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With less than a week to go until all four houses on The Block go under the hammer, online bookmaker sportsbet has installed Josh and Jenna as favourites to record the highest price at auction.
Josh and Jenna are priced at $1.90, slightly in front Rod and Tania at $3.00, with Polly and Waz and Katrina and Amie bringing up the rear at $5.50 and $6.00 respectively.
“While the transformation of each house has been remarkable, Josh and Jenna have the only double-fronted house on The Block which should see them record the highest price at auction,” Sportsbet’s Haydn Lane said.

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The Block 2011 – Highest Selling Price
$1.90   Josh and Jenna
$3.00   Rod and Tania
$5.50   Polly and Waz
$6.00   Katrina and Amie

Auction Price – Josh and Jenna’s House
$1.5 Million or higher             $8.00
$1.4 Million to $1,499,999     $8.50
$1.3 Million to $1,399,999     $4.50
$1.2 Million to $1,299,999    $4.00
$1.1 Million to $1,199,999    $4.00
$1.0 Million to $1,099,999     $5.50
$900,000 to $999,999             $7.00
$800,000 to $899,999             $8.00
Less than $800,000                 $16

Auction Price – Rod and Tania’s House
$1.5 Million or higher             $13
$1.4 Million to $1,499,999     $12
$1.3 Million to $1,399,999     $5.00  
$1.2 Million to $1,299,999     $4.00
$1.1 Million to $1,199,999    $3.50
$1.0 Million to $1,099,999     $4.00
$900,000 to $999,999             $7.00
$800,000 to $899,999             $8.00
Less than $800,000                 $15

Auction Price – Polly and Waz’s House
$1.5 Million or higher             $13
$1.4 Million to $1,499,999     $12
$1.3 Million to $1,399,999     $12
$1.2 Million to $1,299,999     $10
$1.1 Million to $1,199,999     $7.00
$1.0 Million to $1,099,999     $4.50
$900,000 to $999,999            $3.00
$800,000 to $899,999             $4.00
Less than $800,000                 $5.50

Auction Price – Katrina and Amie’s House

$1.5 Million or higher             $12
$1.4 Million to $1,499,999     $11
$1.3 Million to $1,399,999     $6.00
$1.2 Million to $1,299,999     $5.00
$1.1 Million to $1,199,999     $4.50
$1.0 Million to $1,099,999    $4.00
$900,000 to $999,999             $4.50
$800,000 to $899,999             $8.00
Less than $800,000                 $9.00

Australian punters have predicted the Queen will wear a yellow hat to Royal Wedding, in just one of a variety of novelty markets available with online bookmaker sportsbet.
“We’ve taken literally thousands of bets on the Royal Wedding, with the vast majority between $1 to $10 from punters looking to have an extra interest in the telecast,” sportsbet’s Haydn Lane said.
Below is a brief description of the markets, with a quote from sportsbet’s Haydn Lane under each.

Colour of Queen’s Hat
“Pastels have been popular with punters for the colour of the Queen’s hat, however, yellow is the clear favourite and has firmed from $7 into just $2.75. Grey has been unwanted and has drifted from $6 out to $26.”

Length of Kate’s train
“A train of 2.01 metres to 5 metres has been backed off the map from $2.25 to $1.33. This option has attracted the biggest bet to date with sportsbet on the Royal Wedding – $2000 at odds of $1.91.”

Colour of Kate’s dress
“Ivory has been the hot favourite since betting opened with just $1.67 on offer.”

Year of first child?
“2012 has been easily the best-backed year for the couple’s first child at $2.25 from punters who think William and Kate won’t waste too much time!”

Name of first child?
“In a wide open market, the best-backed baby names to date have been ‘Diana’ at $9 for a girl and ‘George’ and ‘Henry’ for a boy at $11 each. Not surprisingly, we’ve taken no bets on ‘Fergie’ at $251!”

Rain on the wedding day
Yes      $2.50 into $1.30
No        $1.50 out to $3.20

“The weather forecast was looking great until a few days ago. It now appears there’s a good chance of rain on the day.”

