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Chester Train Shop Punter Choo Choo Chooses 15 Winners And Bags Over £20k

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A man in his mid forties has scooped a massive payout after he breezed into the William Hill shop at Chester train station and placed a £3, 15 team football accumulator. The man, who spoke with a Southern accent, told the girl working behind the counter that he was off on holiday on Easter Sunday with some of his winnings leaving it unknown as to whether he lived in Chester or just visiting the city for the day.

From his £3 stake, the lucky punter bagged himself £20,343.96, beating odds of over 6780/1 to land his massive payout.

“It is hard enough to pick one winner so for him to get 15 is absolutely incredible,” said Hill’s spokesman Joe Crilly. “When he collected his winnings on Saturday evening, he told the assistant that he had decided that he was going to go on holiday for a week and mull over what else he was going to spend his winnings on.”

The games that were played over Good Friday and the following Saturday included Celtic who won the SPL title by defeating Kilmarnock 6-0, Chelsea who defeated Wigan with two contentious goals and virtually the last kick of the game and Reading, who moved top of the Championship by beating 10 man Leeds with two goals in the last six minutes of the match.

The shop in the train station has been open for two years and is the first betting shop in Chester that punters get to when they arrive for the yearly race meetings that start in May.

Punter’s winning selections (winners in bold): £20,343.96 winnings from £3

9/5 Huddersfield vs Sheffield Wednesday
1/1 Oldham vs Charlton
4/7 Torquay vs Accrington
5/6 Morecambe vs Swindon
8/15 Sheffield United vs Bournemouth
10/11 Walsall vs Chesterfield
4/11 Rangers vs St Mirren
4/6 Alloa vs Elgin
2/7 Chelsea vs Wigan
7/5 Leyton Orient vs Notts County
4/9 Kilmarnock vs Celtic
4/5 Barnsley vs West Ham
10/11 Macclesfield vs Shrewsbury
13/8 Swansea vs Newcastle
4/7 Reading vs Leeds

Joe Crilly
Press Officer

Twitter: @footy_joe

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Soccer Over Under Bet

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Over under betting on soccer matches is perhaps not the usual realm of your average uk betting shop mug punter.
It is however one of the main and more liquid soccer markets on  a global scale.
Over or Under 2.5 goals to be scored in a match is the most popular market.
Phil from the Football Bets site […]

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Gray Day For Leeds Fans ?

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GRAY DAY FOR LEEDS’ FANS?

WILLIAM HILL have slashed their odds for Simon Grayson, the Leeds boss, to be the next Villa manager after a sustained afternoon gamble from North Yorkshire based betting shop and online clients saw the odds collapse from 50/1 outsider to 5/2 favourite.
‘The source of the bets would not give the lie to suggestions that someone connected to Leeds may have had the nod that Grayson was a serious contender for Villa’ said Hill’s spokesman Graham Sharpe.
WILLIAM HILL…NEXT PERMANENT VILLA BOSS…5/2 Grayson; 3/1 Alex McLeish; 5/1 Moyes; Hughes; 9 Coyle; Poyet. Others on request.

NEXT CHELSEA MANAGER/COACH….1/3 Hiddink; 5/2 Hughes; 11/2 Redknapp; 9 Villas-Boas; 10 Guardiola. Others on request.

NEXT CARDIFF BOSS….11/8 Mackay; 2 Hughton; Robins; 5 Shearer; 6 Holloway; 7 McInnes. Others on request.

Further information….graham sharpe…0780 3233702

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Detorri at Goodwood – Good or Bad Bet?

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Frankie Detorri is an obvious draw to the average betting shop punter.
Without further insight or ideas you might just decide to “sticka  few pound on the Detorri horse”
Is it a good idea however to do so at Glorious Goodwood?
Well not according to the long term stats.
Looking over many past years of Glorious Goodwood you would […]

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How Many Players Will End Up As Top Scorer ?

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HOW MANY PLAYERS WILL END UP AS TOP SCORER?

WITH FOUR PLAYERS currently topping the World Cup scorer charts with five goals each – Forlan, Mueller, Sneijder,and Villa, William Hill have opened a book on how many players will end with the greatest number of goals in the tournament……

DAVID VILLA is now 4/5 favourite with William Hill to end up as World Cup top scorer.
**A William Hill Manchester betting shop client stands to collect £424,000 if David Villa, now 8/11 favourite to do so, ends up as tournament top scorer after placing a £30,000 double on Holland to win their Group at 4/7, with Villa at 8/1.

William Hill…..Top Goalscorer
4/5 David Villa
9/4 Wesley Sneijder
7/1 Diego Forlan
7/1 Thomas Muller
150/1 Arjen Robben
(This market will be settled by dead-heat rules if more than one player finishes with the greatest number of goals.)

