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Online bookmaker sportsbet.com.au has opened a market on how many tries will be scored in Round 20 of the NRL, setting the line at 56.5.

 

Under 56.5 tries is the $1.80 favourite, with over 56.5 tries the $1.95 outsider.

 

“Round 19 produced 58 tries, so the market indicates we can expect more of the same this weekend,” sportsbet.com.au’s Ben Hawes said.

 

Market courtesy of sportsbet.com.au
Total tries scored in Round 20 of the NRL
$1.80 Under 56.5 Tries
$1.95 Over 56.5 Tries

The Canterbury Bulldogs are now outright second favourite for the 2012 NRL Premiership after firming from $5.50 into $4.50 with online bookmaker sportsbet.com.au.

 

Only the Melbourne Storm, who’ve eased from $3.75 out to $4.25, are at shorter odds, with Manly and the Rabbitohs sharing the third line of betting at $6.50.

 

As well as firming from $8.00 into $6.50 to win the competition, the Bunnies have also been backed from $1.80 into $1.55 to finish in the top four.

 

“The Storm remain the best backed side to win the premiership ahead of the Warriors, but punters are now taking the Bulldogs seriously,” sportsbet.com.au’s Ben Hawes said.

 

“There was a little interest early in the season for the Rabbitohs to make the top eight, but punters are now backing them to jag a top four spot.”

 

Markets courtesy of sportsbet.com.au
2012 NRL Grand Final winner
$4.25 Melbourne Storm (out from $3.75)
$4.50 Canterbury Bulldogs (in from $5.50)
$6.50 Manly Sea Eagles (out from $5.00)
$6.50 South Sydney Rabbitohs (in from $8.00)
$7.00 Brisbane Broncos (in from $8.00)
$13 North Queensland Cowboys (in from $17)
$16 Wests Tigers (in from $17)
$19 Cronulla Sharks (out from $17)
$21 New Zealand Warriors (out from $15)
$81 St. George Illawarra Dragons (steady)
$151 Newcastle Knights (steady)
$151 Gold Coast Titans (steady)
$251 Canberra Raiders (steady)
$501 Sydney Roosters (out from $251)

 

Top 4 finish

$1.05 Melbourne Storm (out from $1.02)
$1.05 Canterbury Bulldogs (in from $1.25)
$1.50 Brisbane Broncos (in from $1.80)
$1.55 South Sydney Rabbitohs (in from $1.80)
$2.25 Manly Sea Eagles (out from $1.45)
$3.80 Cronulla Sharks (out from $2.75)
$5.50 North Queensland Cowboys (in from $6.00)
$11 Wests Tigers (in from $13)
$11 New Zealand Warriors (in from $11.50)
$51 St. George Illawarra Dragons (in from $101)

Tiger Woods is the $10 favourite with online bookmaker sportsbet.com.au to take out this year’s British Open at Royal Lytham & St Annes.

 

Woods heads the market from a the best of Britain and Ireland, including Lee Westwood at $17 and Rory McIlroy, Luke Donald and Padraig Harrington at $19 each.

 

“Tiger hasn’t finished in the top 10 at the Open since last winning in 2006, but he’s won three US PGA events this year and goes in as the man to beat,” sportsbet.com.au’s Haydn Lane said.

 

Adam Scott is $36 to win the tournament, and is favoured at $2.75 to be the leading Australian at the Open, ahead of Geoff Ogilvy and John Senden at $6.50 each.

 

Sportsbet.com.au has refunded all bets on Jason Day after the World Number 21 decided to withdraw from the tournament following the birth of his first child, Dash.

 

Sportsbet.com.au are paying six places for each way bets at ¼ odds.

