UNiTAB Limited, part of the Tatts group of companies, now offers its own non-aligned fixed price race, sport and entertainment service known as ‘TattsBet’.

8th July 2010

AFL FUTURES

After the perfect opening month to their 2010 season the Brisbane Lions were on top of the ladder and had firmed from $26 to $7 to win this year’s Flag. At the same they were $1,001 to finish with the Wooden Spoon with the winless Tigers $4.25 to $1.25 favourites for the unwanted title. With just one win from their past ten and given little or no chance of upsetting St Kilda at home this weekend the Lion’s spoon price has tumbled from $1,001 right down to $17. Richmond with four wins in the past eleven weeks has eased to $5.00 and been displaced by the fading West Coast Eagles as $1.55 spoon favourites.  Biggest live bet on the Lions is $50 at $101.

AFL ROUND 15

Match of the round is undoubtedly Geelong and Hawthorn on Saturday afternoon. The Hawks opened $2.90 but were quickly out to $3.05 following confirmation inspirational Skipper Sam Mitchell will miss this assignment with a broken hand.

SOCCER WORLD CUP

With the Final and 3^rd place playoff to come TattsBet is on target to a record hold on a single sporting event. TattsBet’s previous record on a single sporting event was $13M returned on the 2006 World Cup.

Live bets of note on the World Cup Final include:

Netherlands $5,000 at $3 to collect $15,000

Netherlands $1,100 at $8.5 to collect $9,350

Netherlands $1,000 at $10 to collect $10,000

Spain $5,000 at $3 to collect $15,000

Biggest bet of note this week - Germany $40,000 at $2.60 to beat Spain at 90 mins in this morning’s SF (customer should have listened to Octopus Paul who tipped Spain to make it 6 from 6 this World Cup)

TRI NATIONS RUGBY

The Wallabies recent lack lustre form against visiting Northern Hemisphere teams has TattsBet punters betting around them winning this year’s Tri-Nations series. After opening $3.75 outsiders in the three way contest Australia has drifted to $6.50 with no takers.  The All Blacks and Springboks were posted $2.40 each of two but with slightly more money for the All Blacks than the Springboks in the last 24 hours NZ are set to start $2.10 pre-tournament favourites marginally in front of South Africa at $2.20. Biggest All Blacks bet has been $2,500 at $2.25.

NRL

The surging Panthers continue to firm up in premiership betting. After starting out at $26 Penrith firmed again after their courageous 4 point win over competition leader’s St George Illawarra on Monday night to be $5.00 with the Dragons easing from $2.90 to $3.15.

15th April 2010

U.S. MASTERS REVIEW

Tiger Woods return to the golf course in the U.S. Masters underpinned a 35% increase in betting interest on the tournament compared to 2009. Tiger attracted 26% of overall Championship bets with the ultimate winner Phil Michelson next most popular with 9%. While TattsBet offered as much as $5.50 about Tiger pre-tournament punters shouldn’t expect the same generous price to be available next year, barring unforeseen circumstances, based on Tiger’s opening price for next year’s tournament of $3.50. 2010 winner Phil Michelson is the only other player quoted under $10 at $7.50 for 2011 at this time.

HOOKERS TO THE FORE IN DALLY M

A couple of outstanding hookers dominate the latest TattsBet Dally M market. South Sydney’s Kiwi international Isaac Luke’s sensational form over the past three weeks has propelled him from $67 to $7 favourite in the space of a month to win this year’s Dally M award. After a sedate start to the season Luke has exploded in recent weeks to be instrumental in the Rabbitohs three game winning streak to have the Rabbitohs in 7^th position just one win out of the lead after five rounds. Fifty cents astern of Luke, at $7.50 down from $26, is Tiger’s rake Robbie Farrah, who like his South’s counterpart, has been key to the Tiger’s quick fire 4-1 start to the season.

In NRL round 6 betting news, despite the heralded return of several key Broncos players this weekend, including Israel Folau, TattsBet punters have given Brisbane a wide berth with money running 4:1 in favour of their opponents the Cronulla Sharks at $3.30.

AFL

It’s rare to report any significant betting interest in Melbourne, other than for the Wooden Spoon, but there’s been plenty this week for them to win their round 4 assignment with Richmond. Melbourne opened $1.55 against the winless Tigers but is down to $1.38 as a result of Richmond management standing down four players due to recent off field incidents. With 99% of money thus far for the Dees there’s a huge chance they will start even shorter than the $1.38 currently on offer.

