You Bet Mexico And Uruguay Will Settle For A Draw!

YOU BET MEXICO AND URUGUAY WILL SETTLE FOR A DRAW!
WILLIAM HILL have a World Cup qualifying match odds-on to finish in a draw for the first time anyone can remember.
Hills have priced up Mexico and Uruguay at 4/5 to draw their match on Tuesday, making Mexico 9/4 and Uruguay 14/5 to win it.
‘We have already taken one bet of £5000 from a London betting shop client on the match to end 0-0 at odds of 12/5′ said Hill’s spokesman Graham Sharpe,’Noone is suggesting that anything untoward is likely to occur in this game, but when both sides appear to be suited by a stalemate people tend to bet that that’s what will happen and the betting market will therefore reflect that opinion- we’ll see!’

WILLIAM HILL OFFER 11/1 FOR ANY TEAM TO HIT EIGHT OR MORE GOALS IN 90 MINUTES PLAY DURING THE WORLD CUP, AFTER PORTUGAL’S MAGNIFICENT SEVEN AGAINST N KOREA.

HILLS OFFER 100/1 THAT FRANCE FAIL TO TURN UP TO PLAY THEIR MATCH AGAIST S AFRICA WHO THEY ARE 13/10 TO BEAT, WITH THE HOSTS 21/10 TO REGISTER THEIR FIRST VICTORY WHILE THE DRAW IS 9/4.

PUNTERS WARY OF BACKING ENGLAND TO BEAT SLOVENIA
FOR THE first time in living memory an England victory would be regarded as good news by the bookies, as William Hill have taken more money for Slovenia to win Wednesday’s vital World Cup game than they have for England to do so – to the extent that they have lengthened Enghland’s odds from 4/9 to 1/2 to win the match.
‘Amazingly, Slovenia would be a five figure loser for us and England a clear winning result as the book stands at the moment’ said Hill’s spokesman Graham Sharpe. ‘So far the largest bet we have take for England to win is just £250 – and that from a client in Ayr, Scotland!’.
However, Hills believe that by the time the game kicks off patriotism will have kicked back in. ‘I can’t believe that we won’t eventually start taking four figure bets for England, who are now being offered at odds which would have looked ridiculously generous before they struggled to draw their opening two games’ said Sharpe.

LATEST WILLIAM HILL ODDS….1/2 England; 3/1 draw; 6/1 Slovenia.

WILLIAM HILL have cut their odds for Fabio Capello to be an ex-England manager before the end of the World Cup from 10/3 to 2/1 after a rush of bets for the Italian to walk away or be sacked during the tournament.
ALTHOUGH Roy Hodgson is being linked with the Liverpool job, William Hill believe he would be a leading candidate should Fabio Capello’s World Cup end in early elimination, followed by dismissal or resignation as England boss.
Hills have installed Hodgson and Harry Redknapp as 3/1 joint favourites to succeed Capello as England boss; ‘Many people believe Hodgson should have got the job when Sven beat him to it and little that has happened since suggests that the Fulham boss wouldn;t have made a worse job of England than those who have since held the post’ said Hill’s spokesman Graham Sharpe.

WILLIAM HILL…TO SUCCEED FABIO AS PERMANENT ENGLAND BOSS:

Hodgson 3/1
Redknapp 3/1
Mourinho 5/1
Wenger 10/1
Pearce 10/1
Shearer 33/1
Beckham 50/1

IS CAPELLO JOE-KING?
WILLIAM HILL offer 7/4 that Joe Cole will start the game against Slovenia, 2/5 that he will not. ‘Most pundits are convinced Capello should include Cole, but for him to do so now might be perceived as him giving in to outside pressure so, on balance, we think Joe will have to settle for starting on the bench again’.

YOU BET ROONEY WILL BE SORRY AGAIN!

WAYNE ROONEY is 6/1 with William Hill to have to issue ANOTHER official apology for some trangression during England’s game against Slovenia. ‘After the booing incident, for which he had had to formally apologise, we wouldn’t be surprised if there was another incident of similar type should England under-perform again on Wednesday’ said Hill’s spokesman Graham Sharpe. Hills have already cut their odds for Rooney to be red-carded in the game against Slovenia from 33/1 to 20/1.
HILLS ALSO OFFER 6/4 THAT ROONEY WILL BE SUBBED; 5/2 HE WILL BE BOOKED; 8/1 HE IS DROPPED;16/1 HE WILL GESTURE AT THE FANS – (NOT IN A NICE WAY!);

WILLIAM HILL NOW MAKE John Terry, Glen Johnson;Ashley Cole; Wayne Rooney; Frank Lampard and Steven Gerrard 4/1 co-favourites to play the most minutes for England during the World Cup with Emile Heskey and Aaron Lennon both 50/1 shots. ‘It looks between the six ever-presents, particuarly as the next game could be the last!’ said Hill’s spokesman Graham Sharpe.

