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William Hill have shortened the price of Tonga beating England in Friday’s crucial World Cup match from 7/1 to 6/1, following support for the outsiders with England now offered at 1/12 from 1/16.

Wilkinson is 2/1 to score between eleven and fifteen points and 10/1 to score thirty one or more. “Tonga are a big price considering their performance against South Africa and although the bets coming in on Tonga are not huge, they have been enough to shorten the price,” said Hill’s spokesman Rupert Adams.

Hill’s expect the home nations to struggle from here on in and offer 8/11 that all the home nations are eliminated before the semi finals and have even opened a book on which of the coaches will be the first to leave his job with Wales coach Gareth Jenkins their favourite at 5/4.

England vs Tonga - 80mins Prices:
1/12 England,
6/1 Tonga,
25/1 Draw

All Home Nations to be eliminated before Semi-Final Stage:
8/11 Yes,
1/1 No

William Hill 1st Home Nations coach to leave job after World Cup:
5/4 Gareth Jenkins (Wal),
9/4 Brian Ashton (Eng),
11/4 Eddie O’Sullivan (Ire),
8/1 Frank Hadden (Sco).

Wilkinson Points Against Tonga:
7/1 1-5 Points.
7/2 6-10,
2/1 11-15 Points,
10/3 16-20 Points,
6/1 21-25 Points,
14/1 26-30,
10/1 31 Points or more.

Home Nation To Finish With Best Group Position:
4/9 Wales,
5/2 Scotland,
15/2 Emgland,
33/1 Ireland

Bookmakers William Hill face a potential six figure payout if Gordon Brown opts to call a snap General Election, and have halved the odds about that happening from 4/1 at the start of the weekend, to 2/1 favourite.

‘We have never seen a gamble like this before on the date of a General Election and are now looking at a six figure payout if Gordon Brown does as many political insiders are anticipating and goes for an early Election’ said Hill’s spokesman Graham Sharpe.

Hills now also make 2008 and 2009 2/1 chances to be the year of the next General Election, with 2010 or beyond out to 6/1.

Labour are 4/7 favourites to win the General Election whenever it takes place with William Hill who make the Conservatives 5/4 and the Lib Dems 80/1.

The chances of a Hung Parliament are rated at 6/4.

Bookies are now offering odds of 16/1 that Arsenal will remain top of the Premiership from now until the end of the season.Hills also offer 20/1 that the Gunners will remain unbeaten all season in the Premiership.

Hills are now quoting odds on where in the Premiership Arsenal will end up, and make them 5/2 to become champions; 9/4 to be runners-up; 5/2 to finish third; 10/3 to be fourth; 8/1 to finish 5th or lower.

Arsenal are, though, still 2/5 to end the season without a major trophy with Hills, who make them 9/4 to win one;11/2 two; 33/1 three; 750/1 four.

Theo Walcott is 12/1 with Hills to start a game for England this season, before the end of May 2008.

Following Gordon Brown’s Party Conference Speech which pointedly failed to mention the date of the next General Election, bookmakers William Hill are still offering odds of 2/1 that it will take place this year.

Hills are also offering 7/1 that he will go to the country this year and lose; and 3/1 that he will go to the country this year - and win.

‘Brown did nothing to dampen the speculation about the date of the General Election and punters are still pouring cash on it being this year, giving us a potential six figure payout should that be the case’ said Hill’s spokesman Graham Sharpe.

Hills are offering 4/1 that Brown will call an Election on the same day that David Cameron makes his main speech to the Tory Party Conference next week.

Meanwhile, Hills now offer 7/4 that the next Election will be in 2009; 5/2 that it will be in 2008 and 5/1 in 2010 - and they have also slashed the odds that Brown will stay in office longer than Tony Blair managed, from 20/1 to 10/1.

Labour are now 2/5 favourites to win the next General Election with William Hill who make the Tories 7/4 and the Lib Dems 66/1. Hills offer 7/4 that there will be a Hung Parliament.

DAVID MILIBAND HAS been cut by William Hill from 2/1 to 6/4 favourite to succeed Gordon Blair as (permanent) Labour Leader.

IN WHICH YEAR WILL BROWN CEASE TO BE PM?
3/1 2009;
3/1 2013;
5/1 2014;
7/1 2007;
8/1 2008;
10/1 2010; 2012.

