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Greatest World Cup Winning Result Ever For Bookies

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Bookies celebrate best winning World Cup game ever as:
PUNTER LOSES BIGGEST WORLD CUP BET OF ALL

A WILLIAM HILL telephone betting customer who staked a record 500,000 euros on Germany to beat Spain has lost his wager – the largest World Cup bet ever. ‘Not only did the 500,000 euro bet lose, but so did the 100,000 and 80,000 euro bets on Germany to win the tournament, and another 75,000 euro wager on them to get past Spain’ said Hill’s spokesman Graham Sharpe, ‘Even though we have clients with £25,000 and £10,000 on Spain to win the World Cup we will be going into the Final celebrating the fact that Germany aren’t there. Germany losing that game made a difference of around £5million to us – it was almost certainly our best World Cup result ever. Now we’d like the Dutch to round off a fantastic tournament for us by beating Spain’ .

EVENS PAUL THE OCTOPUS TO PICK WORLD CUP WINNERS!

AND WILLIAM HILL ARE NOW OFFERING ODDS OF EVEN MONEY THAT PAUL THE OCTOPUS WILL TIP THE WINNERS OF THE WORLD CUP AFTER HIS LATEST TRIUMPH IN SELECTING SPAIN TO BEAT GERMANY. ‘Punters are keen to keep on the right side of Paul’s tips, so we are giving them the chance to bet that he’ll pick the winner BEFORE they even know which side he has opted for’ said William Hill spokesman Graham Sharpe.

WILLIAM HILL now make Spain 8/15 favourites to win the World Cup, with Holland offered at 6/4.
Hills make Spain Evens to win in 90m with Holland 12/5 and the draw 2/1.
DAVID VILLA is 8/11 to end up as World Cup top scorer with Hills who also offer 5/2 Sneijder; 4 Klose; 14 Muller; 16 Forlan.

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Germany – Spain Semi Final Specials

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WILLIAM HILL ; WORLD CUP SEMI-FINAL SPECIALS

GERMANS BACKED TO CAUSE PAIN IN SPAIN

WILLIAM HILL cut their odds about Germany eliminating Spain after heavy backing for them, including a single bet of 75,000 euros to do so at odds of Even money, which they have now shortened to 10/11.

GERMANY are William Hill’s least favoured winners of the World Cup. ‘We have a couple of hefty bets on the Germans – an 80,000 euros at 14/1 (which would win 1,120,000 euros); and another of 100,000 euros at 13/2 (which potentially wins 650,000 euros) – which mean that we’d rather see anyone else winning .’ said Hill’s spokesman Graham Sharpe.

The biggest bet Hills have taken for Spain to win the World Cup is £10,000 at odds of 7/2 (potentially winning £35,000) in a Nottinghamshire betting shop.

EURO 2008 repeat

33-1 Fernando Torres to score first and Spain to win 1-0

Klose v Villa – Goalscorer Match Bet – Excludes extra-time and penalty shoot-out: 7-2 Miroslav Klose, 4-5 Tie, 15-8 David Villa

Coupled Scorer Match Bet – Excludes extra-time and penalty shoot-outs: 12-5 Miroslav Klose & Lukas Podolski, 5-4 Tie, 8-5 David Villa & Fernando Torres

Miroslav Klose – Specials: 6-4 Score Anytime Inc. ET, 2-1 To Be Booked, 7-1 Score 2 Or More Inc. ET, 33-1 To Be Sent Off, 6-1 To Score From Outside The Box, 5-1 To Hit The Woodwork, 4-5 To Be Substituted, 5-1 To Score With A Header, 12-1 To Win A Penalty, 10-1 To Score In Both Halves, 11-2 To Score Only In 1st Half, 5-1 To Score Only In 2nd Half

David Villa – Specials: 4-6 Score Anytime Inc. ET, 9-4 To Be Booked, 3-1 Score 2 Or More Inc. ET, 33-1 To Be Sent Off, 4-1 To Score From Outside The Box, 4-1 To Hit The Woodwork, 11-10 To Be Substituted, 5-1 To Score With A Header, 10-1 To Win A Penalty, 5-1 To Score In Both Halves, 11-4 To Score Only In 1st Half, 5-2 To Score Only In 2nd Half

Who will pay the penalty ?