Despite a 3-0 start to the season Nick Reiwoldt’s long term injury has forced a reassessment of St Kilda’s Flag chances. After being $4.25 last week and beating the Pies the Saints, now less Reiwoldt for several months minimum, are $4.50 with Geelong losing to Fremantle but firming from $4.50 to $4.00.

SUPER 14

The improving Queensland Reds continue to shorten in Championship betting after their 2-1 South African road trip. $151 chances just seven weeks ago the Reds are now down to $12 and threaten to go even shorter should they upset defending Super 14 Champion’s the Bulls in Brisbane on Saturday night. Head to head the Reds are $2.20 and Bulls $1.65.

SMALL RECREATIONAL PUNTER WINS BIG!

A $1 recreational AFL Tattsbet punter put together this gem of a multi bet at the glorious price of $1,273 and duly collected! 

8th April 2010

RABBITS TRULY ARE PUNTER’S BEST FRIEND

The Rabbitohs upset Monday night win over the Bulldogs by more than 13 points was well received by a couple of UNiTAB customers. One fixed price punter collected $55,000 for their $10,000 bet on Souths to win 13+ while the second is mighty glad they placed their Round 4 Pick The Margins (PTM) bet with UNiTAB rather than elsewhere after collecting $100,000 for their $12 outlay. By way of comparison PTM returned $65,000 interstate a whopping $35,000 less! Well done! Couple of nice pick-ups!

U.S. MASTERS

TattsBet is bracing itself for all time record betting interest in a golf tournament as a result of Tiger Wood’s return to the golf course in the U.S. Masters. Already TattsBet can report interest in this year’s Masters is 25% higher than recorded for the same tournament last year. While Tiger was cooling his heels betting interest in golf levelled out but his return has definitely heightened TattsBet punters interest in the game.

Generally speaking TattsBet punters have embraced Tiger’s return with 35% of Championship money for him with the next most popular player Phil Michelson attracting just 7% of the book. To date there hasn’t been any significant bets for Woods or anyone else for that matter just plenty of good solid rank and file interest in the event. With punters keen for plenty of novelty ways to bet for or against Tiger TattsBet has reacted by offering numerous options involving Tiger such as - to miss or make the cut, hits a hole in one, number of 1^st round birdies, 1^st hole score, lowest scoring round and finishing position. Contrary to the Championship support for Tiger there has been way more money for him to miss the cut rather than make it at $4.25 and for a finish of 21^st or worse at $3.25.

Woods hits a Hole in One?

Woods hits a Hole in One $41.00

Woods 1st Hole Score

Par (4) $1.50

Bogey (5) or Worse $3.50

Birdie (3) or Better $6.50

Woods 1st Rd Birdies

0 - 3 Birdies $1.67

4 - 5 Birdies $2.60

6 or more Birdies $8.00

Woods Lowest Scoring Round

3rd Round $2.75

Final Round $3.25

2nd Round $3.75

1st Round $4.50

Woods 1st Round Score

Over 71.5 Shots $1.67

Under 71.5 Shots $2.10

Woods Finishing Position

1st to 5th $2.25

21st or Worse $3.25

6th to 10th $4.50

11th to 20th $7.00

BROWNLOW MEDAL UPDATE

Could 2010 finally be the year a forward brings Charlie home? The early season form of Jonathan Brown and Nick Riewoldt suggest it could be, with both Captains potentially picking up 2 best on grounds already and moving down to 3^rd and 2^nd favourites respectively in the process.  Brown is down from $21 to $11 and Riewoldt $26 to $9. Gary Ablett remains the unchanged $6 favourite.

FOOTBALL – FA SEMI-FINALS

Its FA Cup semi finals time this weekend and Portsmouth will be hoping something finally goes right for them after what has been the season from hell, however the odds suggest the won’t be making the final. Portsmouth is currently $12 to beat Tottenham in their Semi Final, whilst in the other Semi Chelsea are $1.52 favourites to get past Aston Villa and advance to the final.

