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	TENNIS
	ATP makes the move onto the hardcourts of North America. Our expert looks for the winners with his daily match picks.
	AFL
	Geelong firm again after smashing the challenging Bulldogs. Our Aussie Rules guru bounced back with two easy winners.
	NRL
	Melbourne clear out again as a Premiership fave after their big Monday night win. Our expert posts his pick on Friday.

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LATEST OTP ARTICLE: Bill Gates’ punting lessons By David Duffield

Legal Challenge to Victorian Advertising Laws	Racing & Spts	23 Jul
"Sportingbet Australia and Betfair have commenced their second action in the Federal Court of Australia challenging the validity of state advertising laws."
Spread betting: Punters take a beating as IG profit..	Guardian	22 Jul
"Jittery markets around the world have helped IG Group, the spread-betting firm that caters for amateur speculators, to report a 40% jump in annual profit and to record its busiest spell last month."
Pair are banned for betting	Guardian	22 Jul
Whoops... another two ATP players go down for punting on tennis.
Injured Geelong's Gary Ablett in Brownlow betting..	Herald Sun	19 Jul
Speculation that AFL Brownlow Medal favouirte Gary Ablett Jnr will miss several games has led to a war of words between club and bookies.
Why NSW race fields legislation will be challenged	VFG	18 Jul
Bill Saunders at the Virtual Form Guide with his take on another week of infighting in the Australian Racing industry.
Brits love to bet on anything and everything..	ESPN	16 Jul
Lee Trevino sets the record straight about betting on himself winning the 1972 British Open. "My odds were like 14-1. I bet 100 pounds. But all the other guys bet a lot of money. I didn't play very well the first round, and my odds went up. So we bet again. And I ended up winning..."
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AUSSIE RULES Cats set to pounce on Hawks 19:45 Tuesday 22 July	Raging odds-on AFL Premiership favourite's Geelong are a best-priced 1.45 (Sportsbet) to beat Hawthorn in Friday night's blockbuster. This is in contrast to the 1.80 being offered in June when the Hawks form looked decidedly more impressive that what they showed in a loss to St Kilda last week. Hawthorn were just 2.00 to win the fixture five weeks ago but now go into the match at 3.00 (TAB Sportsbet & Domebet). "We took several thousand straight away on the Cats late yesterday and again this morning, including one stake of $3,000 from a Melbourne punter - all at 1.40. My how some of those Geelong backers must have wished they got on at 1.80 when the price was there," Centrebet's Neil Evans said. "In the last month, the Cats have put their foot down and reminded everyone they are far and away the team to get past - and have stormed into a raging 1.72 premiership favourite."
GOLF Open Update 23:04 Tuesday 15 July	Tiger Woods absence from the year's third golf major means it is 12/1 the field for the 2008 British Open starting Thursday. Sergio Garcia is the man punters have made favourite at 12/1 with Betfair. Ernie Els is on the second line at 16/1 with Phil Mickelson and Lee Westwood (both 19/1) also looking to take advantage of Woods injury-enforced layoff. Defending champion Padraig Harrington currently trades at 29/1. Speaking of the Irish, bookmakers Paddy Power and BoyleSports are offering a very attractive incentive for the Open - they are paying out on seven places (unlike the 4 or 5 at most Australian bookies). Meanwhile, the big punters at TAB Sportsbet are backing the following: $20,000 @ $1.85 ON GOOSEN V CABRERA HD X HD $20,000 @ $1.90 ON KARLSSON V CINK HD X HD $20,000 @ $1.93 ON KIM V ROMERO HD X HD $6,000 @ $1.90 ON ELS V MICKELSON HD XHD $5,000 @ $2.10 ON ADAM SCOTT WIN ROUND 1 3-BALL $6,000 @ $19 ON LEE WESTWOOD WIN $3,000 @ $11 ON SERGIO GARCIA WIN $2,000 @ $151 ON FREDERIK JACOBSEN $2,000 @ $67 ON ANDRES ROMERO WIN $2,000 @ $67 ON JUSTIN LEONARD WIN $2,000 @ $67 ON HUNTER MAHAN WIN $2,000 @ $31 FREDERIK JACOBSEN FINISH TOP 5 $1,500 @ $101 ON GRAEME MCDOWELL WIN
CYCLING Evans in the red after taking Yellow 18:05 Tuesday 15 July	Lasseters Sportsbook report that Australia’s Cadel Evans has shortened as favourite to win the 2008 Tour De France after claiming the leader’s yellow jersey following the tenth stage. Evans, the 3.25 pre-event favourite is now at the odds-on quote of 1.70 to become the first Australian ever to win the world’s most prestigious and gruelling road cycling race. “People in Australia fail to understand what an achievement it is to have an Aussie leading this event,” says Gerard Daffy. “Punters from all around the world want to back our boy.” Lasseters is offering punters the chance to win big on this year’s Tour with a trip to France up for grabs. Just place a minimum $20 bet on any of the 21 stages for your chance to win.