WHO WILL TOP SCORE FOR ENGLAND?….6/4 Gerrard; 15/8 Rooney; 11/2 Lampard; 8/1 Crouch; 10/1 Defoe.

Further information….graham sharpe…0208 918 3731.

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Fabio Backed To Go Before End Of World Cup

PUNTERS BET FABIO WILL BE OUT BEFORE END OF WORLD CUP

WILLIAM HILL have slashed their odds for Fabio Capello to be an ex-England manager before the end of the World Cup from 10/3 to 2/1 after a rush of bets for the Italian to walk away or be sacked during the tournament.
‘We had to slash the odds rapidly as punters poured cash on Fabio to go – noone at all wanted to take the current odds of 4/11 that he will still be in place when the World Cup is over – as far as England fans are concerned it is now a case of when will Fabi-go rather than if he will go’ said Hill’s spokesman Graham Sharpe.
ALTHOUGH Roy Hodgson is being linked with the Liverpool job, William Hill believe he would be a leading candidate should Fabio Capello’s World Cup end in early elimination and dismissal or resignation as England boss.
Hills have installed Hodgson and Harry Redknapp as 3/1 joint favourites to succeed Capello as England boss; ‘Many people believe Hodgson should have got the job when Sven beat him to it and little that has happened since suggests that the Fulham boss wouldn;t have made a worse job of England than those who have since held the post’ said Hill’s spokesman Graham Sharpe.
**Capello is 10/3 with Hills to cease to be England boss before the end of the World Cup.

WILLIAM HILL…TO SUCCEED FABIO AS PERMANENT ENGLAND BOSS:

Hodgson 3/1
Redknapp 3/1
Mourinho 5/1
Wenger 10/1
Pearce 10/1
Shearer 33/1
Beckham 50/1

YOU BET ROONEY WILL BE SORRY AGAIN!

WAYNE ROONEY is 6/1 with William Hill to have to issue ANOTHER official apology for some trangression during England’s game against Slovenia. ‘After the booing incident, for which he had had to formally apologise, we wouldn’t be surprised if there was another incident of similar type should England under-perform again on Wednesday’ said Hill’s spokesman Graham Sharpe. Hills have already cut their odds for Rooney to be red-carded in the game against Slovenia from 33/1 to 20/1.

WILLIAM HILL ARE BETTING ON WHETHER ANDY MURRAY WILL BE KNOCKED OUT OF WIMBLEDON BEFORE ENGLAND GO OUT OF THE WORLD CUP – AND OFFER 4/7 THAT MURRAY WILL BE THE FIRST TO GO OUT, 5/4 THAT IT WILL BE ENGLAND.

Further information…..graham sharpe…0780 3233702

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You Bet David James Will Start In Goal

YOU BET DAVID JAMES WILL START IN GOAL

AFTER punters asked for bets of up to £2000 a time for David James to start in goal against Algeria on Friday and others staked up to £400 on the Portsmouth keeper to get the nod over Rob Green and Joe Hart, William Hill have closed their book.
‘We began to see a flurry of support for David James, with several three figure bets staked in Cardiff, Greater London and the Channel Islands, with one punter trying to bet £2000. These are not the type of bets we normally see on a market of this nature and as support for the other two has dried up we have closed the book at least temporarily’ said Hill’s spokesman Graham Sharpe.’We’re confident that Fabio will not have made his decision known yet but when a market likes this begins to suggest a one horse race it is time to take defensive action just in case…..’

Further information…..graham sharpe….0780 3233702

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Brazil’s Bad Korea Move

BRAZIL ODDS LENGTHENED AFTER BAD KOREA MOVE

BRAZIL’S WORLD CUP odds were lengthened from 4/1 to 9/2 second favourites by William Hill after they made hard work of beating N Korea. Hills make Spain 7/2 favourites and also offer 13/2 Argentina; 8/1 England; Germany; Holland; 16/1 Italy; 25/1 Portugal; France; 50/1 Ivory Coast; 2000/1 N Korea.
‘Brazil’s win was bad news for us with some hefty bets at short odds for them to do so, but the N Korea goal made us plenty in the correct score market where most punters had banked on a Korean blank.’ said Hill’s spokesman Graham Sharpe.

