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4/1 England World Cup White Out !

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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

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Brazil’s Bad Korea Move

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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)

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You Bet Italy Still In Race

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YOU BET ITALIANS STAY IN THE RACE

WORLD CHAMPIONS Italy are 16/1 seventh favourites to retain their trophy with William Hill, who took an £8000 bet for them to do just that from a client in Romford, Essex today (Monday).
Hills make Spain 7/2 favourites and also offer 9/2 Brazil; 6/1 Argentina; 15/2 Holland, who have now gone past England, who are 8/1, with Germany 9/1; France 25/1; Portugal 28/1; Ivory Coast 50/1. Paraguay are 125/1 shots.
HILLS MAKE ITALY 8/11 favourites to win their Group, with Paraguay 15/8; Slovakia 9/2; NZ 50/1, Italy are 1/9 to go through (5/1 not to) with Paraguay 4/11 (2/1); Slovakia 11/8 (8/15); NZ 10/1.
WILLIAM HILL hailed the Italian draw, which made it a winning World Cup day for them after they lost big time on the Holland result. ‘Over the three games we’ve emerged with a healthy profit, courtesy of Italy’s failure to win’ said Hill’s spokesman Graham Sharpe.
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Drogba 7/1 To Be Booked For Diving

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DROGBA 7/1 TO BE BOOKED FOR DIVING

WITH DROGBA set to play for Ivory Coast against Portugal despite his broken arm, William Hill are offering 7/1 that he will be booked for diving during the game. ‘We’re 1/16 that Drogba will not be booked for diving – surely even he won’t want to hit the deck with a broken arm to protect!’ said Hill’s spokesman Graham Sharpe.
And Hills are offering 4/11 that if he starts, Drogba will finish the game – and 2/1 that he will not. He is Evens to score with Hills, 4/1 to score the first goal of the game,4/1 to score twice and 25/1 to score a hat trick.
Hills make Ronaldo 9/4 to outscore Drogba if they both start, and go 5/2 vice versa. They are 10/11 to score the same number.
Ronaldo is 16/1 to be World Cup top scorer with hills who make Drogba 50/1.
Hills make Portugal 5/4 to win the game, with Ivory Coast 5/2 and the draw 2/1.

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Now Punters Bet Capello Will Stick With Green

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PUNTERS BET CAPELLO WILL STICK WITH GREEN

DESPITE his expensive howler which cost England punters £10million, Rob Green has been backed to keep his place in the starting line up for the next game against Algeria and has been cut from 9/4 to 11/10 favourite to do so with Hills who make David James 6/5 and Joe Hart 9/2. ‘Second-guessing Capello is a difficult game, but punters believe he will stick with Green- and have put their money down to that effect.’ said Hill’s spokesman Graham Sharpe.

TO START VERSUS ALGERIA………11/10 Green; 6/5 James; 9/2 Hart……..1/8 Heskey (9/2 not to)…..2/7 Carragher (5/2 not to)

VUVUZELA TO BE BANNED FROM STADIA BEFORE END OF WORLD CUP……50/1

TO LEAVE CURRENT JOB FIRST…….4/6 Martin Johnson….11/10 Fabio Capello

ENGLAND SPECIALS:
Fabio Capello to name his full starting line up the day before any match in the world cup: 1/3 No 9/4 Yes

HOW MANY GOALS WILL ENGLAND SCORE (Excluding shoot-outs)?….5/4 Under 9; 15/8 9-11; 2/1 12+

Matthew Upson
To play during the world cup: 4/6
Not to play during the world cup: 11/10

Michael Dawson
To play during the world cup: 6/5
Not to play during the world cup: 8/13

Joe Hart
To play during the world cup: 2/1
Not to play during the world cup: 4/11

Joe Cole
To play during the world cup: 1/10
Not to play during the world cup: 11/2

WHO WILL PLAY MOST MINUTES FOR ENGLAND?….7/2 A Cole; 7/2 Green; 7/2 Johnson; Terry; 9/2 Gerrard; 6/1 Lampard; 8/1 Lennon; 9/1 Carragher; 9/1 Rooney; 10/1 James; 16/1 King (Others on request)

TO WIN GROUP…..4/9 England; 3/1 USA; 5/1 Slovenia; 50/1 Algeria. To qualify from Group – 1/10 England (11/2 not); 8/15 USA (11/8); 11/10 Slovenia (4/6); 10/1 Algeria (1/40).