12-1 Xabi Alonso To Miss A Penalty (including penalty shoot-out)

12-1 Lukas Podolski To Miss A Penalty (including penalty shoot-out

SEMI….4/5 SPAIN V 10/11 GERMANY…….

90M…..19/10 Germany….21/10 draw……6/4 Spain…to win in e-t 9/1 Germany; 17/2 Spain…MATCH TO GO TO PENALTY SHOOT-OUT – 9/2…………..win in pen shoot-out 10/1 Germany;11 Spain

**KLOSE who has scored 14 World Cup goals, all from inside the box, half of them with headers, is now level with Gerd Muller as top German World Cup scorer; one behind Ronaldo as all-time World Cup scorer. Hills make him 5/1 to score with a header v Spain (90m play); 7/1 to score from outside the box v Spain (90mplay); 1/3 to go past Muller during this tournament; 5/2 to go past Ronaldo during this tournament.

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66/1 2-1 Double Dutch…..7/2 Cole Out

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7/2 COLE OUT

WILLIAM Hill offer 7/2 that Ashley Cole will NOT start for England in their forthcoming friendly against Hungary following latest tabloid revelations – and Hills have pushed his Sports Personality of the Year odds out to 500/1, the longest price ever quoted for an England football international. ‘Ashley is hardly likely to win many popularity contests in England at the moment and Fabio may decide to take him out of the firing line for the friendly’ said Hill’s spokesman Graham Sharpe.

Ashley Cole to start for England in the friendly v Hungary: 1/6 Yes 7/2 No

Ashley Cole to still be a Chelsea player on 1 September 2010(Loan deals count as leaving): ‘11/4 No 1/4 Yes

2-1 HOLLAND TO WIN WORLD CUP; HOLLAND 66/1 TO WIN WORLD CUP 2-1,2-1!!

HOLLAND have won their last three World Cup games, and William Hill now make the World Cup 2/1 shots 66/1to win both the semi final and final 2-1(including e-t, but not pen shoot-outs).
Hills also offer 10/3 that Holland will win both the semi final and final in 90 minutes play to complete a perfect record of seven straight 90 minutes play wins in the tournament.

Holland to win both of their 2 remaining games in 90 minutes: 10/3

Holland to win both of their 2 remaining games 2-1 in 90m play/e-t.: 66/1.

COME ON ANYONE BUT GERMANY!

GERMANY are William Hill’s least favoured winners of the World Cup. ‘We have a couple of hefty bets on the Germans – an 80,000 euros at 14/1; and another of 100,000 euros at 13/2 – which mean that we’d rather see any of the other three winning .’ said Hill’s spokesman Graham Sharpe. ‘Uruguay would be our preferred outcome, followed by Spain and Holland in that order’

SPAIN REGAIN WORLD CUP FAVOURITISM

HAVING been displaced at different times by Brazil, Argentina, Holland and Germany, Euro champions Spain have regained favouritism for the World Cup with William Hill, who quote them at 15/8 to lift the trophy.
Hills make Holland 2/1 joint second favourites with Germany, and make Uruguay the 12/1 outsiders.’Punters have deserted Spain in the outright market recently and they are currently a very good winner for us, whereas a Germany victory would prove costly’ said Hill’s spokesman Graham Sharpe.

HILLS…TO PROGRESS…8/11 Spain v Evens Germany (90m – 19/10 Germany; 21/10 draw; 6/4 Spain)
12/5 Uruguay v 3/10 Germany (90m – 11/2 Uruguay; 12/5 draw; 8/13 Holland)

HILLS…FINALISTS…6/4 Spain-Holland; 13/8 Germany-Holland; 5/1 Spain-Uruguay; 11/2 Germany-Uruguay.

HILL…Top Goalscorer
4/9 David Villa – Spain
7/2 Miroslav Klose – Ger.
9/1 Wesley Sneijder – Holland
16/1 Thomas Muller – Germany
16/1 Diego Forlan – Uruguay
80/1 Lukas Podolski – Germany
80/1 Luis Suarez – Uruguay
100/1 Robin van Persie – Holland
125/1 Mesut Ozil – Germany
150/1 Fernando Torres – Spain
150/1 Dirk Kuyt – Holland

Hills……
Howard Webb to referee the World Cup Final: 11/8

Howard Webb to ref the world cup final between Germany and Holland and award a penalty in the first minute of the match: 150/1

Howard Webb to ref the world cup final between Germany and Holland and award 2 penalities during the 90 minutes: 40/1

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City 5/4 To Outdo United

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YOU BET CITY CAN OUTDO UNITED THIS SEASON….

