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Online sportsbooks were forced to pay out some pretty big sums to punters after Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt defended his 100 meter sprint crown in record time at the 2012 London Olympics Sunday. Bolt Rewards PuntersWilliam Hill Online will be paying out a five figure sum to its customers after Bolt completed his victory in Olympic record 9.63 time Sunday. Injuries and loss of form saw Bolt ease from 1/4 odds just one year ago to 4/6 on the eve of the race, but really the result was never in doubt as he cruised home. Bolt has been the only big loser to Hill in London so far, as the punters only really wanted to back him, the bookmaker's spokesman said. He pointed out that the company will now nervously be watching the 200m in the hope that the lightning bolt doesn't strike a second time and cost them a six-figure sum. Hill have now made Bolt 5/4 to win the 100m final at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The London 2012 Track & Field action will continue through to the Olympics closing ceremony on the weekend, with headline events such as the men's and women's 400m sprint, 4x100 meter relays, 400 meter hurdles race, men's marathon and high jump still to come. More Olympics Betting Action Hill, bet365, 888sport and all the other leading online sportsbook offer you all the action. Hill's scroll down menu allows you to view what events remain, just by selecting gender, sport and then the exact discipline on which you would like to place a wager.888sport is promising its customers a share in a £/€/$7500 prize pool, just by participating in its Bet & Break promo. Bet on any sport or multi from your online betting or mobile betting account, and you will automatically be entered into the Winning Bets leaderboard competitions. Players with the highest number of winning bets win the daily cash.Bet365 is allowing punters to place their wager on who will finish top of the gold medal tally. The United States is 8/15 to top the table, China is 11/8, while other countries such as Great Britain can be given odds on request from customers.
Online sportsbooks have been known for allowing some crazy bets, but this one might just be the wackiest yet: William Hill Sports is allowing parents to place wagers on their own children making the Olympics in the future. What odds your kid? If you think your child is showing signs of becoming an Olympic sprint, swimming or rowing champion, then there could be a potential windfall beyond the obvious family pride of seeing them perform in your national colours that it will bring, according to a report in The New York Times. William Hill's betting agents will ask you a number of questions about your child, and offer you appropriate odds. Age and sporting performance to date both matter. Don't laugh: reporter Sam Borden was offered 2,500 to 1 odds that his two-year-old daughter will ever appear in the Olympics, and 10,000 to 1 that she will win gold. History of Alternative Betting Bookmakers have been all about crazy bets over the years, and it all began with that now famous story about the man who places a 10-pound bet in 1964 on humans reaching the moon by 1970. As we all know, the feat was accomplished in June 1969, and the man walked away with 10,000 pounds in cash. Our challenge to our readers is this: Try to come up with the wackiest betting idea possible and then pitch it to your favorite online sportsbook. Who knows: you could come away with some cash in the future for placing a wager on world peace being achieved or just earn some compensation when a comet strikes the earth.
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Bet365 will be the online sportsbook of choice for hundreds of thousands of gold fans around the world this week, as it offers a huge range of sports betting options on the PGA Championship. PGA Championship Betting Golf's PGA Championship gets underway at Kiawah Island's Ocean Course from August 9-12, but punters are only just recovering from last year's tournament in which unheralded Keegan Bradley made an unbelievable comeback from five shots down with three holes left to win a golf major at his first attempts. This year should be just as exciting, and bet365 Sportsbook is making its Outright markets available throughout the tournament, with six places available for each-way backers. It is also offering a huge selection of pre-tournament and in-play markets including top European, top American and two- and three-ball betting. Bet365 OddsBet365 odds for pre-tournament betting for outright PGA Championship winner are as follows:Tiger Woods 8/1Rory McIlroy, Luke Donald 18/1Lee Westwood 22/1Dustin Johnson 25/1Jason Dufner, Adam Scott 30/1Justin Rose, Webb Simpson, Louis Oosthuizen 33/1Keegan Bradley 35/1All others 35/1 and over. Woods leads the odds in a massive field for Best American, Donald and McIlroy are in the pole position for top-performing European and top performer from Great Britain and Ireland, Adam Scott is favourite to be the top-ranking Aussie, and Sergio Garcia leads Rafael Cabrera Bella in the race for top Spaniard.
