Higgins
responded positively to a difficult first round
match against Matthew Stevens to win 10-5 at the
Crucible.
19 April
2008
Manchester
United Stumble But Remain Favourite For The
Title
Bookies have cut Chelsea from 8/1 to 9/2 to win the
Premiership after Man Utd drew 1-1 with Blackburn
Rovers.
19 April
2008
Fulham
Finished But Three Horse Race For Final Relegation
Spot
Fulham are now the 1/40 favourites to be playing
Championship football next season but the final
relegation spot is very much a three horse
race.
19 April
2008
Punchestown
Produces An All Star Line
Up
Bookies have now priced up four of the feature
races of next week's Punchestown festival. Get your
bets on.
19 April
2008
Greenham
And Fred Darling Results Yield Few Guineas
Changes
The informative Guineas trials held at Newbury
resulted in an unexpected small number of changes
in the Classic markets.
19 April
2008
All
Three Newcastle Strikers To
Score?
Bookmakers have opened a book on all three of
Newcastle's strikers scoring against
Sunderland.
19 April
2008
Gordon
Brown Out By
Christmas?
Bookmakers are offering odds of 20/1 that Gordon
Brown will not be the British Prime Minster by the
end of the year - and smokers are set to punish
Labour for the smoking ban.
19 April
2008
Keisha
Would Do Anything To
Stay
Bookmakers William Hill have priced up the eviction
market for I'd Do Anything and make Keisha their
hot favourite to get the boot over the
weekend.
18 April
2008
Hillary
Presidential Odds
Cut
After performing well in a televised debate,
Hillary Clinton has been cut from 6/1 to 5/1 to win
the US Presidential Election.
17 April
2008
Betting
On Liverpool
Shareholding
Bookmakers have opened a book on who will be the
majority shareholder(s) of Liverpool FC on the
first day of the 2008/9 Premiership
season.
17 April
2008
Capello
Odds Against To Get Rid Of
Translator
Bookies are offering odds that Fabio Capello will
still need an interpreter/translator for his last
press conference prior to England's first World Cup
qualifier against Andorra.
17 April
2008
Sven
To Leave Manchester
City?
Sven Goran Erikkson is as likely to stay with
Manchester City for the start of next season as he
is to leave them.
17 April
2008
England
Joint Favourites For Six Nations Following Johnson
Appointment
Bookmakers William Hill make England their sport
betting 15/8 joint favourites with France to win
the 2009 Six Nations following the appointment of
Martin Johnson.
17 April
2008
Chelsea
Evens To Keep Title Race
Going
Chelsea are even money favourites to win at Everton
on Thursday night to keep their slim Premier League
title hopes alive.
16 April
2008
Chinese
Doctor Set For £100,000 Snooker
Win
Bookmakers William Hill face a massive
£100,000 payout to a single customer if sixth
favourite Ding Junhui wins the World Snooker
Championships, which get underway this
weekend.
16 April
2008
Just
Tell Us Who Is
Playing
William Hill's Media Relations Director, Graham
Sharpe, rants about TV football coverage.
16 April
2008
Gaming
Industry Tees Up For Responsible
Gaming
The American Gaming Association and JCM Global are
set to celebrate their decade-long partnership for
responsible gaming at the 10th annual JCM/AGA Golf
Classic.
16 April
2008
Poker
Deposit Option
Alternative
In recent days many US online poker players have
found they are no longer able to deposit or
withdraw from online poker rooms using
Epassporte.
15 April
2008
Go,
Joe - Punters Pour More Cash On
Calzaghe
Joe Calzaghe's big fight odds have been cut again
as punters continue to back the
Welshman.
15 April
2008
Harmison
To Bowl Himself Out Of England
Side?
Bookmakers have opened a book on what will happen
to Steve Harmison first ball of the county
season.
15 April
2008
Bet
That Andrew Is Britain's Biggest
Talent
Bookmakers have been inundated with requests from
punters looking to play bets on Andrew Johnston
winning Britain's Got Talent after the standout
performance of the show.
15 April
2008
Hiddink
Favourite To Succeed Avram
Grant
Guus Hiddink is favourite to succeed Avram Grant as
the permanent manager of Chelsea.
15 April
2008
Hillary
And Boris Looking To
Win
Hillary Clinton is 1/7 favourite to come out on top
in Pennsylvania.
15 April
2008
Gordon
Brown 6/1 Not To Lead Labour Into
Election
Bookies William Hill are offering odds of 6/1 that
British Prime Minister Gordon Brown will not lead
Labour into the next General Election.
15 April
2008
Manchester
United Favourites For Next
Season
Manchester United are now 1/20 favourites to win
the Premier League title.