WITH MANCHESTER CITY already flexing their financial muscle, William Hill make them 8/13 to finish in the top four next season and 6/5 not to – while they are just 5/1 to win the Premier League title. ‘City never looked like winning the title last season, but punters are already taking note of their early spending spree and we are now starting to see support coming in for them – we took 86 internet title bets for City, and a Manchester shop bet of £300 after the news of Yaya Toure’s signing was released’ said Hill’s spokesman Graham Sharpe. ‘They are 5/1 third favourites at the moment and it is not impossible that they could overtake second favourites United if they keep on spending’

Hills make City 5/4 to finish above bitter rivals United, who are 4/7 to do vice versa, this season.

William Hill; Premier League title…..6/4 Chelsea; 12/5 Man U; 5/1 Man C; 13/2 Arsenal; 14 Liverpool ; 25 Spurs

Hills….Man City Multiples

No Trophies 1/3

FA Cup & Carling Cup 25/1

Premier League & Carling Cup 25/1

Premier League & FA Cup 25/1

FA Cup & Europa League 40/1

Carling Cup & Europa League 40/1

Premier League & Europa League 40/1

Premier League, FA Cup & Carling Cup 125/1

Carling Cup, FA Cup & Europa League 200/1

Premier League, Carling Cup & Europa League 200/1

Premier League, FA Cup & Europa League 200/1

Premier League, FA Cup, Carling Cup & Europa League 500/1

Others

Man City to win Premier League 5/1

Man City to win FA Cup 6/1

Man City to win Carling Cup 6/1

Man City to win Europa League 10/1

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You Bet: Ashley Cole Is The Most Hated Man In Britain

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Bookies William Hill have been inundated with requests from punters looking to place novelty bets on England’s fallen idols. Perhaps the biggest figure of fun is Ashley Cole who is quoted as 1/3 to be the most hated man in Britain. Blundering keeper Rob Green does not escape the jibes with Hills quoting him as 1000/1 to be the spokesman for BP’s spill, given his previous form.

“First he laughs at £55,000 a week, then he cheats on a national treasure and now he texts that he hates England and English people. There can be little doubt that Ashley Cole is trying his best to scoop the award of most hated man in the country and the sooner he emigrates the better!” said Hill’s spokesman Joe Crilly.

William Hill Specials

Ashley ‘I hate England’ Cole Specials

1-3 Ashley Cole to be voted Britain’s most hated man for the second year running (applies to the onepoll.com survey)

33/1 To emigrate.

500-1 Ashley Cole to change his first name to Owen

1000-1 Ashley Cole to be knighted before the end of the year

Ashley Cole to leave Chelsea before the start of the 2010/11 Premier League season: 2-7 No, 5-2 Yes

King of the snappers: 50-1 Ledley King to win the award in the ‘Britain Inspired’ category at 2010 Digital Camera Photographer Of The Year Awards

Let it be .. A Hamlet: 50-1 Aaron Lennon to become the official face of Hamlet cigars

1000/1 Rob Green To Become A Spokesman For BP

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Punters’ Penalty Paranoia

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Shoot-Out Correct score bets for first time:
PUNTERS’ PENALTY PARANOIA!

WILLIAM HILL have responded to punter public demand and opened a book on the correct score of a prospective penalty shoot-out for the first time as their customers pour cash on the England – Germany game going to a penalty shoot-out climx – which they now offer as a 5/1 eventuality.
And Hills have taken bets of up to £2000 (from a London telephone client) and £800 from a Sussex online customer for the game to end all square after extra time.
‘A singificant number of punters are convinced that this game is destined for a penalty shoot-out – it is proving an amazingly popular punt’ said Hill’s spokesman Graham Sharpe, ‘And after fielding loads of calls asking to bet on the shoot-out correct score we have created a market for the first time ever’
Hills are even offering 50/1 that David James will get to take a shoot-out spot kick during an England World Cup game and betting on how many saves he will make if it goes that far against Germany:

HOW MANY PENALTIES WILL JAME-O SAVE IN SHOOT OUT?