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50/1 Vuvuzelas To Be Banned

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50/1 A VUVUZELA BAN ?

WITH INCREASING criticism of the omnipresent vuvuzela noise during World Cup games, William Hill are offering 50/1 that they will be officially banned at some stage before the World Cup Final is played.
‘It appears to be people who don’t normally attend or watch football matches live and would rather sit and watch games in silence who are objecting to the vuvuzela, but we don’t think a ban is at all likely’ said Hill’s spokesman Graham Sharpe, ‘Besides which the noise helps drown out some of the commentators, whose own incomprehensible vocal babble is often far more offensive than any vuvuzela!’

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Rob Benefits From Green Blunder!

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A middle aged Rangers fan was smiling ear to ear following Rob Green’s blunder on Saturday night – and not just because he was Scottish. Whilst Rob Green was left red faced on Saturday evening, his namesake Rob, from Glasgow, was given a £15,000 boost to his bank balance! England’s draw against the States was the culmination of a £130 bet, placed at a William Hill betting office in Glasgow that also included South Africa to draw 1-1 and France to draw 0-0.

“Rob, like the rest of Scotland, probably had his fingers crossed for an England win, and we can only hope that this win consoles him somewhat,” said Hill’s spokesman Joe Crilly.

Further Information…Joe Crilly…0208 918 3746

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You Bet That Was Perfect Result

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YOU BET THAT WAS PERFECT RESULT…………SAY BOOKIES!

BOOKIES were the only ones celebrating England’s frustrating draw against USA – ‘It was the perfect result for us – it keeps England in the competition but means we have won a decent percentage of the £25million gambled on the game, of which the overwhelming majority was for an England win!’ said Hill’s spokesman Graham Sharpe.’Robert Green’s blunder probably won bookies over five million pounds’
DAVID JAMES IS NOW EVEN MONEY FAVOURITE TO START IN GOAL V ALGERIA WITH WILLIAM HILL WHO GO 9/4 GREEN; 9/4 HART. HILLS OFFER 4/1 THAT ALL THREE KEEPERS WILL PLAY AT SOME POINT OF THE TOURNAMENT.

ENGLAND ARE 8/1 TO WIN THE WORLD CUP WITH WILLIAM HILL WHO MAKE SPAIN 7/2 FAVOURITES AND ALSO OFFER 9/2 BRAZIL; 11/2 ARGENTINA; 9/1 HOLLAND; 14/1 GERMANY; 16/1 ITALY; 25/1 FRANCE; 28/1 PORTUGAL; 50/1 IVORY COAST; 80/1 USA (Others on request)

ENGLAND ARE 4/11 FAVOURITES TO WIN THEIR GROUP WITH HILLS WHO ALSO OFFER 10/3 USA; 9/1 SLOVENIA; 16/1 ALGERIA.
TO QUALIFY…1/10 England (11/2 not); 8/15 USA (11/8NOT); 9/5 Slovenia; 7/2 Algeria,

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Not Everyone Fancies England For World Cup

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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

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S Africa Now 9/5 To Go Through

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S AFRICA NOW 9/5 TO GO THROUGH

S AFRICA are 9/5 with William Hill to qualify for the next phase of the World Cup after their opening draw with Mexico who are 19/20 to get through. Hills have S A frica at 150/1 to win the tournament, with Mexico 80/1. ‘That was a great opening match – and a great result for the bookies – both sides are still in with a shout and the first game is a draw – always the bookies’ favourite result’ said Hill’s spokesman Graham Sharpe.
France are 11/10 to win the Group with Hills who also offer 9/4 Uruguay; 19/5 Mexico; 13/2 S Africa.
France – on whom one William Hill punter has staked £110,000 at 20/1- are 11/10 favourites to beat Uruguay, who are 11/4 with the draw 21/10.

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