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What are the odds of a UFO sighting during the London Olympics opening ceremony? Or of the final torch-bearer tripping as they ascend to light the flame? Or would you prefer a more traditional wager on the battle for gold between Russia and Spain in synchronized swimming duos?

London betting houses will offer odds on almost anything, including all 26 sports at the Games, from the 100-metre dash to fencing, from diving to soccer. The industry expects to handle a record 100 million pounds ($155 million) in wagers during the July 27 to August 12 competition — even some pretty outlandish parlays.

"We try to cater to most people's tastes," said Joe Crilly, a spokesman for William Hill, a gambling house that encourages punters — the UK term for gamblers — to contact them with any bet they can dream up.

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Brazil sits atop the odds to win both the men's and the women's volleyball tournaments at the Summer Olympics in London, with Russia and the United States also top contenders to grab the gold medal in each of those events.

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For the men's tournament it's Brazil as the 11/10 favorite, and they'll be looking to make up for their loss to the United States in the gold-medal match in Beijing four years ago. Brazil won the men's volleyball tournament in Athens in 2004, and they also won the FIVB World Championship each of the last three times it was held (2010, 2006, 2002).

Brazil was also third at the FIVB World Cup in 2011, an event won by a Russian team that sits as the second-favorite at 5/2 to win the men's gold medal in volleyball in London. Poland, which lost to Russia at the FIVB World Cup in 2011, is next at 9/2 odds, with Italy at 8/1 odds, and the United States at 14/1 odds.

The American men won their first gold medal in volleyball since 1988 in Beijing, and their most recent medal at the event had been the bronze they won in Barcelona back in 1992.

Serbia (20/1), Bulgaria (25/1), Argentina (50/1), Germany (66/1), Australia (500/1), Tunisia (500/1), and Great Britain (1000/1) round out the men's field for London.

Brazil is also listed as the 13/8 favorite to win the gold medal in women's volleyball in London, and they managed to beat the United States in the championship match at Beijing four years ago. The Brazilian women lost to Russia in the gold-medal match at the 2010 FIVB World Championship.

The American women sit at 15/8 to win the gold medal, with Russia at 3/1, and Italy at 9/1; the Italians won the women's FIVB World Cup in both 2011 and 2007. China (28/1), Serbia (28/1), Turkey (28/1), Japan (50/1), the Dominican Republic (200/1), South Korea (200/1), Algeria (500/1), and Great Britain (1000/1) round out the women's field.

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The United States' women's basketball team is overshadowed by their counterparts on the country's men's team, but they're actually bigger favorites to win the gold medal at the London Olympics this summer.

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While the men sit at 1/8 odds to win the gold medal in their tournament, the American women are pegged as 1/10 favorites to finish atop the podium in England this time around.

The United States has managed to win the gold medal in women's basketball in each of the last four Olympic Games, and in six of the past seven Olympic tournaments overall – the Unified Team took the gold in 1992, with the Americans settling for a bronze that year.

And the Americans are also the defending winners of the women's FIBA World Championship, which they won in 2010. The United States has won three of the past four women's world championships, with Australia claiming that gold medal in 2006.

Australia is second behind the United States at 7/1 odds to win women's gold in basketball in London, with Russia at 8/1 odds, and no one else closer than 25/1 odds (France).

The United States women are riding a 33-game winning streak at the Olympics, and their roster is made up entirely of WNBA players – including three members of the Minnesota Lynx (Seimone Augustus, Lindsay Whalen, Maya Moore), plus Los Angeles Sparks star forward Candace Parker and WNBA scoring leader Angel McCoughtry of the Atlanta Dream.

The Russians have American-born guard Becky Hammon on their roster for London, while the Australians have Seattle Storm forward Lauren Jackson plus former Tulsa Shock center Liz Cambage – the second-overall pick in the 2011 WNBA Draft behind Moore.

The Czech Republic – which lost to the United States in the gold medal game at the 2010 World Championship – is at 66/1 for London, with Turkey at 80/1, Brazil at 150/1, China at 200/1, Canada at 250/1, Croatia at 250/1, Great Britain at 500/1, and Angola at 1000/1.

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Sprinter Josh Ross is warning the Australian Olympic Committee he will abandon the London Games if he does not receive a legitimate explanation for the reason behind his federation failing to nominate him to race in the 100 metres individual event.