William Hill….Number of Penalties Saved By David James In First Five Penalties of Penalty Shootout

0 11/10
1 7/4
2 9/2
3 7/1
4 28/1
5 or more 66/1

Bets void if game does not reach penalty shootout. Missed penalties where David James does not touch the ball do not count as a save.

PENALTY SHOOT OUT CORRECT SCORE :

Germany 1-0……100/1
Germany 2-0……66/1
Germany 2-1……33/1
Germany 3-0……40/1
Germany 3-1…..,14/1
Germany 3-2……10/1
Germany 4-2……9/1
Germany 4-3……11/1
Germany 5-3…..13/2
Germany 5-4…….13/2
England 1-0…….100/1
England 2-0…….66/1
England 2-1……33/1
England 3-0……..40/1
England 3-1…….14/1
England 3-2……10/1
England 4-2…….9/1
England 4-3…….11/1
England 5-3…….13/2
England 5-4…….13/2
……
Others on request.
Bets void if no pen. shoot-out takes place.

ENGLAND 3/1 FOR FIVE STAR PENALTY DISPLAY
WILLIAM HILL are offering 3/1 that England will score ALL of their first FIVE penalties in any shoot-out they take part in at the World Cup.
HILLS OFFER 5/1 THAT ENGLAND-GERMANY WILL BE DECIDED VIA A PENALTY SHOOT OUT, 10/1 THAT ENGLAND WIN BY THAT METHOD, 9/1 THAT GERMANY DO SO.

And Hills have opened a book on whether named players score their first spot-kicks in the first shoot-out they contest:

WILLIAM HILL…..PAYING THE PENALTY: ( prices to score)
Barry yes 1/3, no 9/4
Gerrard yes 1/3, no 9/4
Lampard yes 2/7, no 5/2
Milner yes 2/7, no 5/2
Rooney yes 1/3, no 9/4

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You Bet: Ashley Cole Is The Most Hated Man In Britain

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Bookies William Hill have been inundated with requests from punters looking to place novelty bets on England’s fallen idols. Perhaps the biggest figure of fun is Ashley Cole who is quoted as 1/3 to be the most hated man in Britain. Blundering keeper Rob Green does not escape the jibes with Hills quoting him as 1000/1 to be the spokesman for BP’s spill, given his previous form.

“First he laughs at £55,000 a week, then he cheats on a national treasure and now he texts that he hates England and English people. There can be little doubt that Ashley Cole is trying his best to scoop the award of most hated man in the country and the sooner he emigrates the better!” said Hill’s spokesman Joe Crilly.

William Hill Specials

Ashley ‘I hate England’ Cole Specials

1-3 Ashley Cole to be voted Britain’s most hated man for the second year running (applies to the onepoll.com survey)

33/1 To emigrate.

500-1 Ashley Cole to change his first name to Owen

1000-1 Ashley Cole to be knighted before the end of the year

Ashley Cole to leave Chelsea before the start of the 2010/11 Premier League season: 2-7 No, 5-2 Yes

King of the snappers: 50-1 Ledley King to win the award in the ‘Britain Inspired’ category at 2010 Digital Camera Photographer Of The Year Awards

Let it be .. A Hamlet: 50-1 Aaron Lennon to become the official face of Hamlet cigars

1000/1 Rob Green To Become A Spokesman For BP

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Biggest World Cup Gamble Ever On England V Germany

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Bookies fear melt-down if England win World Cup as:
BIGGEST WORLD CUP GAMBLE EVER ON ENGLAND V GERMANY

WITH THE WORLD CUP already on course to become the biggest betting event of all time with over £1 billion gambled for the first time on any one tournament, William Hill are predicting that England versus Germany on Sunday could produce the biggest betting turnover ever for an individual match.
‘This match has the potential to produce a bigger betting turnover than the Final given the rivalry between the two countries over the years and it is a certainty that over £25million will be at stake on the outcome, while it could go much higher than that’ said Hill’s spokesman Graham Sharpe.’And if England do go through and meet Argentina in the next round that could be an even bigger betting game. Should England go all the way and win the World Cup bookies will have to shell out up to £50m, making it the grimmest day in bookmaking – currently a record held by Frankie Dettori’s seven race winning streak at Ascot in September 1996′
ENGLAND are 17/10 to win the game in 90m play with Germany 9/5, and the draw 2/1.
**William Hill expect to take bets from customers in a record 188 countries via the internet on the England-Germany game.