RUGBY LEAGUE $190K bet at TAB 15:35 Friday 11 July	A TAB Sportsbet customer has placed a $190,000 Multi on Sydney Roosters, Brisbane and Melbourne all being successful in their respective NRL Round 18 matches at the odds of 1.53. Sydney Roosters meet Gold Coast tonight at the SFS with Brisbane hosting Bulldogs at Suncorp Stadium on Sunday. Melbourne travel to Campelltown Stadium on Monday night to play Wests Tigers. If all 3 teams win the customer will collect $290,700 a total win of $100,700 on his/her investment. Only last week a TAB Sportsbet customer had $150,000 on the Manly/Melbourne Multi to collect $220,500.
GENERAL Firms launch legal action against NSW 17:55 Thursday 10 July From Betfair	Betfair and Sportingbet Australia today issued proceedings in the Federal Court of Australia challenging the validity of laws in NSW that prevent interstate licensed wagering companies from advertising in the State. “We believe the laws are protectionist. What’s more, they’re depriving racing clubs and other stakeholders of a natural revenue stream in the form of advertising and sponsorship,” said Andrew Twaits, Betfair’s Director of Corporate and Business Affairs. Michael Sullivan, CEO of Sportingbet Australia agreed. “We believe this legislation is fundamentally flawed and it contradicts the spirit of business in Australia by restricting fair and open trade between the states,” he said. “At a fundamental grass roots level, the NSW advertising ban against interstate wagering operators stops the punter from seeing the full picture,” said Mr Sullivan. The NSW government is, for the first time, asking all interstate TABs, bookmakers and betting exchanges to pay for the right to cover NSW racing. More
TENNIS Historic final produces record turnover 14:05 Monday 7 July	Rafael Nadal's dramatic Wimbledon final has smashed all tennis turnover records with betting exchange Betfair. By the end of the four hour, 48 minute hour marathon, £49,137,328 (AUD$101 million) was traded on the match odds market alone - most of it while the match was in progress. This is believed to represent a record volume for any single event traded at Betfair. The previous record was £35m for an Ashes Test in 2005, where trading levels were high while £30m was traded on last year's Wimbledon final between Federer and Nadal. Overall Betfair turnover on Wimbledon was in excess of AUD$1.2billion, up from $943million last year. In the see-sawing classic, Nadal traded at 1.13 when a break up in the third set and 1.07 in the fourth when holding an advantage in the tie-break. He started the game as the 2.36 underdog with the Swiss world number one the 1.71 favourite. Those odds were nearly replicated at the opening of the fifth set, with Federer 1.78, Nadal 2.26.
RUGBY LEAGUE Origin breaks turnover records 13:57 Thursday 3 July	TAB Sportsbet reports that Origin 3 broke all records last night. A total of $4.46m was invested on the match by TAB Sportsbet customers beating the old record of $3.99m held in Game 1 of the 2008 series. The 2008 series held a total of $12.1m which was a staggering increase of 34.5% on 2007. The sales growth across the 2008 series is 26% NSW, 78% Vic & 40% Interstate. Ticket growth is 27% NSW and 61% Vic. The most significant market increases from Game 2 were Channel 9 Man of the Match up 25% and 1st score type up 68%. In the two hours leading up to kick-off last night TAB Sportsbet customers invested just over $2m. The larger bets included $55,000 at 1.90 on Queensland -3.5 and 2x $50,000 at 1.65 on Queensland to win. Meanwhile, Lasseters have installed Queensland as a 1.55 favourite to win the 2009 State of Origin series following its third consecutive series victory last night at ANZ Stadium. “The Blues have lost their heart and soul in Danny Buderus, while the Maroons look to be creating a dynasty given their impressive young backline,” says Lasseters’ Gerard Daffy.
GENERAL TAB passes $1 Billion 15:45 Thursday 26 June	TAB Sportsbet today announced that it had achieved AUD$1 billion in annual sales across Australia for the first time. TABCORP operate TAB Sportsbet on behalf of all Australian TABs, offering Fixed odds sports betting products in more than 4,000 outlets across Australia, as well as through telephone and online betting. For the the biggest single events in 2007/08 and the most popular sports for TAB customers, see below. BIGGEST EVENTS BY SALES (2007/08): 2007 AFL Grand Final $8.4 million; 2007 Emirates Melbourne Cup (fixed odds) $7.1 million; 2007 NRL Grand Final $6.0 million; 2008 State of Origin – Game 1 $3.9 million. SPORTS BY SALES (2007/08 to June 16): Soccer $164.4 million; Rugby League $155.6 million; AFL $142.1 million; Cross Sport $122.7 million; Tennis $107.5 million; Thoroughbred Racing (fixed odds) $97.7 million; Basketball $73.1 million; Cricket $36.2 million; Rugby Union $25.7 million; Golf $17.9 million.

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