11th February 2010

AFL

The Brisbane Lions were initially posted $26 when TattsBet released it’s first 2010 Flag market the week after the 2009 AFL Grand Final. Fast forward to the eve of the pre-season and the Lions have attracted more than 30% of all Flag bets and as a consequence are down to the 6^th line of betting at $11 and threatening to start the season proper shorter should they perform well in the NAB Cup and line up for round 1 of the season fit and healthy. Biggest bet written against the Lions this week has been $4,000 at $13 while the biggest NAB Cup bet this week has been $1,500 on West Coast at $17.

NRL/AFL

Early futures punters have had a little dip at the Wests Tigers/Western Bulldogs premiership double at $90 to win $200k.

SUPER 14

The Reds may be given little hope of improving on near bottom of the table performances over the past few years by many rugby fans but TattsBet has recorded more bets on the Reds than any other Super 14 franchise to win the 2010 Championship forcing their price from $81 down to $61.  For week one the Reds have been afforded 4.5 start on the line for their home game against arch rivals the NSW Waratahs.

In other Super 14 news $3.75 championship favourites the Crusaders are the shortest price favourites for week one at $1.19 with their opponents the Otago Highlanders the chunkiest priced team at $4.40.

CRICKET

Australia has won just about everything they’ve contested this summer, including the coin toss, bar for the Sydney to Hobart yacht race. For one TattsBet customer however the Aussie’s turn of luck saw his $3,500 bet on the first ODI toss of the coin at $1.90 go west when the coin finished up the wrong way. 

THE GAMES

The 2010 Games in Vancouver start this weekend and with more than 5,500 athletes participating across 86 events in 15 different sports it is impossible not to be interested. Betting adds that extra dimension to watching the Games and lots of sports fans will be looking to place bets on this great spectacle, and TattsBet is your one stop betting shop for the Games.

One of the most anticipated events is Men’s Ice Hockey. As the games are held on Canadian soil there is sure to be a ton of excitement around hockey, Canada’s number one favorite pastime. This may be the last time we see great NHL players like Alexander Ovechkin and Sidney Crosby competing for Gold. The National Hockey League (NHL) is currently debating whether or not to allow their players to compete in future Games.

Men’s Ice Hockey Gold Medal Winner

Canada $1.80

Russia $3.00

Sweden $7.00

United States $9.50

Czech Republic $15.00

Finland $15.00

OTHERS $31 OR BETTER

AMERICAN FOOTBALL SUPER BOWL 45

Fancy a real early bet on next year’s Super Bowl? No sooner had this year’s Super Bowl been decided, TattsBet released its 2011 Super Bowl market with 2010 Super Bowl combatants the Saints and Colts $8 equal favourites for Super Bowl 45.  First bet recorded was $50 on the San Francisco 49er’s at $51.

2011 SUPERBOWL

Indianapolis  $8.00

New Orleans  $8.00

San Diego  $9.00

Dallas  $12.00

New England  $12.00

Green Bay  $15.00

Pittsburgh  $15.00

Minnesota  $17.00

Others $21 or better

4th February 2010

AUSTRALIAN TENNIS OPEN

TattsBet punters couldn’t get enough of Roger Federer even before he’d progressed to the final. His final price dropped from $1.72 to $1.65 after Andy Murray progressed to the final in the other half of the draw before beating Tsonga in Semi. After his semi win Federer was backed down from $1.65 to $1.42 and Murray got to $2.75 with minimal takers. More than $200k in bets were placed on Federer across various options just in the Final head to head book. Overall betting interest on this year’s Open of $3.2M was similar to last year. No massive bets among the $3.2M wagered with the biggest single winning bet recorded on Federer $10,000 at $3.50. In spite of both popular pre-tournament favourites winning TattsBet managed to finish just in front of punters this time round.    

AMERICAN FOOTBALL – SUPERBOWL XLIV

There are more than fifty (50) different betting options available on this year’s Super Bowl at TattsBet. Head to head money is running 2:1 in favour of the $1.46 favourites the Indianapolis Colts who started the season as $13 chances. Their Super Bowl opponents the New Orleans Saints are $2.65 down from a season high price of $26.

Colt’s quarterback Peyton Manning is $2.00 favourite to win MVP and its $1.95 a piece for the toss of the coin.

This year’s Super Bowl is expected to be a high scoring affair with the pre-game total match score of 56.5 the highest ever afforded by TattsBet in its ten year sports betting history. Previously, the highest total offered was 55.5 points. While the Colts and Saints are mad offensive teams it may pay to consider the humidity in South Florida even in Winter as the footballs used for the Super Bowl carry way more artwork than those used for the rest of season which could make handing more difficult.