William Hill…..How many players will score the greatest number of goals?
1 Player4/5
2 Players8/1
4 PlayersEVS
5 or more players125/1

OCTOPUS PAUL’S MAGNIFICENT SEVEN IS 200/1 HEADACHE FOR BOOKIES

PUNTERS WHO HAVE backed all of Paul the Octopus’s SEVEN successive winners are now just under £100 better off if they have staked £10 on each of his selections, and £2000 better off if they have reinvested their winnings on the next selection every time, say bookmakers William Hill – and if Spain win the Final, as also predicted by Paul, those profits will increase to just over £100 and to £3000 respectively.
‘Even Frankie Dettori only managed seven straight winners in what is recognised as the best ever feat of jockeyship when he rode all seven winners at Ascot in 1996 – Paul could put that winning streak to shame’ said Hill’s spokesman Graham Sharpe, ‘If Spain win tomorrow we can only hope he never predivts another result until at least 2014 when the next World Cup takes place’

Further information……graham sharpe…0780 3233702

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50m Final Set To Seal £1bn World Cup Gamble

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£50 MILLION FINAL SET TO SEAL £1 BILLION RECORD WORLD CUP GAMBLE

DESPITE England’s absence from the latter stages of the tournament British football fans are set to help swell the betting turnover on the World Cup towards a record £1 billion, while £50million is expected to be staked on Sunday’s Final between Holland and hot favourites Spain.
‘After England crashed out, patriotic football fans had to transfer their affections elsewhere – and they seem to have done so by placing bets on their adopted second favourite country. With England gone, they no longer had automatic loyalty to one country and therefore have used a bet to enhance their enjoyment of matches. And the enormous coverage given to Paul the Psychic Octopus has also kept the tournament in punters’ sights, so we expect a record industry betting turnover for both the Final and the tournament with £1bn and £50m respectively staked’ said Hill’s spokesman Graham Sharpe.
SPAIN are 4/7 favourites with William Hill to be crowned as World Champions – thus justifying Paul the Psychic Octopus’ predicition – with Holland the 6/4 outsiders.

**A William Hill Manchester betting shop client stands to collect £424,000 if David Villa, now 8/11 favourite to do so, ends up as tournament top scorer after placing a £30,000 double on Holland to win their Group at 4/7, with Villa at 8/1.

**A William Hill telephone betting client could collect £275,000 for a £50,000 bet on Spain to win the World Cup at 9/2.

**Another Hill’s shop punter in Essex placed a £250 treble on Rafa Nadal and Serena Williams to win their respective Wimbledon singles tournaments, running on to Holland – and will collect £30,000 if the Dutch oblige.

**PUNTERS who have backed every Paul the Psychic Octopus tip so far are £84 better off by staking £10 to win on each one – and over £1000 if they reinvested winnings from each selection on to the next one!

Further information……graham sharpe….0780 3233702

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Spanish Odds On Drift As Punters Go Dutch

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*********WILLIAM HILL WORLD CUP SPECIALS**********

SPANISH ODDS ON THE DRIFT AS PUNTERS GO DUTCH
WITH PUNTERS APPARENTLY reluctant to back Spain to beat the Dutch in the World Cup Final, William Hill are to lengthen their 90 minutes odds to an industry-leading 6/5 for online and telephone clients from 7a.m on Friday morning. ‘Despite already taking bets of £10,000, £25,000 and £50,000 for Spain to win the World Cup, we cannot now seem to persuade punters to back Spain to beat the Dutch in 90 minutes, so, as they are a seven figure winner for us we are trying to tempt punters to support them – hopefully Paul the Octopus will tip them to help us out!’ said Hill’s spokesman Graham Sharpe.

A William Hill Manchester betting shop client stands to collect £424,000 if David Villa, now 8/11 favourite to do so, ends up as tournament top scorer after placing a £30,000 double on Holland to win their Group at 4/7, with Villa at 8/1.

Another Hill’s shop punter in Essex placed a £250 treble on Rafa Nadal and Serena Williams to win their respective Wimbledon singles tournaments, running on to Holland – and will collect £30,000 if the Dutch oblige.

‘It has been a good World Cup for bookies thus far, with 52% favs winning , 27% draws and 21% underdogs, which doesn’t sound that great, except that the high turnover matches have tended to go our way – not least the England matches, and the Germany-Spain semi in which there were bets of 500,000 and 75,000 euros on a German win’ said Hill’s spokesman Graham Sharpe.

WILLIAM HILL now make Spain 4/7 favourites to win the World Cup, with Holland offered at 6/4.
Hills make Spain 6/5 to win in 90m with Holland 13/5 and the draw 11/5. (PRICES AVAILABLE FROM 7A.M.)

Hills offer 9/2 that the Final will go to a penalty shoot-out; Holland are 10/1 to win by that method, with Spain also quoted at 10/1. Holland are 11/1 to win in extra time, with Spain 9/1 to do likewise.

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; 100 Suarez.

VAN BOMMEL FOR BOOKING?
WILLIAM HILL have cut their price for Van Bommel to be booked during the Final (90m play) from 9/4 to 13/8 after taking a string of bets of up to £600 a time on the tough tackling Dutchman to fall foul of the referee.

REPEAT FOR PUYOL?
AFTER Carles Puyol headed Spain to victory against Germany, William Hill offer 25/1 that he will score again from a header during 90m play of the Final.

FERNANDO PENALTY?
WILLIAM HILL offer 12/1 that Torres will win a penalty.(90m play)
ARJEN ROBBEN is 13/2 with Hills to score from outside the box.(90m play)

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

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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.

Further information…….graham sharpe….0208 918 3731…0780 3233702

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You Bet Mexico And Uruguay Will Settle For A Draw!

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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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Tournament Under Orders

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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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