14 April
2008
Rafa
And Sven Odds On To
Survive
Rafa Benitez is a 5/2 chance to walk away from
Liverpool before the first day of next
season.
14 April
2008
Calzaghe
Is Punters Pal For Hopkins
Showdown
Joe Calzaghe is the overwhelming favourite with
punters to beat Bernard Hopkins at the weekend,
according to bookmakers.
14 April
2008
Bookies
Clean Up After Immelman Holds Off Tiger
Woods
Bookmakers William Hill were breathing a sigh of
relief after Trevor Immelman beat Tiger Woods into
second place at the Masters in Augusta.
14 April
2008
Indian
Premier League Expected To Eclipse County
Championship
Bookmakers William Hill are expecting the Indian
Premier League to be ten times as popular a betting
market compared to the County
Championship.
14 April
2008
SpadeClub
Launches Affiliate
Program
SpadeClub, a poker community, have announced the
launch of their new affiliate marketing
program.
14 April
2008
I'd
Do Anything - Bookies Saved Monster
Payout
Keisha was the heavily backed favourite to be
booted off I'd Do Anything at the weekend but the
bookies were saved along with Keisha.
14 April
2008
Manchester
United 1/7 For
Title
Manchester United are now 1/7 favourites with
William Hill to win the Premiership
title.
13 April
2008
Kate
And William Odds On For 2008
Engagement
For the first time, bookmakers are are odds on on
that Kate Middleton and Prince William will get
engaged in 2008.
13 April
2008
Congress
Moves To Suspend Internet Gambling
Ban
A political step in the right direction in the
battle to make internet gambling more accessible in
the US.
12 April
2008
You
Bet Prince William And Kate Middleton To Get
Engaged
Bookmakers have halved the price of a Royal
engagement in 2008.
12 April
2008
Indian
Premier League Muralitharan's Team
Favourite
Bookmakers William Hill have priced up the
controversial Indian Premier League and think
Muralitharan could make the difference and make
Chennai their 10/3 favourite to win the
League.
12 April
2008
Holly
V Carla For Sexiest Women Of The
Year
Carla Bruni and Holly Willoughby were by far the
best backed babes to be named as FHM's sexiest
women of 2008.
12 April
2008
Political
Betting Odds
Update
Ken Livingstone has been cut from 7/4 to 13/8 by
bookies William Hill to win the London Mayoral
Election after making up ground on favourite Boris
Johnson in the polls.
10 April
2008
Brown's
Successor Backed As Ken Cut For
Mayor
James Purnell has been backed to become the next
leader of the Labour Party in succession to Gordon
Brown.
10 April
2008
You
Bet Carla Bruni Is FHM
Sexiest
Bookies have seen a late run of money for Carla
Bruni to be named as FHM's sexiest women of
2008.
10 April
2008
Keisha
Will Not Be Doing Anything After The
Weekend
Keisha is the favourite to be booted off I'd Do
Anything at the weekend with Tara also not looking
safe.
09 April
2008
London
Marathon Price
Crash
With the London Marathon the starting gun for the
running season this weekend, Physio Room have
reduced the price on key running products in a
London Marathon Price Crash.
09 April
2008
Happy
Birthday, Big Ben
Thursday, April 10 2008 will be the 150th
anniversary of Big Ben being cast and William Hill
are offering a number of specials for its birthday
year.
09 April
2008
Punters
Go Wild About Tiger
Woods
Bookmakers William Hill have cut the price of world
number one Tiger Woods winning the first major of
the year at Augusta.
09 April
2008
Online
Casino Launches New
Games
Popular Microgaming online casino Mummy's Gold have
launched three new casino games.
09 April
2008
Tomb
Raider Online Casino Game Looks
Incredible
Lara's back in Microgaming's new online casino slot
game. The Secret of the Sword is her most
action-packed adventure yet, with more thrilling
graphic rich features than ever before.
09 April
2008
Liverpool
3/1 Champions League Victory - 4/6 All Premiership
Final
Following the fantastic victory over Arsenal,
Liverpool are now quoted at 3/1 to win the
Champions League along side Chelsea, also at
3/1.
08 April
2008
Andy
Murray 10/1 To Strike Gold In
Beijing
Following the news that British number one Andy
Murray will take part in the Olympics, bookmakers
William Hill are offering odds of 10/1 that Andy
Murray wins a gold medal.
08 April
2008
You
Bet Holly Willoughby Is The Sexiest Woman Of The
Year
Bookmakers have slashed the price of Holly
Willoughby being named as FHM's sexiest women of
2008 following a string of sizeable
wagers.
