Eurozone Betting Odds at William Hill

Talk of Italy leaving the Eurozone has increased in financial and betting circles, as Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi hangs on amid investors pressure to step down and allow a new government to save Europe's third largest economy from the debt crisis.

Italy Firms to Leave Euro

William Hill online betting agency has shortened Italy from 5/1 to a close 7/2 second-favourite to be the first country to leave the mess that is the Eurozone, putting it behind only the perennial favourite Greece, which is still 1/4.

Two other debt ridden countries, Portugal and Spain, are 10/1 and 12/1 respectively to leave the Eurozone first, while odds are also available on Ireland and France, both 20/1, Belgium, 25/1, and believe it or not, Germany, 33/1.

Meanwhile, Hill is offering 7/2 that the Eurozone will break up before the end of 2012 - and 1/6 that it will not.

Spanish and French Elections

All eyes will turn to Spain on November 20, but it appears the result is a foregone conclusion in a country burdened with such high unemployment. Mariano Rajoy and the conservative People's Party are 1/25 to win the election, while Alfredo Pérez Rubalcaba and the Socialists are 9/1.

However, the left leads the odds betting for the 2012 French Presidential Election. Francois Hollande is 8/15, ahead of incumbent Nicolas Sarkozy, 6/4, and Front National's Marine Le Pen, 33/1.