Showing posts with label gambling. Show all posts
Showing posts with label gambling. Show all posts

World Cup Odds for 2014

Tuesday, July 13, 2010 | View Comments

As soon as one World Cup ends, the odds for the winner of the next tournament come out - no reason to waste time on getting those bets placed. There's only four years to go!


We don't know what teams will take part (aside from Brazil), we have no idea who will be coaching many of them, and every nation in the world has players you've never heard of who will play major roles in 2014. But that's no reason not to throw down a twenty spot on the home side to win at 3-1, or the U.S.A under whomever to take it all at 50-1, or a longer choice like Egypt at 200-1 to shock the world. Hey, it could happen.


Here are the rest of the odds supplied by Bodog:


Brazil3/1
Spain11/2
Argentina11/2
Germany10/1
Holland12/1
England16/1
Italy16/1
France22/1
Portugal25/1
Chile40/1
Uruguay40/1
Russia40/1
Croatia50/1
USA50/1
Paraguay50/1
Mexico50/1
Ivory Coast66/1
Serbia66/1
Sweden80/1
Ecuador80/1
Czech Republic80/1
Ghana80/1
Colombia100/1
Australia100/1
Romania100/1
Turkey100/1
Ireland125/1
Denmark125/1
Ukraine1125/1
Japan125/1
Switzerland150/1
South Korea150/1
Poland150/1
Cameroon150/1
Bosnia-Herzegovina150/1
Greece150/1
Nigeria150/1
Norway150/1
Slovenia200/1
Egypt200/1
Bulgaria200/1
Scotland250/1
Slovakia250/1
Belgium250/1
Hungary250/1
Venezuela250/1
Peru250/1
Tunisia300/1
Israel300/1
Montenegro300/1
Morocco300/1
Algeria300/1
Austria300/1
Honduras500/1
New Zealand1000/1
Northern Ireland1000/1
China1000/1
Jamaica1000/1
Wales1000/1
North Korea1500/1
Canada1500/1



Good news, Canada - you made the list. I mean, Costa Rica doesn't even have odds.



Although I'm not personally a regular gambler, mostly because I don't have money to lose, I'm always interested in odds. While they don't ultimately mean anything (unless you are a gambler), they are in some small way an indication of how teams and players are viewed. The goal of a bookie, after all, is to entice bettors to lay down their cash while leaving themselves open to as little risk as possible.


With that being said, I thought it might be worth a look at some of the odds out for the United States in World Cup and how they compare to others lines.


In the interest of time, all of these odds are based on a basic Google search, which led me to Oddschecker.com.


To Win:

USA: 80/1

Spain: 7/2-4/1 (Favorites)

North Korea & New Zealand 1000/1 (Longest, with New Zealand as high as 3000/1)


Mexico, Paraguay, and Ghana are all about the same odds as the United States, usually around 80/1. If we look at a couple of other sports, there might be some perspective in noting that Nikolay Davydenko is 80/1 to win Wimbledon and the Chicago White Sox are the 80/1 shot to win the World Series. 80/1 also puts the U.S. right in the middle of the pack in the World Cup field.


To Finish Top 4:

USA: 50/1

Spain: 7/2-10/3 (Shortest)

North Korea: 750/1 (Longest)


Mexico, Ghana, and Serbia are all right around the same price.


Top Goalscorer:

Landon Donovan: 100/1-125/1
Jozy Altidore: 125/1-200/1
Clint Dempsey: 150/1-250/1

Donovan, Dempsey, and Altidore were the only two three (oops) Americans on the board (and I missed Dempsey at first).

David Villa: 8/1-9/1 (Shortest)

Messi and Rooney come in just behind Villa.


Not going to bother with the longest odds here, since it's probably someone you've never heard of who might still not make the roster for his country. It's probably safe to say it would be a Kiwi though.


Individual Group Games:

USA v Enland

USA to Win: 5/1-11/2
Draw: 12/5-11/4
ENG to Win: 8/15-1/2

USA v Slovenia

USA to Win: 11/10-6/5
DRAW: 11/5-9/4
SLO to Win: 2/1-12/5

USA v Algeria

USA to Win: 4/5-8/11
DRAW: 5/2-12/5
ALG to Win: 11/4-10/3 (Big range on this)


None of this means anything, but it's fun to look at. At 50/1 to make the semifinals, why not throw $20 on the United States?


Handicapping the TPL

Thursday, October 01, 2009 | View Comments

Jason "Vegas" Gatties here, world renowned fake sports handicapper and 300 pounds of fun. Break open your piggy banks people cause you can bank on my TPL picks. The TPL field is wide open this season and anyone can literally win. But I got the inside scoop. You want the winner? You got it footsie fans. Or is it footy? No matter.