Will Kate use the word ‘obey’ in her vows (market closed)
“$2 was on offer on Kate not using the word ‘obey’ in her vows. We then took a string of bets in quick succession on this option shortly after it was announced that Kate would not say ‘obey’ from punters who heard the announcement before we did!”

Sportsbet Tip of the Royal Wedding

Stick with what you know. It is very likely to rain on the wedding day so $1.30 isn’t bad odds. Better than interest in the bank! See the latest odds for this market here.

Place your Royal Wedding bets at Sportsbet here or see all the latest odds below
Markets courtesy of Sportsbet
Colour of Queen’s Hat
$2.75   Yellow (in from $7.00)
$5.00   Light Blue
$6.00   Pink
$7.00   Purple, Apricot
$9.00   Green
$10      White
$12      Dark Blue
$15      Brown
$17      Orange
$19      Gold
$21      Red
$26      Grey
$34      Black

Length of Kate’s Train
$1.33   2.01 to 5 metres (in from $2.25)
$3.75   2 metres or less
$5.50   5.01 to 8 metres
$10      More than 8 metres

What colour will Kate’s Wedding Dress be?
$1.67   Ivory
$3.50   White
$4.50   Champagne
$5.00   Cream
$17      Pearl, Vanilla
$19      Almond
$26      Grey
$34      Gold, Lilac, Silver
$41      Ecru, Egg Shell, Powder Blue
Others Quoted

Rain on the wedding day?
$1.30   Yes (in from $2.50)
$3.20   No (out from $1.50)

What titles will the couple take?
$1.57   Duke & Duchess of Cambridge
$5.50   Duke & Duchess of Sussex
$9.00   Duke & Duchess of Connaught
$13      Duke & Duchess of Kendal
$15      Duke & Duchess of Windsor
$15      Prince & Princess William

Sex of first child
$1.83   Male, Female

Year of first child
$2.25   2012
$2.50   2013
$5.50   2016 or later
$6.00   2014
$7.00   2015

Name of first child
$6.00   Frances
$7.00   John
$9.00   Diana
$11      Spencer, Anne, Charles, Henry, George
$13      Sarah, Phillip
$15      Richard
$17      Elizabeth, Edward, William, Carol, Mary, David
$21      Marie, James, Catherine/Kate, Caroline, Victoria, Andrew
$26      Phillippa, Louis, Alexander, Arthur
$34      Jane, Sophia, Frederick, Oliver, Albert
$41      Fiona, Christian, Patrick
$51      Janet, Georgiana
$67      Camilla
$81      Chelsea
$101    Bryan, Wallis
$251    Fergie

Next Monarch
$1.83   Prince Charles, Prince William
$9.00   Prince Harry
$51      Any other

Below is a list of online bookmaker Sportsbet’s up to date markets on each of the 150 federal electorates.

In outright betting, the Coalition money train shows no sign of slowing down, with the Coalition shortening even further in the past hour to the odds of $2.75 while Labor’s price has ballooned out to $1.45
“We’ve taken hundreds of bets on the overall election winner this morning and less than 10 percent of those have been on Labor,” said Sportbet’s Haydn Lane.

Markets courtesy of Sportsbet
2010 Federal Election – Winning Party
$1.45 Labor (out from $1.24 on Tuesday 17 August)
$2.75 Coalition (in from $4.00 on Tuesday 17 August)