 

Markets courtesy of sportsbet.com.au
2012 British Open
$10 Tiger Woods

$17 Lee Westwood
$19 Rory McIlroy, Luke Donald, Padraig Harrington
$29 Justin Rose
$34 Phil Mickelson, Graeme McDowell
$36 Sergio Garcia, Adam Scott
$41 Ian Poulter, Ernie Els, Hunter Mahan, Rickie Fowler, Jason Dufner, Francesco Molinari

$46 Louis Oosthuizen
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$126 John Senden, Geoff Ogilvy
$176 Aaron Baddeley, Marc Leishman
$201 Robert Allenby

Others quoted

Top Australian
$2.75 Adam Scott
$6.50 Geoff Ogilvy, John Senden
$9.00 Aaron Baddeley
$11 Robert Allenby
$12 Marc Leishman, Marcus Fraser
$13 Greg Chalmers
$26 Brendan Jones
$29 Brad Kennedy
$41 Nicholas Cullen
$51 Aaron Townsend, Ashley Hall

 

Big Guns vs The Field

$1.35 The Field

$3.03 Big Guns (Rose, Westwood, Donald, Harrington, McIlroy, Woods)

The Sydney Swans have firmed from $8.00 into $6.00 with online bookmaker sportsbet.com.au to win the 2012 AFL Premiership but they’re yet to capture the attention of punters.

 

Despite leading the competition, six other sides have attracted more bets to win the Premiership than the Swans.

 

Hawthorn remains favourite at $3.25, while Collingwood has firmed from $4.25 into $4.00 after defeating Geelong.

 

West Coast have eased from $6.00 out to $7.50 after being trounced by the Swans, while Adelaide have firmed from $10 into $8.00.

 

“The Swans have been entrenched in the top four for most of the season but punters have steered clear of them to this point,” sportsbet.com.au’s Ben Hawes said.

 

“That might be set to change as they’re in great form and were irresistible against the Eagles.”

 

In wooden spoon betting, GWS have firmed into $1.12 with the Gold Coast drifting from $2.40 out to $6.00.

 

Markets courtesy of sportsbet.com.au

Premiership Winner
(Prices in brackets from 9 July)
$3.25 Hawthorn (out from $3.20)

$4.00 Collingwood (in from $4.25)

$6.00 Sydney (in from $8.00)

$7.50 West Coast (out from $6.00)
$8.00 Adelaide (in from $10)

$15 Essendon (steady)
$26 St Kilda (out from $21)
$34 Geelong (out from $17)
$51 North Melbourne (in from $101)
$67 Carlton (out from $31)
$251 Fremantle (out from $201)
$251 Richmond (out from $51)
$1501 Brisbane (out from $501)

Wooden Spoon
(Prices in brackets from 9 July)
$1.12 GWS (in from $1.55)
$6.00 Gold Coast (out from $2.40)
$101 Melbourne (steady)

Sally Pearson has drifted from $1.30 out to $1.55 with online bookmaker sportsbet.com.au to win Gold in the Women’s 100m hurdles at the London Olympics.

 

Originally priced at $3.25, any other athlete winning the event is now into $2.40.

 

“The early money was for Pearson, however there’s now been the same amount wagered on any other athlete winning gold as there has been for Sally to win,” said sportsbet.com.au’s Ben Hawes.

 

Market courtesy of sportsbet.com.au

Women’s 100m hurdles – London Olympic Games
(prices in brackets from 2 July)
$1.55 Sally Pearson (out from $1.30)
$2.40 Any other athlete (in from $3.25)

Online bookmaker sportsbet.com.au has installed ‘Yes’ the 2012 NRL Grand Final will be contested by two Sydney based NRL clubs as a $1.95 chance, however ‘No’ has been opened as the $1.80 favourite.

 

“As of round 19, half of the NRL top eight is made up of Sydney based clubs, and while there is still a way to go, there’s a good chance two Sydney teams will contest the big one this season,” said sportsbet.com.au’s Ben Hawes.

 

Market courtesy of sportsbet.com.au
All Sydney NRL Grand Final in 2012?
$1.80 No

$1.95 Yes

Online bookmaker sportsbet.com.au has installed Aussie cyclist Anna Meares as the gold medal favourite for the Women’s Sprint and Women’s Keirin events for the upcoming London Olympic Games.