AFL FLAG

Early TattsBet punters believe Collingwood can finally convert a good home and away season into a title this year. The travel shy Pies have attracted more than $3,000 in recent Flag bets enough for TattsBet price assessors to reassess their 2010 Flag price down from $15 to $13. Meanwhile the Brisbane Lions price remains unchanged, coincidentally on the same line of Flag betting as the Pies, at $13 down from a pre-draft high of $26 in spite of AFL legend Kevin Sheedy’s advice in Wednesday’s Courier Mail for punters to get on the Lions now!   

SUPER 14

There’s just over a week to the start of the Super 14 season and the Lions have been posted $2.80 favourites for the Wooden Spoon. Another South African team, the Cheetahs follow at $4.00 with expectations of a finish higher than previous seasons for the Queensland Reds highly unlikely and consequently their $4.50 price.

Super 14 2010 Wooden Spoon

Lions $2.80

Cheetahs $4.00

Queensland Reds $4.50

Highlanders $6.50

Western Force $7.00

Stormers $23.00

NSW Waratahs $26.00

Blues $29.00

OTHERS $41 OR BETTER 

29th January 2010

UNiTAB Limited, part of the Tatts group of companies, is Australia’s premier online race and sports betting provider. From Monday 1st February UNiTAB will launch a new race and sports betting web site located at UNiTAB.com.

Any existing bookmarks involving TABonline.com.au from 1st February will automatically be redirected to UNiTAB.com. The new website has been redesigned to better meet the changing needs of UNiTAB account customers and provides enhanced access to all the race and sport information punters require to make an informed bet. A clearer structure, simplified navigation plus an improved look and feel make betting with UNiTAB easier than ever before.

The following enhancements coincide with the introduction of UNiTAB.com:

1. All-up fixed price horse and greyhound race bets extended from two (2) to ten (10) legs;

2. Minimum $1 single bet;

3. Introduction of All-up fixed price horse, greyhound and sport parlay betting;

and 4. Enhanced price displays to make it easier to compare tote and fixed prices.

For existing UNiTAB account customers its business as usual, there’s no need to do anything to continue to access good value fixed prices on all Australian thoroughbred racing, a wide variety of great sporting options and live in event betting on all your favourite sports. For punters wishing to take advantage of this exciting new service bookmark UNiTAB.com from 1st February!

28th January 2010

TENNIS - AUSTRALIAN OPEN

Lleyton Hewitt’s 3^rd round 1^st set routing of Marcos Baghdatis 6-0 wasn’t a total shock to a couple of TattsBet punters. Both won a cool $6,000 after placing $50 on Hewitt to win the 1^st set 6-0 at $121. In futures news more than $10,000 in Championship Double bets on the Federer/S Williams at the juicy odds of $7 remain in play after both top seeds moved through to the final four of the Open. In other Open betting news of note:

• Rafael Nadal’s quarter final retirement to Andy Murray was timely for match punters but not for TattsBet with heaps of certain losing match bets on Rafa refunded when the world no. 2 pulled the plug when within sight of elimination; &

• In play punters who jumped aboard Victoria Azarenka during her quarter final match against Serena Williams when leading a set and 4-0 at $1.05 would be licking their wounds after the Belarussian choked in 3 sets. Pre-game price highs were Williams $1.30 and Azarenka $4.20. Serena got to $9.30 when Azarenka’s price dropped to $1.05.

AFL - NAB CUP

One in every three early AFL pre-season competition bets on the NAB Cup to date has been for Adelaide at $8.00. An interesting sidelight this year is Sydney, who historically has been easy beats at this time of the year, declaring their hand saying they will be taking a full strength squad into their first match. As a consequence the Swans are $15.00 to win the NAB Cup compared to previous pre-seasons when their price was infinitely longer.

NAB CUP

Geelong $5.25

St Kilda $5.50

Adelaide $8.00

Western Bulldogs $8.00

Hawthorn $11.00

Collingwood $13.00

Brisbane $15.00

Carlton $15.00

Sydney $15.00

Others $17 or better  

RUGBY - SUPER 14

The Super 14 Championship kicks off a fortnight tomorrow and the Queensland Reds appear set for yet another season anchored to the bottom of the Super 14 ladder if latest TattsBet’s markets are any guide. The Red’s past four Super 14 campaigns have returned bottom four placings of 12^th, 14^th, 12^th and 13^th and with their back line gutted by the loss of key playmaker Berrick Barnes to arch rivals the New South Wales the Reds chances of winning the Championship ($61), finishing Top 4 ($11) or finishing top Australian team ($17) appear remote at best. 