Electorate Markets
Adelaide (SA)             $1.02 Labor, $10 Coalition
Aston (VIC)                 $1.14 Coalition $5 Labor
Ballarat (VIC)              $1.03 Labor, $9 Coalition
Banks (NSW)              $1.02 Labor, $10 Coalition
Barker (SA)                 $1.02 Coalition, $10 Labor
Barton (NSW)            $1.01 Labor, $11 Coalition
Bass (TAS)                   $1.37 Labor, $3 Coalition
Batman (VIC)              $1.01 Labor, $21 Coalition
Bendigo (VIC)             $1.06 Labor, $7 Coalition
Bennelong (NSW)      $1.50 Coalition, $2.45 Labor
Berowra (NSW)          $1.01 Coalition, $11 Labor
Blair (QLD)                  $1.25 Labor, $3.65 Coalition
Blaxland (NSW)          $1.01 Labor, $11 Coalition
Bonner (QLD)             $1.50 Labor, $2.38 Coalition
Boothby (SA)             $1.50 Coalition, $2.40 Labor
Bowman (QLD)           $1.16 Coalition, $4.30 Labor
Braddon (TAS)           $1.20 Labor, $4.20 Coalition
Bradfield (NSW)         $1.01 Coalition, $11 Coalition
Brand (WA)                $1.15 Labor, $5.25 Coalition
Brisbane (QLD)           $1.31 Labor, $3.10 Coalition
Bruce (VIC)                 $1.04 Labor, $8 Coalition
Calare (NSW)             $1.08 Labor, $10 Coalition
Calwell (VIC)               $1.02 Labor, $9.50 Coalition
Canberra (ACT)          $1.03 Labor, $10 Coalition
Canning (WA)            $1.35 Coalition, $3 Labor
Capricornia (QLD)      $1.01 Labor, $13 Coalition
Casey (VIC)                 $1.07 Coalition, $7 Labor
Charlton (NSW)         $1.01 Labor, $11 Coalition
Chifley (NSW)            $1.01 Labor, $11 Coalition
Chisolm (VIC)             $1.01 Labor, $10 Coalition
Cook (NSW)               $1.02 Coalition, $9.50 Labor
Corangamite (VIC)     $1.50 Labor, $2.45 Coalition
Corio (VIC)                  $1.04 Labor, $8 Coalition
Cowan (WA)               $1.12 Coalition, $5 Labor
Cowper (NSW)           $1.16 Coalition, $4 Labor
Cunningham (NSW)  $1.01 Labor, $11 Coalition
Curtin (WA)                $1.01 Coalition, $11 Labor
Dawson (QLD)            $1.63 Coalition, $2.14 Labor
Deakin (VIC)               $1.40 Labor, $2.70 Coalition
Denison (TAS)            $1.01 Labor, $17 Coalition
Dickson (QLD)            $1.30 Labor, $3.25 Coalition
Dobell (NSW)             $1.40 Labor, $2.80 Coalition
Dunkley (VIC)             $1.17 Coalition, $4.30 Labor
Durack (WA)              $1.05 Coalition, $7.50 Labor
Eden-Monaro (NSW)   $1.20 Labor, $4 Coalition
Fadden (QLD)             $1.01 Coalition, $10.50 Labor
Fairfax (QLD)              $1.06 Coalition, $7.50 Labor
Farrer (NSW)              $1.01 Coalition, $12 Labor
Fisher (QLD)                $1.10 Coalition, $5.75 Labor
Flinders (VIC)              $1.02 Coalition, $9.15 Labor
Flynn (QLD)                $1.33 Coalition, $2.85 Labor
Forde (QLD)                $1.65 Labor, $2.15 Coalition
Forrest (WA)              $1.06 Coalition, $7.25 Labor
Fowler (NSW)             $1.01 Labor, $9 Coalition
Franklin (TAS)            $1.17 Labor, $4.50 Coalition
Fraser (ACT)                $1.01 Labor, $11 Coalition
Fremantle (WA)         $1.06 Labor, $10 Coalition
Gellibrand (VIC)         $1.01 Labor, $11 Coalition
Gilmore (NSW)           $1.22 Coalition, $3.90 Labor
Gippsland (VIC)          $1.08 Coalition, $6.25 Labor
Goldstein (VIC)           $1.01 Coalition, $10.50 Labor
Gorton (VIC)               $1.01 Labor, $10.50 Coalition
Grayndler (NSW)       $1.05 Labor, $11 Coalition
Greenway (NSW)       $1.22 Labor, $3.90 Coalition
Grey (SA)                    $1.08 Coalition, $6.50 Labor
Griffith (QLD)             $1.05 Labor, $8 Greens
Groom (QLD)              $1.02 Coalition, $10 Labor
Hasluck (WA)             $1.70 Coalition, $2.10 Labor
Herbert (QLD)            $1.60 Coalition, $2.18 Labor
Higgins (VIC)               $1.01 Coalition, $10.50 Labor
Hindmarsh (SA)          $1.05 Labor, $9 Coalition
Hinkler (QLD)             $1.16 Coalition, $4.30 Labor
Holt (VIC)                    $1.02 Labor, $10 Coalition
Hotham (VIC)             $1.01 Labor, $10.50 Coalition
Hughes (NSW)            $1.35 Coalition, $3.10 Labor