TO WIN GROUP…1/3 Brazil; 4/1 Portugal; 5/1 Ivory Coast; 150/1 N Korea
TO QUALIFY (OR NOT)…..1/14 Brazil; 8/13 Portugal (6/5); Evens Iviry Coast (8/11); 25/1 N Korea (1/200)

Further information….graham sharpe…0780 3233702

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4/1 England World Cup White Out !

Bookies Fear Avalanche Of Bets As Snow Set To Fall During England vs Algeria!

Bookies William Hill are facing a potential five figure payout the forcast snow fall on the England game on Friday. Pre-tournament Hills were contacted by a number of punters looking to place bets on snow falling during an England game and offered odds of 12/1. The odds are now just 4/1 for snow during the ninety minutes on Friday and Hills also offer 100/1 that the match is abandoned due to excessive snow.

“We were fully aware of the fact that it is winter in South Africa, but still thought snow would be unlikely. However, a cunning weather man or two might well clean up come Friday,” said Hill’s spokesman Graham Sharpe.

Snow During England vs Algeria On Friday: 4/1
Match To Be Abandoned Due To Snow: 100/1

Further Information…Graham Sharpe..0780 3233702

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Rooney Mania Hits Betting Shops

ROONEY-MAYHEM IN BETTING SHOPS AS WORLD’S BIGGEST GAMBLE UNDER WAY

ROONEY-MANIA is helping drive the biggest gamble of all time as punters bet over £1 billion on the outcome of the World Cup, say bookmakers William Hill, who have already taken bets of £60,000; $85,000; £110,000 and £200,000 on the tournament and now anticipate a £25m gamble on England’s opening match against USA.
‘No event has ever produced a betting turnover of £1 billion before – but that is going to happen at this World Cup – we have already taken mega-bets of up to £200,000, with that amount staked on an accumulator bet, with £110,000 bet on France and £20,000 on Germany, to win the tournament’ said Hill’s spokesman Graham Sharpe.’England fans have gone Rooney-crazy with their bets, and we’re in trouble if he scores a hat trick against the USA’

And England have not been ignored by the high rollers, with two bets of £6500 placed on them at odds of 8/1. But nor have England’s first opponents USA, on whom one punter has staked £5000 at 80/1 to win the tournament.

ENGLAND are 4/9 favourites to get off to a winning start against USA with William Hill who make them 4/9 favourites to win the game for which the USA are 13/2 outsiders with the draw at 16/5.

WAYNE ROONEY is 5/1 to be sent off during the tournament and 25/1 to do so against USA. He is 10/3 to score the opening goal of the game; 10/3 to score the last; 4/5 to score at any stage of the game; 7/2 to score 2 or more; 20/1 to score a hat trick.
‘We have had to create a whole range of Rooney special bets to cope with the demand from punters’ said Hill’s spokesman Graham Sharpe.

WILLIAM HILL ROONEY SPECIALS…..6/4 TO BE SUBSTITUTED V USA; 2/1 To be yellow carded; 7/2 to score in both halves;4/1 to score with a header; 5/1 to hit the woodwork; 6/1 to score from outside the penalty box; 7/1 to win a penalty.

William Hill are also offering a 14/1 treble for patriotic punters this weekend. For it to come in England need to beat Australia in the Rugby Union, followed by beating USA in the World Cup and finally an English driver winning the GP on Sunday.

Further information……..graham sharpe….0780 3233702

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Not Everyone Fancies England For World Cup

YOU BET NOT ALL BRITS FANCY ENGLAND FOR WORLD CUP!

ALMOST one of every five bets being placed on the World Cup with William Hill by punters in English betting shops is for England to win the tournament – but in Wales it is only one in every nine; in Northern Ireland one in every twelve – and in Scotland just one in every twenty.
‘It is certainly the case that there are regional differences in the support for England to win the World Cup, which is to be expected – but taking the betting as a whole, England are definitely the one team we’d rather see not win the World Cup,’ said Hill’s spokesman Graham Sharpe.
In English betting shops Hills only Spain rival the support for England; in Wales the most popular selection is Brazil (21%), closely followed by Spain, with England 3rd; in Northern Ireland punters are opting for Argentina (24%), Spain, Brazil and Holland in front of England; and in Scotland, Brazil (26%) take top billing ahead of Argentina, Spain, and Holland with England 5th.
France are currently the worst possible result for Hills, who have taken one bet of £110,000 on Les Bleus at odds of 20/1, but England are a close second, and Hills anticipate that they will regain the lead before the first match kicks off – ‘The single France mega-bet has distorted our financial liability for France, as there are very few other big bets for them, but we are continually taking substantial bets for England and victory for Capello’s team will prove hideously expensive for us’ said Hill’s spokesman Graham Sharpe.
Bizarrely, North Korea are Hill’s third worst result – ‘We have taken scores of small bets of up to £80 for the 2000/1 outsiders’ – with Germany, the subject of a £60,000 bet with Hills at 14/1 on Thursday, now the 4th worst outcome.
At the other end of the scale, Hills would welcome unlikely World Cup triumphs for New Zealand, Honduras, Slovakia or Slovenia.