Ross, who is a member of Australia's 4x100m relay team, is eligible to compete in the Olympics blue riband event because he clocked 10:23 seconds – a B-qualifying standard time – at the nationals earlier this year and at a recent meet in Europe.

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They will dominate both division, USA Men's and Women's Olympic basketball team will win gold.

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Joe Jogia has been banned from snooker until the end of the 2014 World Championship after an investigation into suspicious betting patterns ahead of a Snooker Shoot-out match.

Jogia’s game against Matthew Selt at January’s event was investigated by the sport’s governing body, the World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association (WPBSA), and betting was suspended after a bookmaker reported it had been the subject of unusual betting patterns.

The 36-year-old was provisionally suspended and the WPBSA confirmed in a statement this evening: 'Joe Jogia was today banned from involvement in the game of snooker and billiards until the conclusion of the 2014 World Championship and ordered to pay £2,000 as a contribution towards the cost of the hearing and investigation of the case.'

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Scientists from the Institute of Policy and Governance (whose initials in Spanish are IPOLGO😎 at the UC3M have over the last three years compiled information and carried out a series of studies which have enabled them to create profiles of people enagaged in activities linked to games of chance in Spain. According to their results, the development of the world economic crisis and its effects on Spain have directly affected the field of leisure and the gaming sector. From 2009 to 2011, the number of people who play has increased, but these people risk smaller amounts. Furthermore, they participate especially in passive gaming (lotteries, football pools and the like), while regular players play less frequently. The researchers point out that, as a result, the total amount wagered has decreased in the last year.

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While the 2012 Olympic Games are special in many ways, one aspect stands out. This is the first time that organizers have geared up to prevent any of the 302 events from being corrupted by the global explosion of online sports gambling.

In March, the International Olympic Committee began an effort to track the Internet gaming industry for signs of unusual betting patterns that might indicate whether athletes or IOC officials are being bribed to “fix” a match or alter aspects of an event during “live” betting.

“There is a new danger coming up that almost all countries have been affected by – and that is corruption, match-fixing and illegal gambling,” says IOC president Jacques Rogge.

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Banks are beginning to take an interest not just in how much a mortgage applicant spends, but in what they spend their money on

BRITISH BANKS are beginning to look negatively at customers’ online betting habits. Almost £5 billion (€6.4 billion) will be bet on sport in the UK this year, fuelled by Bradley Wiggins’ Tour de France victory and Euro 2012, while bookmakers believe the Olympics could be a focus for punters in a way that has not happened before.

Everything has changed since the Beijing Olympics just four years ago. Mobile betting is now freely available on smartphones, while Coral, for example, is offering bets on every single event, even synchronised swimming.

Spending, says Joe Crilly of William Hill, could be twice the 2008 amount. Many of the wagers will be laid online rather than in betting shops. But the paper trial this creates in deposit accounts or on credit-card statements could cause difficulties for punters long after the Olympic flame has departed east London.

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What are the odds of a UFO sighting during the London Olympics opening ceremony? Or of the final torch bearer tripping as they ascend to light the flame? Or would you prefer a more traditional wager on the battle for gold between Russia and Spain in synchronized swimming duos?

London online betting houses will offer odds on almost anything, including all 26 sports at the games, from the 100-meter dash to fencing, from diving to soccer. The industry expects to handle a record 100 million pounds ($155 million) in wagers during the July 27-Aug.12 competition — even some pretty outlandish parlays.


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Great Britain's Mark Cavendish will be looking to win a gold medal for the host country on Saturday as he competes as the Bovada favorite in the men's cycling road race at the Olympics.

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Cavendish is going off at 1/1 on the odds to win the gold medal at the event on Saturday, and he was the winner of the men's individual road race at the 2011 UCI Road World Championships in Denmark – making him the world champ heading into the Games.

Peter Sagan of Slovakia is next at 5/1 on that odds list at Bovada, and he managed to win the green jersey at the Tour de France this month while finishing 42nd overall at the race – the green jersey is given to the rider who leads the secondary 'points' classification. Sagan also finished in 12th place at the 2011 world championships.

Andre Greipel of Germany (10/1), Philippe Gilbert of Belgium (11/1), Fabian Cancellara of Switzerland (12/1) and Tom Boonen of Belgium (12/1) follow those top two favorites on the cycling odds list at Bovada to win the men's road race. Greipel was third in Denmark in 2011, Gilbert was 17th, and Cancellara was fourth.