TOP AUSTRALIAN TEAM

ACT Brumbies $1.55

NSW Waratahs $2.70

Western Force $15.00

Queensland Reds $17.00

21st January 2010

TWENTY/20 CRICKET HEADS OR TAILS?

The Victorian Bushrangers have made it to the final of the increasingly popular Twenty/20 Big Bash against South Australia at Adelaide Oval in spite of not winning a toss in 6 competition attempts to date.  With regular captain Cameron White required for Australian one day duty and Murphy’s Law suggesting they’re overdue for a change of luck on Saturday night punters might like to consider taking a piece of the $1.90 on offer about the Bushrangers cracking it for their maiden Twenty/20 coin toss win with TattsBet.

AUSTRALIAN TENNIS OPEN

Despite an unconvincing 1st round win World no. 1 Roger Federer remains clear cut TattsBet favourite for the Australian Open. Almost 50% of TattsBet’s Men’s Championship bets, including $10,000 at $3.40 and $6,000 at $3.50, have been for Federer necessitating a price change from $3.50 to $3.25 in the last 48 hours. To put Federer’s popularity into perspective, Rafal Nadal is the next most popular player with 10% of bets. 2009 U.S. Open champion Juan Del Potro has also attracted a little interest including one bet of $2,000 at $8.00. Meanwhile in the women's section favouritism continues to fluctuate between Serena Williams and Kim Clijsters with Justine Henin closing to less than one dollar behind on the third line of betting.

MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL

Major League Baseball consists of 30 teams who play a minimum 162 games per season. Baseball offers punters heaps of opportunities during the course of a season. Not surprisingly reigning World Series champions the New York Yankees have been posted $4.00 favourites by TattsBet for the 2010 season.

Season winner

NY Yankees $4.00

Boston Red Sox $7.00

Philadelphia Phillies $7.00

LA Dodgers $13.00

LA Angels $15.00

St. Louis Cardinals $15.00

Colorado Rockies $17.00

San Francisco Giants $17.00

Others $21 or better

A LEAGUE SOCCER

A Brisbane loss to North Queensland at Dairy Farmers Stadium this weekend will almost hand the Roar second favouritism for the Wooden Spoon when prices are reassessed by TattsBet price assessors next week. The Roar’s post-Christmas form is terrible and in the unlikely event Adelaide upsets Melbourne there is likely to be little between the Roar and Reds in price this time next week.

Wooden Spoon

Adelaide $1.90

North Queensland $3.25

Brisbane $6.00

Central Coast $8.00

Perth $41.00

14th January 2010

TENNIS

Eleven times Grand Slam champion Serena Williams is now $1.58 to win the Sydney Medibank International down from $1.90 earlier in the week after comfortably progressing to the semi-finals in a straight sets win over Vera Dushevina yesterday. Biggest bet at $1.90 is $8,000. In Australian Open news Nikolay Davydenko’s rich vain of early 2010 form has seen his Australian open price shift down from $21 down to $9, while Kim Clijsters hard fought third set win over Justine Henin in Brisbane recently has trimmed her Open price from $6 to $4.

TEST CRICKET

Not for the first time this summer, Australia enters today’s 3^rd Test in Hobart as winners for TattsBet. 60% of pre-game recorded so far have been for Pakistan or the draw with 40% for Australia. As a result Australia is now $1.75 out from an opening gambit of $1.67. While the growing popularity of live betting is also resulting in a shift in the proportion of betting activity from pre-event to in-event, particularly so in the case of cricket, unlike many previous Summers, the Aussies have been a winning proposition for TattsBet to date this time round.  

CANADA ODDS ON TO BREAK THE CURSE!

Ice Hockey is the blue riband event of the Games and the Olympic equivalent of Soccer’s World Cup. Unbelievably Canada has never won a gold medal in any sport while hosting an Olympics, in either the Calgary Games of 1988 or the Montreal Games of 1976, but TattsBet has installed Team Canada $1.80 to break the curse and win the gold medal in Vancouver next month.