 

Meares is priced at $2.39 for both events, while fierce rival Victoria Pendleton is by far her biggest threat, opened on the second line of betting at $3.08 and $5.95 for the respective events.

 

“We’ve already seen triple the amount of bets for Anna Meares compared to Victoria Pendleton to win Women’s sprint event,” said sportsbet.com.au’s Ben Hawes.

 

Sportsbet.com.au has also installed Meares and her Australian teammates as joint $2.99 favourites with Germany for gold in the Women’s Team print.

 

Australia is on the second line of betting at $4.95 in the Women’s Team Keirin, behind firm favourite Great Britain ($1.29).

 

Markets courtesy of sportsbet.com.au
Women’s Sprint
$2.39 Anna Meares
$3.08 Victoria Pendleton
$7.90 Simona Krupeckaite
$9.40 Lyubov Shulika, Shuang Gui, Olga Panarina
$13.75 Willy Kanis
Others quoted
Women’s Keirin
$2.39 Anna Meares
$5.95 Victoria Pendleton, Simona Krupeckaite, Ekaterina Gnidenko

$10.90 Lyubov Shulika, Shuang Gui
$13.75 Olga Panarina

Others quoted

 

Women’s Team Sprint

$2.99 Australia, Germany
$3.08 Great Britain
$10.90 China
$35 France
$55 Netherlands

 

Women’s Team Keirin

$1.29 Great Britain
$4.95 Australia
$12.75 Canada
$17.75 New Zealand
$25 Netherlands
$30 USA

James Magnussen looks to have a massive task on his hands to win gold in the men’s 50m freestyle at the London Olympics with online bookmaker sportsbet.com.au installing him on the second line of betting at $5.50, well behind $1.60 favourite Cesar Cielo from Brazil.

 

Magnussen, who sportsbet.com.au has opened as the $1.33 favourite for the men’s 100m freestyle, has interestingly attracted 100 percent of the money so far wagered on the market.

 

“Every dollar wagered on the market so far has been for the Missile,” sportsbet.com.au’s Ben Hawes said.

 

“Already well backed to win the 100m freestyle gold medal, punters clearly like his chances in the 50m event too.“

 

American Cullen Jones is next in the market at $6.50 while Aussie Eamon Sullivan is priced as a $34 outsider.

 

Markets courtesy of sportsbet.com.au

Men’s 50M Freestyle – London Olympics

$1.60 Cesar Cielo

$5.50 James Magnussen

$6.50 Cullen Jones
$13 Bruno Fratus
$26 Andrey Grechin
$29 Luca Dotto
$34 Eamon Sullivan, Florent Manaudou

Others quoted

 

Men’s 100M Freestyle – London Olympics

$1.33 James Magnussen

$7.00 James Roberts, Cesar Cielo

$15 Brent Hayden, Yannick Agnel, Nathan Adrian
$34 Cullen Jones
$41 Sebastian Verschuren, Fabien Gilot, Nikita Lobintsev

Others quoted

Punters with online bookmaker sportsbet.com.au are tipping South Sydney’s Adam Reynolds will continue his stunning NRL season after backing the halfback from $81 into $4.25 to score the most points this season.

 

Reynolds is the best backed player overall to tally the most points in 2012, attracting double to that of every other player in the NRL except Benji Marshall.

 

“He firmed into $21 after the first month of the season and that punter support has really intensified since May,” sportsbet.com.au’s Ben Hawes said.

 

“Benji Marshall is the only player, and only just, that has attracted more than half of what has been wagered on Reynolds.”

 

The Warriors’ James Maloney is the $4.00 favourite ahead of Reynolds with Jamie Lyon ($4.50), Jarrod Croker ($4.50) and Marshall ($9.00) rounding out the top five in betting.

 

Market courtesy of sportsbet.com.au

2012 NRL leading points scorer

$4.00 James Maloney

$4.25 Adam Reynolds
$4.50 Jamie Lyon, Jarrod Croker
$9.00 Benji Marshall

$34 Jonathan Thurston
$41 Todd Carney
Others quoted