Cancellara also won the silver medal in the men's road race at the Beijing Olympics back in 2008, finishing behind Samuel Sanchez of Spain at that event. Sanchez won't be in the field on Saturday after he suffered hand and back injuries in a Tour de France crash.

Edvald Boasson Hagen of Norway (14/1), Thor Hushovd of Norway (16/1) and Matthew Goss of Australia (18/1) round out the second tier of contenders for the race, with Oscar Freire of Spain and Tyler Farrar of the United States both listed at 22/1 odds. Goss finished second behind Cavendish at the world championships in 2011.

2012 Tour de France champion Bradley Wiggins is a 100/1 long shot on the odds to win the gold medal in the road race on Saturday. Cavendish was 142nd at the Tour de France.

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Coming off a victory in Chicago last time out Elliott Sadler can further extend his lead in the Nationwide Series standings on Saturday afternoon by paying off on the auto racing lines at the Indy 250 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

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Sadler held off Ricky Stenhouse Jr. and Justin Allgaier for the win in the STP 300 at Chicagoland Speedway last weekend, with Kenny Wallace, Michael Annett and Austin Dillon following those leaders across the finish line at the race.

That put Sadler 11 points up on Dillon in the Nationwide Series standings after 18 races, with Stenhouse Jr. 19 points back of top spot. Sam Hornish Jr., who finished eighth over the weekend at Chicagoland, is fourth in the points race, with Allgaier sitting fifth.

Those leaders will be joined by many Sprint Cup Series regulars on Saturday afternoon as the Nationwide Series makes its debut at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Prior to this season the circuit competed at Lucas Oil Raceway in nearby Clermont, Indiana.

And that includes Joey Logano, who isn't eligible for the Nationwide Series points race but has picked up five wins, seven Top-5 finishes, and nine Top-10 results over his 12 appearances on the circuit so far in 2012.

Sadler and Stenhouse Jr. each have three Nationwide Series victories this season, with Sprint Cup Series regulars Kurt Busch and Brad Keselowski taking two checkered flags apiece on the circuit. Keselowski won the Kroger 200 at Lucas Oil Raceway in 2011.

For Saturday it's Sprint Cup Series regular Denny Hamlin who is listed as the 7/2 favorite on the auto racing odds at Bovada for the Indy 250, with Keselowski and Stenhouse Jr. both at 11/2, Logano and Kyle Busch at 13/2, and Kurt Busch at 11/1.

Sadler, Kasey Kahne and Paul Menard are all pegged at 13/1 on the odds to win the Indy 250 along with Dillon, who is tied with Stenhouse Jr. with a series-high 10 Top-5 finishes in 2012. Hornish Jr. is listed at 18/1 odds for the weekend, with Allgaier back at 35/1 odds.

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The eyes of the world are on London as the final countdown to the start of the 2012 Olympics begins.

The big stage rehearsals for Friday night's £27 million opening ceremony are now complete. Director Danny Boyle, the mastermind behind the opening ceremony, believes the curtain-raiser at the Olympic Stadium is fitting both for London and everyone who will compete at the Games.

"Part of the theme of our show is that this is for everyone," he said. "It is very easy to get it out of perspective when you are doing a warm-up act like this and we have not forgotten that perspective."

He added: "We all know that we are a warm-up act for the 10,000 athletes who are getting ready to compete in the Olympic Games.

"They are the most important thing about the show, except one thing. This is a show that has been built out of our volunteers. They are the people who have turned up in rain and terrible conditions and have built this show.

"They really are the most extraordinary group of people. This show is theirs. This country is theirs. They really are the best. They really are the best of us."

Special effects, big names and bags of enthusiasm will be used to help celebrate the best of British in front of an audience of more than 70,000 who will be watching live at the stadium in Stratford, east London.

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International Olympic Committee president Jacques Rogge has condemned an apparent betting coup on the identity of the Australian flagbearer at London 2012.

Basketball player Lauren Jackson was backed from 30/1 to 2/1 overnight before being announced as the athlete to carry the flag at the opening ceremony.

There have been suggestions that athletes may have been involved in the seemingly well-informed betting but, if so, Rogge pointed out that no rules had been broken.