Hume (NSW)              $1.02 Coalition, $10 Labor
Hunter (NSW)            $1.03 Labor, $8 Coalition
Indi (VIC)                    $1.01 Coalition, $11 Labor
Isaacs (VIC)                 $1.05 Labor, $7.50 Coalition
Jagajaga (VIC)             $1.01 Labor, $11 Coalition
Kennedy (QLD)           $1.01 Independent, $11 Coalition, $41 Labor
Kingsford Smith (NSW)  $1.01 Labor, $11 Coalition
Kingston (SA)             $1.06 Labor, $7.10 Coalition
Kooyong (VIC)            $1.01 Coalition, $10.30 Labor
La Trobe (VIC)            $1.80 Labor, $1.90 Coalition
Lalor (VIC)                  $1.01 Labor, $11 Coalition
Leichardt (QLD)          $1.31 Coalition, $3 Labor
Lilley (QLD)                 $1.02 Labor, $9 Coalition
Lindsay (NSW)           $1.65 Coalition, $2.00 Labor
Lingiari (NT)               $1.03 Labor, $9 Coalition
Longman (QLD)          $1.43 Labor, 2.65 Coalition
Lyne (NSW)                $1.09 Independent, $4.50 Coalition, $41 Labor
Lyons (TAS)                $1.08 Labor, $7.50 Coalition
Macarthur (NSW)      $1.20 Labor, $4 Coalition
Mackellar (NSW)       $1.01 Coalition, $13 Labor
Macquarie (NSW)      $1.28 Coalition, $3.60 Labor
Makin (SA)                 $1.05 Labor, $8.50 Coalition
Mallee (VIC)               $1.01 Coalition, $10.50 Labor
Maranoa (QLD)          $1.01 Coalition, $11 Labor
Maribyrnong (VIC)    $1.01 Labor, $11 Coalition
Mayo (SA)                  $1.01 Coalition, $11 Labor
McEwen (VIC)            $1.23 Labor, $3.65 Coalition
McMahon (NSW)       $1.01 Labor, $11 Coalition
McMillan (VIC)           $1.04 Coalition, $7.60 Labor
McPherson (QLD)      $1.02 Coalition, $10 Labor
Melbourne (VIC)        $1.50 Greens, $2.40 Labor
Melbourne Ports (VIC)  $1.01 Labor, $8.50 Coalition
Menzies (VIC)             $1.03 Coalition, $8 Labor
Mitchell (NSW)          $1.01 Coalition, $11 Labor
Moncrieff (QLD)         $1.01 Coalition, $12 Labor
Moore (WA)               $1.01 Coalition, $10.50 Labor       
Moreton (QLD)          $1.31 Labor, $3.15 Coalition
Murray (VIC)              $1.01 Coalition, $11 Labor
New England (NSW)  $1.02 Independent, $12 Coalition, $31 Labor
Newcastle (NSW)       $1.01 Labor, $11 Coalition
North Sydney (NSW)  $1.01 Coalition, $12 Labor
O’Connor (WA)          $1.01 Coalition, $21 Labor
Oxley (QLD)                $1.01 Labor, $11 Coalition
Page (NSW)                $1.30 Labor, $3.20 Coalition
Parkes (NSW)             $1.12 Coalition, $6 Independent, $15 Labor
Parramatta (NSW)     $1.08 Labor, $6.80 Coalition
Paterson (NSW)         $1.24 Coalition, $3.75 Labor
Pearce (WA)               $1.02 Coalition, $11 Labor
Perth (WA)                 $1.02 Labor, $10 Coalition
Petrie (QLD)               $1.50 Labor, $2.45 Coalition
Port Adelaide (SA)     $1.01 Labor, $11 Coalition
Rankin (QLD)              $1.01 Labor, $11 Coalition
Reid (NSW)                 $1.02 Labor, $10 Coalition
Richmond (NSW)       $1.13 Labor, $5 Coalition
Riverina (NSW)          $1.01 Coalition, $11 Labor
Robertson (NSW)      $1.12 Coalition, $5 Labor
Ryan (QLD)                 $1.22 Coalition, $4.30 Labor
Scullin (VIC)                $1.01 Labor, $10 Coalition
Shortland (NSW)       $1.01 Labor, $11 Coalition
Solomon (NT)             $1.85 Labor, $1.91 Coalition
Stirling (WA)              $1.18 Coalition, $4.25 Labor
Sturt (SA)                   $1.22 Coalition, $3.80 Labor
Swan (WA)                 $1.40 Coalition, $2.80 Labor
Sydney (NSW)            $1.05 Labor, $6 Coalition
Tangney (WA)            $1.02 Coalition, $9.75 Labor
Throsby (NSW)          $1.01 Labor, $11 Coalition
Wakefield (SA)           $1.05 Labor, $5 Coalition
Wannon (VIC)            $1.02 Coalition, $10.50    
Warringah (NSW)      $1.01 Coalition, $11 Labor
Watson (NSW)           $1.01 Labor, $11 Coalition
Wentworth (NSW)    $1.05 Coalition, $8 Labor
Werriwa (NSW)         $1.01 Labor, $11 Coalition
Wide Bay (QLD)         $1.02 Coalition, $10 Labor
Wills (VIC)                  $1.01 Labor, $10 Coalition
Wright (QLD)             $1.10 Coalition, $5.75 Labor