Before we get to the contenders, let's start with the pretenders. Popular Houston heart throb Stuart Holden is a 3000/1 shot. The hell you say? Look, Stuart will never be taken seriously, the boy is too good looking! The moment I gaze into his puppy dog eyes, I get lost in a world all of my my own. Imagine me and Stu, I do, I think about you day and night, it's only right
To think about the boy you love and hold him tight. So happy together!!! Arrrgh stop, I'm a man!...I'm 34...I love women, I can't support Stu's TPL ambitions.

Taylor Twellman??? What the hell is he going to "tweet" about, Steve Nicol's breath while sitting next to him on the bench? Danny Cruz...more like Danny Who.

I got 5 contenders and 1 dark horse. Are you ready? Bump it...

THE CONTENDERS

#5 Freddy Adu (@freddyadu11) 11/1

He teases transfers that don't happen until the 11th hour, he stays positive despite spending more time on the pine than wood tarnish and he once dated pop sensation Jo Jo.

#4 Brian Ching (@brianching) 8/1

Anyone who can get fined for tweeting has a great shot at winning the TPL. But the odds he will complain about a ref via twitter again? Around 10 gillion/1. Still, the old man has quality, both on and off the pitch.

#3 Giuseppe Rossi (@giuro22) 5/1

He's Italian, yet American. Charming yet heart breaking (see Confed Cup). He's a mystery wrapped inside an enigma, tucked inside a cannoli.

#2 Jozy Altidore (@JozyAltidore17) 3/1

Ever have a rotten day? The best prescription is to read Jozy's tweets. He's butterflies & rainbows man, always positive.

# 1 Maurice Edu (@mauriceedu) 2/1

Why is "Mo" #1? Not just because he gives us quality tweets, but mainly because we once discussed "Meatball Hot Pockets" on twitter. Jozy never talked about Hot Pockets with me, hell, Jim Gaffigan has never talked Hot Pockets with me. Someone said the TPL is Mo's to lose. So true. Who said that? Doesn't matter.

DARK HORSE

Need to make some quick bucks? Take a chance and lay all your money on Edson Buddle (@edsonbuddle). He's a 65/1 shot but anyone who bribes the fans has a real shot at taking home a victory. Here's a stat for you, 3 out of his last 10 tweets have involved giving away free tickets. Don't sleep on Edson.

That's it folks. Enjoy the TPL while it lasts, Major League Soccer may try to ban players using twitter this time next season.


Soccer Betting on the Rise

Monday, August 10, 2009 | View Comments

It's no secret that America's biggest sporting passion, professional football (the American kind) owes a large part of it's success to gambling; while the game itself is a ubiquitous part of the culture, interest is also driven by betting.

It comes as good news then, that soccer betting is on the rise in the United States.

Say what you will about the morality or social value of gambling, it's clearly not going anywhere and has a major part to play in the big-business aspects of top-level sports leagues. MLS is not immune, and will benefit from a higher gambling profile. The more bettors, the more eyes on the league; while the traditional attitude towards gambling among American leagues is one of disdain and the approach is invariably one of outward disassociation, there's a "wink-wink" (or hypocritical if you'd like) attitude towards the industry. The NFL, NBA, and to a lesser extent MLB know how important gambling is to their prosperity.

There won't be one tipping point for soccer in the United States; things will continue to move slowly, with one domino knocking down another until we reach the day that the game is no longer struggling to "arrive" here. Significant gambling on the sport is one of those domino's, and while I don't believe that this news equates exactly to that domino "falling", it is a good sign that serious sports fans (because bettors are nothing if not the most serious of sports fans) are bringing soccer into their portfolios.

NFL television ratings are what they are in part because gambling means that people who might not have a vested interest normally are engaged. More gamblers should mean better TV ratings, as people around the country watch the action with their bets in mind.

Gambling has been, and will probably remain, the 500-lb. gorilla in the American sports room; while I might actually advocate MLS embracing gambling concerns as partners and advertisers (as English clubs do for example), it's doubtful that the league would take such a revolutionary step. It would clearly separate them from the major sports, something they seem loathe to do. Part of soccer's strength is those aspects that make it unique; there would be nothing more unique in the US than a league that recognizes the importance of gambling, embraces it while being mindful of the potential for corruption (which obviously cannot simply be dismissed as a concern), and increases its exposure through it.

More than likely, it's too early or too risky for MLS to go that route. Still, if gambling on soccer is on the rise, Major League Soccer could potentially benefit.


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