Facebook, the world's leading social network, will allow its millions of British users to play real-money gambling, in a trial that could change the face f the entire online gambling industry. Facebook's Gamble Facebook and independent gaming partner Gamesys launched a real-money version of online bingo for British Facebook users over the age of 18 Tuesday. Facebook confirmed that it was partnering with Gamesys to allow the gambling service, and the two also announced plans to offer virtual slots on the social network. There are no current plans to offer gambling in any other countries or with any other partners aside from Gamesys, a Facebook spokeswoman said. She also devlined to disclose what portion of the revenue the social network would take from the Gamesys games, but acknowledged that the two companies have a revenue sharing agreement. Sign of things to come? Regular readers will know that this news has been a long time coming. Last year Facebook amended its advertising guidelines to enable online casino advertisements to be posted on its website. And early this year it agreed to pay up to $500 million for Double Down Interactive - which develops casino-style games for the social network. Zynga, the largest provider of online poker and gambling style games to Facebook, has broadcasted several hints to the public about its future entry into the world of real-money gambling, and it can only be assumed that the door has been opened following the news of this week.
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Playtech, one of the world's two leading developers of online gambling software, reported this week that it has experience a massive surge in revenues, even when accounting for a drop in its online poker operations. Playtech Surging Playtech CEO Mor Weizer called the company's first half performance for 2012 "every encouraging", as it posted gross income of 88.1 million euros for the second quarter, a 99% increase on last year. The only negative spot was its poker division, which slipped to 4.4 million euros, 12% down from the corresponding period last year. Although Playtech anticipates a seasonal slowdown during the traditionally weaker months of the northern hemisphere summer, it remains confident that it is well positioned to maintain the strong momentum of the first half of this year into the remaining part of 2012, Weizer said. Leading Playtech Casinos Playtech is the name behind some of the world's leading online casino, poker room and sports betting operations, including (but not limited to) Winner Casino, William Hill, bet365 Casino, EurGrand, Swiss Casino, and Europa Casino. Winner Casino recently launched a mobile version, which is available to Android and Apple iOS users through the no download format, and to other smartphone owners through one quick, simple and free download. The mobile casino currently offers four real-money games - European Roulette, Blackjack, Jack or Better Video Poker and the Gold Rally mobile slot.
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The English Premier League season will get underway just over one week from now, and already online sportsbooks are taking some crazy bets from punters who are perhaps a little too in love with their own team. Brave Liverpool Fan William Hill recently took their biggest bet of the pre-season when one mad Liverpool fan put down £44,000 for his side to win the league (£22k each way). The man, who is in his mid-30s, backed his side at 25/1 odds, forcing Hill to cut their title odds to 16/1. He will collect £777.3k if Liverpool win the titles, and £205.3k if they finish second. Liverpool is now responsible for about 40 percent of all stakes on the Premier League winner market, Hill said. However, they pointed out that while the football has gone largely unnoticed in London while the Olympics have been on, there have been a lot of bets from the north-west of England. Title Odds William Hill Online is now offering the following odds on the English Premier League title: Manchester City, 6/5, Manchester United, 5/2, Chelsea, 5/1, Arsenal, 12/1, Liverpool, 16/1, Tottenham, 25/1, all other teams, 150/1 odds and above. The traditional season curtain raiser takes place this Sunday as the reigning league champions Man City face the FA Cup winners Chelsea at Wembley. City are the slight favourites, while Hill is also taking bets on scenarios involving Sergio Aguero and Fernando Torres scoring and their respective sides winning.
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