LATEST WILLIAM HILL WORLD CUP ODDS…4/1 Spain; 9/2 Brazil; 13/2 Argentina; 8/1 England; 9/1 Holland; 14/1 Germany; 16/1 Italy; 20/1 France; 25/1 Portugal; 50/1 Ivory Coast; 66/1 Serbia.
**Hills cut Holland from 10/1 to 9/1 on Thursday after continued support.

WILLIAM HILL PERCENTAGE OF BETS TAKEN ONLINE (up to noon, Thursday,June 10):
ENGLAND 15%

SPAIN 13%

BRAZIL 11.5%

ARGENTINA 14%

HOLLAND 13%

GERMANY 6.5%

ITALY 6.5%

IVORY COAST 4%

PORTUGAL 5.5%

FRANCE 3.5%

USA 1.5%

MEXICO 1.5%

SERBIA 1.5%

GHANA 0.5%

S. AFRICA 0.5%

All other teams make up the remaining 2%

Algeria least backed team with Hills: 128 bets for £455

Further information…….graham sharpe…….0208 918 3731

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Tournament Under Orders

France punter’s £1.65m bet at stake as:
WORLD CUP PUNTERS TARGET GERMANY AND HOLLAND

WILLIAM HILL cut Holland from 10/1 to 9/1 fifth favourites in the face of continued support for the Dutch to win the World Cup, while one Hill’s client has gambled a substantial £60,000 bet on Germany to win the tournament at odds of 14/1 – and stands to make £840,000 profit.Hills have also taken a bet of £110,000 (£55,000 each-way) on France to win the tournament at odds of 20/1, perhaps the biggest ever pre-tournament outright bet. ‘Betting on the World Cup is at record levels for pre-tournament turnover, which suggests to us that a record £1billion betting turnover is a certainty, making this World Cup the biggest sports betting event of all time.’ said Hill’s spokesman Graham Sharpe.
Hills have also cut the odds about a Brazil v S Korea World Cup final from 500/1 to 200/1 after taking a string of small online bets for that outcome. ‘We can half understand this gamble!’ commented Sharpe.
**HILLS HAVE TAKEN A BET OF £10,500 AT 7/4 IN A N.WEST LONDON BETTING SHOP FOR MEXICO TO BEAT S AFRICA IN THEIR OPENING GAME.

FRIDAY MATCHES….13/8 Mexico; 21/10 draw; 7/4 S Africa……..11/4 Uruguay; 21/10 draw; 11/10 France.(Diego Forlan is 6/4 with Hills to be subbed during game; 11/4 booked; 10/1 to score in each half.)

TO WIN GROUP….6/5 France; 11/4 Mexico; 16/5 Uruguay; 11/2 S Africa

**NEW ZEALAND HAVE BEEN BACKED FROM 6/4 TO 8/11 TO SCORE ONE OR TWO WORLD CUP GOALS. THEY ARE 11/4 TO FAIL TO SCORE, 5/2 TO SCORE 3 OR MORE.

** Hills have taken a second bet of £6500 for England to win the World Cup at 8/1.

LATEST WILLIAM HILL WORLD CUP ODDS…4/1 Spain; 9/2 Brazil; 13/2 Argentina; 8/1 England; 9/1 Holland; 14/1 Germany; 16/1 Italy; 20/1 France; 25/1 Portugal; 50/1 Ivory Coast; 66/1 Serbia; 80 Mexico; 100 Uruguay; 150 S Africa.

WORLD CUP SPECIALS/NOVELTY BETS

1-20 North Korea not to show any highlights of World Cup matches involving their own team on national television (Kim Jong il has ordered state-run television not to broadcast live games, and to only screen highlights of North Korea’s victories)

10-3 Maradona to shave beard off before end of Group matches.

4-1 any player to score a goal from his own half.
6-1 Maradona to be sent off during any World Cup match

8/1 Argentinian player to have goal disallowed for handball.