Men’s Ice Hockey Gold Medal Winner

Canada $1.80

Russia $3.00

Sweden $7.00

United States $9.50

OTHERS $15 OR BETTER

NRL PREMIERSHIP UPDATE

The TattsBet punter who placed $2,000 on last year’s Wooden Spooners at $26 is hoping the 2010 Roosters do a Bulldogs this year and go from the cellar dwellers to premiership contenders under new Coach Brian Smith within the space of a season.  In other NRL futures betting news, Justin Hodges is a crucial component of the Broncos and his untimely pre-season Achilles tendon injury has seen the Broncos ease $2 from $13 to $15 to take the 2010 title. At $15 the Broncos are the highest price ever for a premiership pre-season with UNiTAB.   

NRL PREMIERSHIP

Parramata Eels $6.00

Melbourne Storm $6.50

Bulldogs $7.50

St George Illawarra Dragons $9.00

Manly Sea Eagles $10.00

Gold Coast Titans $13.00

Wests Tigers $13.00

South Sydney Rabbitohs $14.00

Brisbane Broncos $15.00

OTHERS $21 OR BETTER

7th January 2010

AFL WOODEN SPOON

With almost 90% of early betting activity for Richmond, including one bet of $5,000 at $4.25, sheer weight of money has forced the Tigers price down to $3.75 displacing Melbourne $4.00 as TattsBet favourites for the the 2010 Wooden Spoon.    

Spoon bets of note in the last 7 days include - $5,000 on Richmond at $4.25 & $1,000 on Richmond at $3.75.

AMERICAN FOOTBALL (POST SEASON - WILDCARD WEEKEND)

Its week 1 of NFL’s post-season better known as Wildcard weekend!  The top 2 seeds in both the NFC and AFC have the luxury of the week off but in the case of New Orleans Saints their late season 3 game losing fade out suggests they may struggle to get past their NFL divisional game next week. The Saints will host one of three NFC teams, depending on the outcome of this weekend’s Wild Card games. Possible opponents for the Saints include, NFC West champion Arizona, or either of the two NFC Wild card teams Green Bay or Philadelphia. The Saints will host the lowest remaining seeded team in the NFC. As a consequence of the Saints late season capitulation TattsBet has reassessed the one time $3.75 Super Bowl favourites to $4.75 equal second favourites along with the white hot San Diego Chargers winners of 11 straight. The Chargers down from $11.00 less than a month ago have the recent number of the reigning $4.00 Super Bowl favourites the Indianapolis Colts winning 3 of their last 4 encounters.  The Dallas Cowboys courtesy of an impressive late season winning surge have been the biggest price movers shifting from $34.00 to $9.00 in the last month.

CRICKET

Punters love watching and having a punt on 20/20 cricket with individual matches attracting heaps more betting interest than their traditional 1 or 4 day domestic counterparts. It’s nothing for punters to bet $50k+ or 500% more on a 20/20 game than they would on either a Ford Ranger Cup or Sheffield Shield game. TattsBet offers live in the game betting on all domestic 20/20 games on 13 19 35. The unbeaten Bushrangers and Redbacks who play tonight head the latest TattsBet Winner market below.

T20 Big Bash Winner

Victoria Bushrangers $2.65

South Aust Redbacks $3.25

Tasmania Tigers $6.00

NSW Blues $8.00

Western Aust Warriors $8.00

Queensland Bulls $15.00

TEST 2 REVIEW 

After opening $1.70 as much as $11 was readily available about Australia’s chances of winning the 2^nd Test at TattsBet yesterday afternoon when Pakistan was cruising at no wicket down in their pursuit of just 175 runs.   

$13,000 Pakistan at $1.19

$7,000 Pakistan at $1.35

MAGIC MILLIONS

Post barrier draw market movers of note Inc; 2YO Spirit Of Boom $7.50 to $5.50 & Military Rose $7.00 to $5.00. 3YO Shoot Out $5.00 to $4.80.

