20th November 2008

RLWC 08

Are there any New Zealand punters out there? If there is they are certainly not betting with TAB Sportsbet as it has been impossible to write any bet of note for them in Saturday night's final.

Australia has been $1.14 into $1.11 for the match with a string of big bets taken for the Kangaroos.

Bets of $36000, $20000 (twice) and $11250 @ $1.14, $45000, $12500, $10000, $7500 and $5000 @ $1.13 as well as $50000 and $21000 @ $1.11 were taken this week.

It hasn't stopped there with bets of $10500 and $7500 @ $1.50 for Australia 13+, $17000 @ $1.60 for an Australian try as first scoring play along with $5000 @ $1.90 for Australia -18.5

On the other hand New Zealand are yet to attract a bet of more than $500 in any of the 9 markets open on the match.

CRICKET 1ST TEST

Despite gaining the upper hand early in Thursday's 1st session New Zealand have been hard to lay.

Bets on the Aussies include $40000 and $30000 @ $1.40 before drifting to as much as $1.47 as they slumped to 3/23 after an hour's play.

The Draw was specked with a bet of $5000 @ $4.25 with the largest bet on New Zealand being $500 @ $8 after they were priced at as much as $11 before play started then firmed into as short as $4 before drifting to $6.50 with Australia 3/60 at lunch.

One interesting bet taken on the series was $5000 @ $11 on a 1-1 result.

RUGBY UNION INTERNATIONALS

Punters have been quick to jump on the Wallaby bandwagon after their win over England last week. Bets of $30000 and $6500 were placed on Australia @ $1.85 for their match on Sunday against France.

One English stalwart has plonked $20000 @ $2.20 on the boys from the Old Dart for their match this weekend against South Africa ($1.60).

BIG MULTI WINNER

Champagne corks were popping big time when a TAB Sportsbet Soccer Multi player turned a little into a lot when their 4-leg Soccer Half/Full double Multi arrived. They took the Draw/Inter Milan in the match against Palermo, Bayern Munich/Draw against Moenchengladbach, Liverpool/Liverpool against Bolton and Fulham/Fulham against Tottenham.

The bet was $30, the odds were 1013/1 and the return was $30,418.

Yee ha!

13th November 2008

CRICKET

TAB Sportsbet customers have been keen to go straight into the Adam Gilchrist led All Stars for Friday night's 20/20 match against Australia.

First bet taken on the match was $5000 on the All Stars @ $2.80 which was quickly followed by another bet of $2000 at those odds.

Adam Gilchrist heads the most runs market for the All Stars at $4 while Matt Hayden is favourite for the Australia side at $4.50

Huge day of Cricket on Friday with One Day Internationals featuring India v England and Pakistan v West Indies will also be played.

RLWC08

Fiji has been listed as a $34 outsider to upset Australia in the RLWC semi final in Sydney on Sunday night. One intrepid fan plonked down $500 on the Fijians as soon as markets were posted.

Australia has been solidly backed  to win the match by 1-36 points and also 37-42 points in the winning margin market. Bets of $5000, $255 and $1500 @ $4.25 to win by 1-36 were taken as well as one bet of $4000 @ $5.50 on the 37-42 margin.

Favourite way is Australia to win by 61+ at $4 which means the line will be around +50 for the Fijian side.

Anthony Laffranchi has firmed as the leading Australian try scoring forward after a bet of $20,000 @ $1.65. The Gold Coast second rower has scored 2 tries with only Anthony Tupou (1) getting across the stripe.

Betting has been quiet on the New Zealand ($1.50) v England ($2.50) match which resulted in a 36-24 win to the Kiwis when the sides met last weekend.

EPL

A total of four matches have taken the fancy of TAB Sportsbet customers this weekend with the major concentration of money on the Tottenham v Fulham, Liverpool v Bolton, Chelsea v West Brom and Hull v Man City ones being the best supported.

Tottenham had a bet of $15000 @ $2.60 to defeat Fulham, Liverpool $2000 @ $1.62 v Bolton, Chelsea $20000 @ $1.33 to win the match as well as $10000 @ $1.80 on the Chelsea/Chelsea half/full double v West Brom and one customer isn't keen on goals flowing in the Hull v Man City match by placing $15000 @ $2.10 on the Under 2.5 goals option.

NFL

Still punters betting up on week 11 of the NFL. Bets of $25000 @ $1.80 on Seattle +3.5 v Arizona and $25000 @ $1.85 on Jacksonville +3.5 v Tennessee are the biggest taken for this week's matches.

NRL PREMIERSHIP

Easiest team to lay this week has been Warriors on the back of the news that Stacey Jones was on the comeback trail. One bet of $1500 @ $13 taken on Thursday.