ENGLAND 3/1 FOR FIVE STAR PENALTY DISPLAY
WILLIAM HILL are offering 3/1 that England will score ALL of their first FIVE penalties in any shoot-out they take part in at the World Cup.
HILLS OFFER 9/2 THAT ENGLAND-GERMANY WILL BE DECIDED VIA A PENALTY SHOOT OUT, 10/1 THAT ENGLAND WIN BY THAT METHOD, 9/1 THAT GERMANY DO SO.
And Hills have opened a book on whether named players score their first spot-kicks in the first shoot-out they contest:

WILLIAM HILL…..PAYING THE PENALTY: ( prices to score)
Barry yes 1/3, no 9/4
Gerrard yes 1/3, no 9/4
Lampard yes 2/7, no 5/2
Milner yes 2/7, no 5/2
Rooney yes 1/3, no 9/4

WILLIAM HILL ENGLAND-GERMANY/WORLD CUP SPECIALS…..
1/2 England to be allowed a beer by Fabio on the eve of the match; 6/4 not.
6/4 Rooney to score his first goal in 1st 90m play.
2/1 Defoe to score again within first 90m play.
3/1 England player(s) to celebrate victory over Germany by blowing vuvuzela.
9/2 Game to go to penalty shoot-out.
10/1 Fabio pictured drinking pint of beer,
16/1 Fabio given honorary knighthood.
25/1 Fabio to appear in tv beer commercial.
100/1 England to beat Germany 4-2
200/1 England to beat Germany 5-1.

ENGLAND FAVOURITES TO OUTDO ANDY MURRAY
WILLIAM HILL offer 4/7 that the England football team are still in the World Cup when Andy Murray is knocked out of Wimbledon – 5/4 that it happens the other way round! ‘There are no English players left in the Wimbledon tournament so Andy has already scored a win for Scotland over England – but now comes the big one – Andy to outlast the England football team.’ said Hill’s spokesman Graham Sharpe.

DEVON PUNTER CREAMS OFF BIG WORLD CUP PROFITS
A mystery punter from Eastern Europe has won over £50,000 on a World Cup winning streak at William Hill in Tiverton. This makes him Hill’s biggest ever football winner in Devon. Having staked £3770 on Michael Dawson to score first in England’s dour 0-0 draw with Algeria at 25/1, the mystery man claimed back his stake due to Dawson not playing. He promptly placed the whole £3770 on Wesley Sneijder to score first for Holland against Japan at 6/1 and Paraguay to beat Slovakia at 10/11 – both at the weekend. This won the man £50,380.91. He then proceeded to reinvest £11,000 of this on England to win against Slovenia winning him a further £4,440 taking his winning streak to well over £50,000.
**BY CONTRAST, a William Hill telephone betting client was deprived of a potential £360,000 payout from an accumulator bet on Group outcomes when Italy failed to qualify from their Group.

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Now For England Mega Gamble !

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NOW BOOKIES FEAR £50M WORLD CUP MEGA GAMBLE ON ENGLAND

DESPITE facing a payout of up to £50million if England now go on to win the World Cup, bookies have welcomed their victory over Slovenia.
‘If England had failed to qualify, Britain’s bookies would have won £30million – as it is we now face a payout of up to £50million if they ultimately go all the way and win the tournament. We’ve slashed their odds from 10/1 to 7/1’ said Hill’s spokesman Graham Sharpe.’In an ideal world we’d like England to reach the World Cup Final and lose in a penalty shoot-out, perhaps to New Zealand – but if they do win it, well, at least we’ve had 44 years to save up since their last success!
‘There was a huge gamble on England winning the game which forced us to shorten their odds pre-match as we took five figure bets galore for them – and now patriotic punters are pouring their cash on England to win the tournament – we’ve already seen two bets of £6500 amongst the plethora of five figure wagers, and expect to take tens of thousands more bets for England in the euphoria of their qualification.
‘The current worst day in bookmaking history came in September 1996 when Frankie Dettori cost the bookies over £30m – an England World Cup victory is likely to dwarf even that’ added Sharpe.

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