3YO - $2,000 on Choistar at $12

3YO - $500 each way on Moonlight Hussey at $151

31st December 2009

GOLF – 2010 U.S. PGA TOUR

Right now it’s anyone’s guess if and when world no. 1 Tiger Woods will return to golf. While it’s highly unlikely he’ll miss a major, TattsBet has moved to open a 2010 PGA Tour Money list and 2010 Masters Market without Woods. In Tiger’s absence current world no. 2 Phil Mickelson has been installed $5.50 favourite for Augusta 2010 and $2.50 favourite to accumulate the most money on the 2010 U.S. PGA Tour. Geoff Ogilvy is the shortest priced Aussie for both events at $19 and $23 respectively. Go to www.TABonline.com.au for a full list of Masters and Money List prices.

2010 U.S. Masters (no Woods)

Mickelson $5.50 Harrington $13.00 McIlroy $15.00 Westwood $17.00 Goosen $19.00 Ogilvy $19.00 Others $23 or better

2010 U.S. PGA Tour Money List (no Woods)

Mickelson $2.50 Stricker $8.00 Furyk $12.00 Johnson $19.00 Others $21 or better

AMERICAN FOOTBALL – NFL

Having secured their post-season participation by way of 14 straight wins, the Indianapolis Colts 29-15 loss to the Jets last weekend, after resting a quartet of key players in the 2nd half is a clear indication where their focus is at right now. For the Colts a perfect season would have been a nice bonus but now it’s all about being healthy for the run to the Super Bowl. Despite an impressive NFL record regular season record of 23 consecutive wins the Colts were booed from Lucas Oil Stadium by their fans after dropping their first game this season in what surely must be a first for a team with such an imposing record. This week the $3.75 TattsBet Super Bowl favourites travel to Ralph Wilson Stadium in Buffalo to tackle the woeful Bills in their final regular season appearance. With a perfect season no longer achievable will the Colts rest key players or will they go for regular season win no. 15 with their best compliment of players before having a week off in the divisional round of the post-season?

While the NFC playoff picture is pretty much resolved with only positioning to be settled, the AFC picture is still far from set so strap yourself in for a hectic final regular season week of American Football.

Super Bowl XLIV

Colts $3.75 Saints $4.00 Chargers $5.00 (down from $13 at the start of December) Patriots $9.00 Eagles $9.00 Vikings $11.00 Cowboys $13.00 Cardinals $17.00 Others $21 or better

2010 NRL TOP 8

TattsBet believe the Gold Coast Titans are again shaping as a better chance of finishing Top 8 than winning the 2010 NRL premiership. The Titans are $15 to win next year’s premiership, $2 longer than the Broncos and Rabbitohs, yet shorter than both those teams to finish Top 8 at the end of the regular home and away series. This year the Titans were bundled out of the final series in straight sets and with high profile off season recruitment pretty much limited to Greg Bird, key players either approaching or over 30 the jury is out on whether the Gold Coast can improve sufficiently on this year’s performance at the business end of next year’s competition to win the holy grail.

Top 8

Parramata Eels $1.25 Bulldogs $1.33 Melbourne Storm $1.36 St George Illawarra Dragons $1.40 Gold Coast Titans $1.45 Manly Sea Eagles $1.53 Brisbane Broncos $1.75 Wests Tigers $1.75 South Sydney Rabbitohs $1.80 Penrith Panthers $2.15 Newcastle Knights $2.35 North Queensland Cowboys $2.35 Sydney Roosters $2.50 Canberra Raiders $2.75 Cronulla Sharks $3.00 New Zealand Warriors $3.00

18th December 2009

NO MYSTERY!  

TABs are awash with fascinating stories about small punters who win big not necessarily by following the form and in some cases by ignoring it altogether. UNiTAB offers a variety of mystery bets year round and last Saturday one UNiTAB customer was lucky enough to scoop $77,879.20 for his $9 bet (9 x $1 Mystery First4 bets) on race 8 the big jackpot First4 race at Eagle Farm. Nice timing with Xmas just round the corner!

AMERICAN FOOTBALL

Betting interest on the NFL continues to grow with this season’s betting activity more than 50% higher compared to the same number of games last year. For the Indianapolis Colts and New Orleans Saints the pursuit of a perfect season continues for another week. Will the Colts and Saints aspire to finish 16-0 rather than trying to stay as healthy as possible for the playoffs? After starting the season at $13, the Colts are now $3.75 favourites with the Saints $4.00 down from a season high $26.00. The 2007 New England Patriots would have gladly traded their perfect regular season for a Championship Ring in light of their stunning loss to the New York Giants in Super Bowl XLII.