*Update. The odds have gone into $1.10 for Julia and poor old Rudd is out to $6.25.

Anyone a singer? A remix of  the 1987 Rick Asley Never Gonna Give You Up would be a massive hit today, titled Rudd Rolled, the lyrics are kinda ironic too.

Sportingbet has promptly opened a market for the Labor Leadership after the announcement last night of a potential leadership spill. The market will close just before this mornings ballot.

Bookies rarely get the odds wrong and looking at what odds Sportingbet have opened up at, Kevin is in a world of trouble.

Keven Rudd $4.20

Julia Gillard $1.20

Click here to see the latest odds

Rudd has lost support from almost the whole Labor party including the unions and is all but out so the $1.20 for Julia Gillard looks to be a sound investment with a quick payout which will likely be the same day as the ballot.

My tip is load up on Julia Gillard before the market closes, then place all your winnings on the Liberals to win this years federal election. Sorry Julia it not going to happen, I think its your voice…

Look at it as a quick 20% on your money, now that’s better than the banks!

Sportingbet is know to be the election betting specialists and this proves they are ahead of the rest as they are the only bookie with todays ballot betting. They offer bets on this year Federal Election and also the Victorian and NSW State Elections. They also have a market for the Liberal leader going into the next election with Tony Abbott paying a slender $1.05

Checkout the Sportingbet site here for more info on election betting and to get the latest odds on the Labor Leadership Ballot, but be quick the betting market will close soon!

Online bookies could lose hundreds of thousands of dollars after numerous bets being placed this morning just before Melbourne Storm and the NRL announced the salary cap infringements.

Not only have Melbourne Storm lose their two premierships but all points in the 2010 season handing them the wooden spoon after only six rounds.

Online bookmaker Sportingbet took several bets at 250-1 with some punters set to win $10,000 from each bet

“We took three bets to win $10,000 and another to win $8000 for the Storm to win the wooden spoon all within 10 minutes of each other this morning,” Sportingbet Australia spokesman Bill Richmond said.

“You don’t take a series of bets like that unless someone knows something and we have suspended betting on the wooden spoon as a result.”

“Melbourne is now our worst result for the wooden spoon despite the fact they are premiership favourites.”

The TAB also took a $200 bet for Storm to take the wooden spoon the night before the announcement at the odds of $200-1 with a massive $40,000 payout. Before suspending the market the TAB received further bets that morning.

Another major online bookmaker IASbet took “farily odd” bets on the wooden spoon and have suspended betting and waiting out the storm to see what results from it all.

Australia’s only betting exchange Betfair also was hit with wooden spoon bets before the rumour become fact with Betfair spokesman Hugh Taggart saying that his agency would not void a market based on hearsay and rumour, and it would take advice from the NRL for Betfair to stop the public betting on the market.