All teams except Penrith have attracted at least a 3-figure total investment but the Panthers fans have seen fit to only part with $27 on their charges for 2009.

23rd October 2008

One lucky TAB Sportsbet customer will be buying the beers this weekend after turning a $100 investment into a $30,357 collect being successful with a 10-leg Multi.

His/her expertise concentrated on only 3 sports NBL, US College Football and English Football League (Div 1).

The NBL bets were South Dragons +5.5 v Melbourne and Cairns -12.5 v Gold Coast.

US College Football bets were Colorado v Kansas State, Louisiana Lafayette v Arkansas State, Texas v Missouri and Arizona v California.

EFL bets were Bristol City v Norwich, Cardiff v Charlton, Derby v Plymouth and Wolverhampton v Coventry.

All were successful.

RLWC 08

TAB Sportsbet only had to wait 10 mins to find out whether or not $1.03 was short enough for England in their match against PNG on Saturday night to open the RLWC 08 tournament.

That question was answered when a bet of $50,000 was placed quickly after markets were posted on the English side. Since that bet customers have been quite eager to take England 13+ in the margin market as well.

NFL

NFL continues to be the sport of choice for larger customers each week and this round is no exception.

Baltimore are the pin up side this week against Oakland with bets of $20000 @ $1.33 to win the match as well as $25000 @ $1.85 at the -6.5 point line.

Outsiders Detriot attracted a bet of $15000 @ $4.10 to upset Washington in their match on Monday morning while an astute customer has placed $30000 @ $1.90 on the total score being Over 41.5 in the Carolina v Arizona match on Monday.

GOLF

European Tour event this week is the Castello Masters and Sergio Garcia is all the rage to win at his home course, the Club de Campo del Mediterraneo in Castellon. Sergio has had bets of $7000 and $3000 placed on him @ $7 and its been hard to get money for others. Smaller bets of $1500 @ $51 on Steve Webster and $1000 @ $61 on David Howell are the only ones of note on other players in the field.

Top 5 betting has had money for Alexander Noren ($2500 @ $11), Steve Webster ($2000 @ $11), Jose Manuel Lara ($1000 @ $21) and Stephen Gallacher ($1000 @ $31).

USPGA Tour event is the Frys.com Open with Aussie Mark Hensby attracting a bet of $1000 @ $61. Once again Top-5 betting is very popular with bets of $2500 @ $11 on Brian Gay, $2500 @ $9 on Davis Love III,  $2000 @ $13 on both George McNeill and Brian Davis.

SPANISH LA LIGA

Best backed side this week is Barcelona against Almeria with a bet of $27000 @ $1.30

16th October 2008

MLB

WORLD SERIES

Philadelphia are on their way to the World Series for the first time since 1983 after defeating LA Dodgers 4-1 in the National League Championship Series. They will meet the winner of the American League Championship Series between Tampa Bay and Boston which enters the 5th match today.

Philadelphia attracted one bet of $50000 @ $3 midweek to take the 2008 World Series.

CRICKET

2nd test India v Australia

Hot on the heels of a draw in the 1st test in Bangalore TAB Sportsbet customers went straight into a similar result for the 2nd test starting Friday in Mahali. Bets of $20000 @ $2.25 and $11000 @ $2.30 on the draw have money running 4:1 in its favour over India and 14:1 compared with Australia. Biggest bet on India so far is $5000 @ $3 with the Aussies yet to attract a four figure wager.

NFL

Betting interest continues to be high for the NFL this season and week 7 matches are no different. Baltimore are popular against Miami with a bet of $25000 @ $1.78 on the Ravens +3.5. Denver had a bet of $10,000 @ $1.95 on them +3.5 v New England while Dallas were popular at the -6.5 v St Louis with abet of $17,5000 on them @ $1.85

SOCCER

WORLD CUP QUALIFIERS

Australia v Qatar

TAB Sportsbet reports that turnover on last night's match was very good. In excess of $700,000 was invested on the match with punters finishing well on top.

Australia touched $1.33 before kick-off with one bet of $30,000 taken on the Socceroos at those odds.

The 4-0 scoreline was the worst way despite the fact it ran a $15 chance so most thought a blowout was possible.

Tim Cahill's return to the national side was well received with the midfielderwell supported at $5.50 to score the first goal last night.

EPL

Glamour club Manchester United are all the rage this week when they meet West Brom at Old Trafford on Sunday.

Man U went up as $1.22 favourites and the short odds haven't stopped their supporters backing them. Bets of $53000, $52000, $19000 and $10000 wrer taken before they trimmed into $1.18