10-1 Argentina to win the World Cup & Diego Maradona to run naked through the streets of Buenos Aires (picture must be published in a British national newspaper) – he said he would do it!

12-1 Fabio Capello to resign or be sacked before end of World Cup finals.

20-1 Any England player to be sent home from the WC for a breach of FA conduct.

20-1 Lionel Messi to have a goal disallowed during the WC for a deliberate hand ball (must be by him)

33-1 Kim Jong Il to order his players to come back to North Korea before they complete their group matches

33-1 Fabio to strike an accredited FIFA press photographer during World Cup.

Further information…..graham sharpe………0208 918 3731

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Ledley Set To Be New Rio

YOU BET LEDLEY WILL BE THE NEW RIO

WILLIAM HILL are betting on who will replace Rio Ferdinand in England’s opening game, and make Ledley King a hot favourite to play alongside John Terry. ‘It is ironic that we are now relying on a player who everyone thought would struggle with the World Cup schedule’ said Hill’s spokesman Graham Sharpe.

William Hill………Players to start v USA:

Ledley King: 1/5 Yes 10/3 No
Matthew Upson: 9/2 Yes 1/8 No
Jamie Carragher: 9/2 Yes 1/8 No
Michael Dawson: 10/1 Yes 1/33 No

WILLIAM HILL ARE REFUNDING BETS ON ALL MARKETS INVOLVING RIO FERDINAND, INCLUDING PLAYER TO PLAY MOST MINUTES, FIRST PLAYER SUBBED, TOP SCORER ETC. HILLS WILL ALSO PAY OUT TO THOSE WHO BACKED MICHAEL DAWSON TO MAKE THE FINAL 23.

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Not Everyone Fancies England For World Cup

YOU BET NOT ALL BRITS FANCY ENGLAND FOR WORLD CUP!

ALMOST one of every five bets being placed on the World Cup with William Hill by punters in English betting shops is for England to win the tournament – but in Wales it is only one in every nine; in Northern Ireland one in every twelve – and in Scotland just one in every twenty.
‘It is certainly the case that there are regional differences in the support for England to win the World Cup, which is to be expected – but taking the betting as a whole, England are definitely the one team we’d rather see not win the World Cup,’ said Hill’s spokesman Graham Sharpe.
In English betting shops Hills only Spain rival the support for England; in Wales the most popular selection is Brazil (21%), closely followed by Spain, with England 3rd; in Northern Ireland punters are opting for Argentina (24%), Spain, Brazil and Holland in front of England; and in Scotland, Brazil (26%) take top billing ahead of Argentina, Spain, and Holland with England 5th.
France are currently the worst possible result for Hills, who have taken one bet of £110,000 on Les Bleus at odds of 20/1, but England are a close second, and Hills anticipate that they will regain the lead before the first match kicks off – ‘The single France mega-bet has distorted our financial liability for France, as there are very few other big bets for them, but we are continually taking substantial bets for England and victory for Capello’s team will prove hideously expensive for us’ said Hill’s spokesman Graham Sharpe.
Bizarrely, North Korea are Hill’s third worst result – ‘We have taken scores of small bets of up to £80 for the 2000/1 outsiders’ – with Germany, the subject of a £60,000 bet with Hills at 14/1 on Thursday, now the 4th worst outcome.
At the other end of the scale, Hills would welcome unlikely World Cup triumphs for New Zealand, Honduras, Slovakia or Slovenia.

LATEST WILLIAM HILL WORLD CUP ODDS…4/1 Spain; 9/2 Brazil; 13/2 Argentina; 8/1 England; 9/1 Holland; 14/1 Germany; 16/1 Italy; 20/1 France; 25/1 Portugal; 50/1 Ivory Coast; 66/1 Serbia.
**Hills cut Holland from 10/1 to 9/1 on Thursday after continued support.

WILLIAM HILL PERCENTAGE OF BETS TAKEN ONLINE (up to noon, Thursday,June 10):
ENGLAND 15%

SPAIN 13%

BRAZIL 11.5%

ARGENTINA 14%

HOLLAND 13%

GERMANY 6.5%

ITALY 6.5%

IVORY COAST 4%

PORTUGAL 5.5%

FRANCE 3.5%

USA 1.5%

MEXICO 1.5%

SERBIA 1.5%

GHANA 0.5%

S. AFRICA 0.5%

All other teams make up the remaining 2%

Algeria least backed team with Hills: 128 bets for £455

Further information…….graham sharpe…….0208 918 3731

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