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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 |