“We would only avoid a market in an extreme circumstance.”

“Punters always bet on rumour and innuendo.”

“Our markets will be dictated by what happens in the public domain.”

It has been a very messy day for the NRL and the bookies have been cough up in the middle of it. I can’t see the bookies accepting these bets I think a refund will be given to clients that put bets on 24 hours before the announcement.

Where it could get messy is the Melbourne premiership betting. Do the bookies keep the bets or will refunds be given out. It will very interesting to see which bookmakers makes the first move with the others likely to follow suit.

A dominant heat win on Saturday night and now the perfect inside draw has seen Washakie shorten dramatically for Saturday night’s 2010 Inter Dominion Final with leading online bookmaker Sportsbet.

The star New Zealander firmed from $6.00 in to $4.60 with sentimental favourite Blacks A Fake also firming from $4.20 to $4.00 after drawing barrier three.

“Washakie has the gate speed to hold the front if challenged by Blacks A Fake, that’s why we are still betting $4.00 for “Blackie”. I think he’ll he have to do too much work” said Sportsbet’s Matthew Campbell.

Race favourite Monkey King (pictured above) drifted slightly from $2.10 to $2.30 after drawing barrier five. “Ricky May might take a peak at leading but I think with the speed on he will take a position in behind and still be the one to beat” said Campbell.

Although Sportsbet think Blacks A Fake will do it tough I think he has what it takes and has over many occasions shown why he is a superstar in the harness racing world. At $4.00 and taking barrier 3 I think Blacks A Fake is well worth a bet.

Sportsbet are the Inter Dominion Final specialists with betting on the big event right to the race start. They have a special offer giving you up to $200 worth of free bets just for making a deposit! Checkout the Sportsbet site here for more info on this free bet offer.

The AFL coach betting markets have changed massively after the shock appointment of Nathan Buckley to Collingwood with a five year contract.

Buckley was previously the favourite to get the job at either Richmond or North Melbourne but now the market has been blown open with some good value for some potential new coaches for the 2010 season.

Here a run down of the Richmond Coaching markets from Sportingbet

Richmond Coaching Job

Jade Rawlings 2.00
Damien Hardwick 4.50
Leon Cameron 6.00
David King 11.00
Chris Bond 13.00
Ken Hinkley 13.00
Guy McKenna 21.00
Wayne Campbell 34.00

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Back in June I made a comment in a previous post that I thought Jade Rawlings at $10 for the coaching job was great value.

Now over a month later the bookies have pulled  him back to a $2.00 hot favourite, but I still think there a bit of value here. He has had success with the group and the team seems to respond to him well. The Richmond board members have given him full support as the caretaker coach and I feel they have no other viable choice at the moment but to keep Rawlings. Taking all this into account this gives him a great chance to continue the job next year.

Allot will depend on the results for the rest of the season. The Tigers play Melbourne, Sydney, Collingwood, Hawthorn and West Coast. I think they should at least win three of the final five games.

Now that Buckley has dropped out of the list I think the Richmond board may announce the coach sooner rather than later. They could have hoped to snap up Buckley but had a plan B if thinks went wrong. The Plan B announcement may be only days away so it might be worth getting your bet on soon.

Here’s the North Melbourne Coaching Odds from Sportingbet

North Melbourne Coaching Job

John Longmire 3.00
Darren Crocker 3.50
Damien Hardwick 5.00
David King 5.00
John Blakey 11.00
Ken Hinkley 13.00
Leon Cameron 41.00
Brad Scott 21.00
Anthony Rock 26.00
Glenn Archer 31.00
Jade Rawlings 41.00
Donald McDonald 67.00

There hasn’t been a great deal of hype over this job. I think this is what North wanted and it is going to make it hard to predict the incoming coach.

The Kangaroos are currently going through the rebuilding process both on and off the field and I think they will assign a new face to the coaching job that we don’t know a great deal about. Yes, he may be on the list above but I don’t think he is it the top 5 names so be cautious when betting in this market.

Ken Hinkley might be worth a few dollars with all the work he has done with Geelong in the past but don’t put your house on it.