The football world cup is back in the news again, but no, it’s not The World Cup. I know the women and under 17 players would object – to them it is THE World Cup. In Germany, the women are going into battle for the Women’s Football World Cup while in Mexico the best under [...]
Tag Archive: World Cup football
Latest Betting Odds For World Cup Host Announcements
Friday will be crunch time for those nations bidding to host the World Cup in 2018 and 2022. Current betting odds suggests the race is tight for both events with recent media stories causing concern. The English Panorama series has aired a controversial episode where they have claimed several members of the selection panel were involved [...]
Online Bookmakers Predicting European World Cup Final
The football World Cup finals are rapidly approaching and online bookmakers have installed Spain as firm favourites ahead of Germany and Holland with the only non-European team, Uruguay, unwanted in betting. It will be interesting to see who comes out of the Spain – Germany match, almost a final in itself.
Spain are 2/1 to win [...]
Betting Exchanges Busy As Punters Tip Early European Exits
Loyalty counts for little when it comes to online gambling with punters heading to the betting exchanges to bet against the Europeans in the World Cup finals in South Africa. First it was the French and they duly exited – with little grace it seems. Denmark and England have been heavily supported to exit today [...]
10 Man Brazil Firm In Betting Odds
Brazil may have been reduced to 10 men in the final quarter of their World Cup clash with Ivory Coast but they still managed a 3-1 win and will now move through to the final 16. Bookmakers reacted by firming their betting odds to 17/4 and favourite marginally ahead of Argentina (9/2) and Spain (11/2). [...]
Online Casinos For The Non Sporting Minded
If you pick up a newspaper this week you would be excused for thinking the world had come to an end and the only thing left of importance was the sport of football. Okay, so it’s the biggest sporting event in world history, but we are not all sports mad, or sports minded for that [...]
World Cup Action Hot On The Betting Exchanges
Betting exchanges are one of the fastest growing fads when it comes to online betting and the betting frenzy surrounding the World Cup has also hit the betting exchanges. There were plenty of punters that walked away with happy faces after backing against France winning their opening match. There were others that took the same [...]
The Dangers Of Spread Betting
Spread betting is a little like lottery betting since it involves a little guesswork and a lot of luck. There are times when you can win big; there are also times when you can lose big; and for the unwary or uneducated, that can be one of the real dangers. It must be remembered that [...]
Online Bookmakers Like The Look Of Argentina
Argentina are the latest World Cup team to impress online bookmakers following a five star performance against Canada overnight. While Canada are by no means world beaters, it was the clinical approach that caught the eye of most sports writers and online bookmakers were quick to react, dropping the South Americans’ price to 13/2, just [...]