Read more: London 2012 Olympics: Alleged betting coup Australia's flagbearer | Mail Online

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Jimmie Johnson headlines a host of familiar names that are tightly bunched atop the auto-racing betting odds to take the checkered flag in NASCAR Sprint Cup Series action this weekend, as Crown Royal presents the Curtiss Shaver 400 at the Brickyard on Sunday (Noon Eastern) at the historic Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

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Johnson, who is currently listed as the chalk at 3/1 on the auto-racing futures to win the Sprint Cup Championship, is also the slight betting favorite at 13/2 odds to win the Curtiss Shaver 400 on Sunday afternoon as he looks for his third victory of the season (after 19 races). The five-time Sprint Cup champion has already chalked up three victories in this race when it was called the Allstate 400 at the Brickyard, previously visiting Victory Lane in 2006, 2008, and 2009.

Tony Stewart, another high-profile driver with a track record of success at the Brickyard, is listed right behind Johnson at 8/1 odds to win on Sunday, after posting wins at the Allstate 400 in 2005 and 2007. Stewart has already recorded three Sprint Cup victories this season, including a win at the Coke Zero 400 just three weeks ago at Daytona.

Dale Earnhardt Jr., who is tied with Johnson for the most Top-10 finishes this season at 14, is third on the betting odds for Sunday’s race at 9/1. Denny Hamlin, Greg Biffle, Jeff Gordon, Kyle Busch and Kasey Kahne are all solid value contenders at 10/1 odds, with current Sprint Cup standings leader Matt Kenseth following close behind at 12/1 odds. Last year’s winner, Paul Menard, is listed as a 66/1 long shot to repeat the feat.

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Michael Phelps won a record eight gold medals in the pool for the United States in Beijing in 2008, including a first-place result in the 400m individual medley. However, with that event on tap for Saturday, Phelps finds himself trailing teammate Ryan Lochte on the Bovada odds list.

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And that's because Lochte has taken over the event, winning the gold medal in the 400m individual medley at the FINA World Championships in 2011 with Phelps not in the field, and then beating Phelps head-to-head in the race at the U.S. Olympic Trials last month.

So heading into Saturday's race Lochte is pegged as the 8/11 favorite on the Olympic swimming odds at Bovada, with Phelps second on that list at 1/1 to win the gold medal.

Laszlo Cseh of Hungary (22/1), Yuya Horihata of Japan (33/1), Kosuke Hagino of Japan (40/1), Chengxiang Wang of China (66/1), Thomas Fraser-Holmes of Australia (80/1) and Zhixian Yang of China (100/1) round out the betting options for the race. Horihata finished third in the event at the 2011 World Championships.

The women's 400m individual medley will also be contested Saturday, with Elisabeth Beisel of the United States the 4/5 favorite to win the race; Beisel came out on top in the event at the 2011 World Championships, and was fourth in the race in Beijing at just 15 years old.

Great Britain's Hannah Miley, who finished second behind Beisel at the World Championships, is then at 4/5 odds for the race at Bovada, with Australia's Stephanie Rice (who won bronze at the World Championships) then at 5/1 odds. Rice won the gold medal in the women's 400m individual medley in Beijing.

Elsewhere around the pool on Saturday, Sun Yang of China is the favorite at 4/5 to win the gold in the men's 400m freestyle ahead of South Korea's Park Tae-Hwan (3/2); Tae-Hwan won the gold in the event in Beijing and at the 2011 World Championships, while Yang was second at the World Championships last year.

As well, the defending world champions from the Netherlands are the 4/5 favorites to win the gold medal in the women's 4x100m freestyle relay on Saturday, with the United States (second at the 2011 World Championships) pegged at 11/8 odds. The Netherlands and the United States finished 1-2 at this event in Beijing, with Australia (6/1) taking the bronze.

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LADBROKES’ boss Richard Glynn will stress the importance of a £50 million investment in digital this week as the bookmaker recovers from England’s exit from Euro 2012.

The group’s shares have been under pressure after it revealed that delays to plans to revamp its long-awaited online gambling unit would likely see the division’s profits halve in the first six months of the year. It had a tough Euro 2012 tournament after England were knocked out in a penalty shoot-out with Italy.But Britain’s second-biggest bookmaker recently sought to reassure investors that a better performance at its 2,000-strong shop estate had kept it on course to meet City hopes for the first half.

Analysts are expecting Ladbrokes to post half-year profits, excluding high rollers, of £103.4 million on Thursday, which would still be up from the £97.6m reported a year earlier.

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