08 April
2008
Boris
Johnson Leads The Way In
London
Boris Johnson is the favourite to become Mayor of
London in May 2008.
08 April
2008
Rice
Might Be Nice Bet For Vice
President
Condoleeza Rice has been backed from a 20/1
outsider to 12/1 sixth favourite with bookmakers
William Hill to be the next Vice President of the
USA.
08 April
2008
Ryder
Cup Minus Monty - Surely
Not
Bookmakers William Hill are offering odds of 5/4
that Colin Montgomerie makes the starting line-up
for the Ryder Cup.
08 April
2008
No
Doubt Who Punters Think Is The
Master
Bookmakers William Hill are in fear of a Tiger
Woods victory at Augusta in the first major of the
year and currently rate him as their 11/10
favourite to win another green jacket.
08 April
2008
Manchester
United Odds On To Reach Champions League
Final
Manchester United are 1/50 favourites to reach the
semi final of the Champions League.
08 April
2008
New
Online Poker Bot Sales Are
Strong
Shanky Technologies, a software company that
specialises in online gaming assistance
applications, released a Texas Holdem Poker Bot in
late February which supports several large online
poker rooms.
07 April
2008
Champions
League Odds
Specials
Bookmakers William Hill are offering odds of 2/5
that there will be three Premiership teams in the
Champions League semi finals.
07 April
2008
Bookies
Worried About Tiger
Woods
Bookmakers William Hill are in fear of a Tiger
Woods victory at Augusta in the first major of the
year and currently rate him as their 11/10
favourite to win another green jacket.
07 April
2008
Jessie
Hot Favourite For I'd Do
Anything
Jessie is the new favourite to be chosen as Nancy
in the hit BBC show I'd Do Anything.
07 April
2008
Cardiff
Cup And Promotion Double Betting
Odds
Bookmakers William Hill make Portsmouth their 1/3
favourites to lift the FA Cup, with Cardiff offered
at 9/4.
07 April
2008
Strachan
To Be Gone By Start Of
Season?
Things are not looking rosy for Gordon Strachan who
is quoted at odds of just 1/2 not to be the Celtic
manager on day one of next season.
07 April
2008
Will
Hamilton Fail To Win Another Grand
Prix?
Following what can only be described as a bad day
in the office, bookmakers William Hill have pushed
Lewis Hamilton out to win the Drivers
Championship.
07 April
2008
Bookies
Slash Price Of Prince Harry
Engagement
Rumours that Prince Harry has got engaged to his
girlfriend Chelsy Davy have sparked a mini gamble
with bookmakers William Hill.
07 April
2008
You
Bet More Snow On The Way - Snow At Grand National
2009?
With much of the country waking up to snow,
bookmakers William Hill are offering 16/1 that
there is snow at the Grand National in
2009.
07 April
2008
Steve
Redgrave To Light 2012 Olympic
Flame?
Steve Redgrave has been cut from 3/1 to 2/1 to
light the Olympic flame at the 2012 London Games by
bookmakers William Hill, following a flurry of
bets.
06 April
2008
Amir
Khan To Win A World Title In
2008?
Following another victory, bookmakers William Hill
have cut the price of Amir Khan holding a version
of one of the four major world titles before the
end of 2008.
05 April
2008
Punters
Expect Tears From Tara - I'd Do
Anything
Tara is the 5/2 favourite with bookmakers William
Hill to be the second Nancy booted off BBC1's
talent show I'd Do Anything. Keisha also well
backed to go at 3/1.
05 April
2008
World
Poker Association Turns Up The
Heat
The World Poker Association's new Chairman Wendeen
Eolis is taking bold steps to promote poker as a
sport.
04 April
2008
Grand
National To Spark First Half Billion
Gamble
The Grand National will spark the first
£500,000,000 weekend gamble, predict
bookmakers William Hill.
04 April
2008
Wheel
Of Fortune MegaJackpot Pays $1.67
Million
A lucky casino player won $1,679,200 while playing
a Wheel of Fortune dollar MegaJackpot at the Golden
Nugget Casino.
03 April
2008
I'd
Do Anything - Trouble For
Tara
It could be tears for Tara this weekend according
to bookmakers William Hill who make Tara their 5/2
favourite to be the second Nancy to leave the I'd
Do Anything show.
02 April
2008
Manchester
United 4/7 To Reach Champions League
Final
After beating Roma, Manchester United are now 2/1
favourites to win the Champions League with
bookmakers William Hill.
01 April
2008
8/1
Ronaldo And Rooney Bring Fall Of
Roma
Bookmakers William Hill are offering 500/1 that
Manchester United can beat Rome 7-1 when they
meet.
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