CRICKET – 3^RD TEST AUSTRALIA-WEST INDIES

One TattsBet punter is sweating on Ricky Ponting overcoming an elbow injury and returning to the crease in the 1^st innings of the 3^rd Test in Perth today to improve on his 23 runs after placing $4,800 on him to score more than 45.5 runs at $1.90 in his first dig. In stark contrast to the first two tests pre-test money for this test was running 4:1 in favour of the WI.

SUPER 14

There’s less than two months to the start of the 2010 Super 14 Championship and TattsBet has a market up for the 2010 winner. The new look Brumbies squad which contains thirteen players on ARU contracts up from nine in 2009, is shaping as Australia’s best chance of winning next year’s title with the embattled Queensland Reds again set to be anchored to the bottom of the 2010 ladder for yet another season following the defection of star playmaker Berrick Barnes to the Waratahs.

10th December 2009

MULTI PUNTER HITS CHAMPIONS LEAGUE JACKPOT

A Tattsbet retail punter has landed a monster Multi from this week’s Champions League matches the astute punter combinded the below listed Multis for a return of $68055 !! FC Porto to defeat Atletico Madrid CSKA Moscow to defeat Besiktas Bordeaux to defeat Maccabi Haifa Real Madrid to defeat Marseile Manchester United to defeat Wolfsburg Price of 273.85 - $200 bet for a payout of $54,770

Same client then placed a treble Bordeaux to defeat Maccabi Haifa Real Madrid to defeat Marseille Manchester United to defeat Wolfsburg Price of 22.14 - $600 bet for a payout of $13,285

GOLF – PGA CHAMPIONSHIP

Gold Coast native Adam Scott represents one of our worst results in this week’s Australian PGA Championship. Our first bet taken on Tuesday morning when the market was opened was on Scott as the $7.50 favourite. A winner last week in South Africa, Robert Allenby has also had his share of support at $9, with Geoff Ogilvy ($10), Stuart Appleby ($15) and Nick O’Hern ($17) rounding out the top five in betting. One-time wild boy John Daly, infamous for throwing his putter into the lake at Coolum’s 18^th hole, is practically friendless this week at $67.

CRICKET – 2^ND TEST

Punters got the better of Tattsbet in the second Test with over half of all monies invested on the match coming through the draw option. Our last bet taken on the match was $560 on the draw at 1.05. The punter had few concerns before collecting a $28 profit for 25 minutes work.

WORLD CUP

Tattsbet have posted up group and selected match markets for next year’s World Cup following last week’s draw ceremony. Australia are the $7 outsiders to win Group D. Germany are narrowly in the red figures at $1.85, while Serbia ($4) and Ghana ($5) are theoretically fighting it out for second favourite. In match betting, the first bet we wrote was from a retail client who put $50 on Australia upsetting the fancied Germany in the opening match at $6.

CHAMPION’S LEAGUE SOCCER

Following last week’s $15,000 gamble on favourites Chelsea, another retail client this week chimed in with $9,000 on second favourites Barcelona at $4.75 (now $4.25). Tattsbet will be looking for some upsets in this league.

TENNIS – BRISBANE INTERNATIONAL

Tattsbet are the first bookmaker in the world to post a winner market for January’s ATP Brisbane International. Andy Roddick is scheduled to return from injury at the Tennyson tournament but we still made the big-serving American a $2.75 favourite. Exciting Frenchman Gael Monfils is on the second line of betting at $4.50 with defending champion Radek Stepanek at $6.00. For followers of local talent, the only confirmed Australian player in the field, Peter Luczak is at $101.

3rd December 2009

A LEAGUE SOCCER CHAMPIONSHIP

$4,000 on Central Coast Mariners at $13

CHAMPIONS LEAGUE SOCCER

$15,000 on Chelsea at an average price of $4.50 (now $4.00)

CRICKET T2 AUSTRALIA-WI

$2,000 on Australia at $1.22

• TattsBet customers can now bet on who wins the toss. For Test 2 its $1.90 each of 2; &

• T2 result betting activity running Aust 65%, Draw 21%, WI 14%

BOXING REVIEW GREEN-JONES JR

Record UNiTAB hold on a boxing match. Less than 1% of the exact result book was bet on Green at $81 winning in round 1. A completely different outcome was experienced head to head with plenty of winning punters. Green was backed down from $3.25 to $3.00 in the 48 hours leading into last night’s fight.