Bet on US, French and Russian Elections

This is a big year for presidential elections, with the United States, France and Russia just three of the countries who are set to vote on their next leader. Even if you're not from one of these three countries, you can still be a part of it by placing a bet online.

Mitt Romney has tightened to 2/9 William Hill favorite to become Republican candidate for the presidential race. Thanks to some strong performances in recent primaries, he now leads Rick Santorum, 3/1, Ron Paul, 20/1 and Newt Gingrich, 28/1 in the race to face Obama on the first Tuesday in November.

Barack Obama continues to lead the pack in the presidential election odds, although he has drifted to 4/9 as a result of the continuing debt stalemate. Romney is currently 11/5, although these odds will tighten if and when he is declared Republican candidate. Santorum is 11/, and Paul and Gingrich are at long 50/1 and 66/1 odds respectively.

France's presidential election will be contested over two rounds, with at least four candidates likely to prove popular in round one on April 22, and the top to fight it out in the run-off on May 6. President Nicolas Sarkozy appears to be the underdog, thanks to the ongoing euro debt crisis and domestic problems.

William Hill Sportsbook is offering straight-up odds on who will the election: Socialist candidate Francois Hollande leads all comers at 4/11, Sarkozy is second at 9/4, Francois Bayrou of the centrist Democratic Movement is considered a strong challenger at 11/4, while far-right nationalist candidate Marine Le Pen is a long-shot at 25/1.

Next week's Russian presidential election has attracted the most international attention of any Russian election since the collapse of communism more than two decades ago. The run-up has been marked by massive protests over Vladimir Putin's decision to contest a third term after four years as prime minister.

Putin remains the likely winner, ahead of four other candidates: Communist Gennady Zyuganov, A Just Russia's Sergey Mironov, Liberal Democratic Party nominee Vladimir Zhirinovsky, and independent Mikhail Prokhorov.