William Hill are offering 4/6 that Martin Jol will leave Spurs before Jermain Defoe is either transferred or loaned out - and 11/10 vice versa.

Jol is 10/11 favourite to be the next Premiership manager to leave his job and Hills also offer 2/1 Sammy Lee; 5/1 Billy Davies; 10/1 Avram Grant; 12/1 Gareth Southgate; 20/1 Bruce, Eriksson, Hutchings.

Hill’s also offer 2/1 that Derby will concede a record 101 goals or more in the Premiership this season.

Chelsea and Manchester United are 4/1 joint favourites to win the Carling Cup with William Hill who also offer 11/2 Liverpool; 13/2 Arsenal; 10/1 Spurs; 12/1 Man City; 14 Villa; 16 Newcastle; 20 Blackburn, Everton, West Ham; 25 Portsmouth; 40 Bolton, Fulhgam, Middlesbro; 50 Reading; 66 Birmingham; Sheff Utd; 80 Charlton, Leicester, WBA.
AVRAM GRANT is 3/1 to be Chelsea manager on the first day of next season with Hills who offer 4/1 that it will be Guus Hiddink; 4/1 Juande Ramosl 5/1 Didier Deschamps; 5/1 Marco Van Basten; 7/1 Jurgen Klinsmann; 12/1 Frank Rijkard.

Spurs favourite to top ’second division’ of Premiership.

SPURS are 3/1 favourites in Hill’s Without The Big Four market in which they also offer
9/2 Newcastle;
11/2 Blackburn;
6/1 Everton;
13/2 Man City;
7 Villa;
12 Portsmouth;
16 West Ham.

WILL ADEBAYOR BE PREM TOP GUN?….
Adebayor is 6/1 favourite to be Premiership top scorer this season with William Hill who also offer 8/1 Drogba; Torres; Van Persie; 10/1 Anelka; 16/1 Berbatov; McCarthy; Owen; Tevez; 40 Fabregas.

With Man United 8/11 favourites to lift the Community Shield with William Hill, who make Chelsea even money shots, Hills have made Tal Ben Haim, Michael Ballack and Wayne Rooney 10/1 co-favourites to be the first player carded during the game, and also offer:

Wayne Rooney 10/1
Tal Ben Haim 10/1
Michael Ballack 10/1
Ricardo Carvalho 12/1
Frank Lampard 12/1
Didier Drogba 12/1
Michael Essien 12/1
John Terry 12/1
Nemanja Vidic 12/1
Patrice Evra 14/1
Cristiano Ronaldo 14/1
Joe Cole 14/1
Luis Nani 14/1
John Mikel 14/1
Ashley Cole 14/1
Gabriel Heinze 16/1
Florent Malouda 16/1
Gary Neville 16/1
Ryan Giggs 16/1
Arjen Robben 16/1
Steve Sidwell 16/1
Mikael Silvestre 16/1
Paulo Ferreira 16/1
Owen Hargreaves 16/1
Wes Brown 16/1
Rio Ferdinand 20/1
Michael Carrick 20/1
Lassana Diarra 20/1
John O’Shea 20/1
Chris Eagles 20/1
Andriy Shevchenko 25/1
Oliveira Anderson 25/1
Claudio Pizarro 25/1
Darren Fletcher 25/1
Salomon Kalou 25/1
Wayne Bridge 25/1
No Booking 25/1
Fangzhou Dong 25/1
Shaun Wright-Phillips 33/1
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer 33/1
Louis Saha 33/1
Edwin Van der Sar 40/1
Petr Cech 40/1
Carlo Cudicini 50/1
Tomasz Kuszczak 50/1
each-way one-fifth 1,2,3

William Hill have opened two books concentrating on Premiership red cards in the new season - making Steve Bennett 11/4 favourite to show the most red cards during the season, and Birmingham 4/1 favourites to have the most red cards awarded against them during the campaign.

‘Every club starts the season declaring that they are determined to avoid red cards at all costs, and refs confirm that they regard red cards as the last resort - but as soon as the whistle goes all the good intentions seem to go out of the window and players and refs begin to see red regularly, so we have introduced these two books concentraing on sendings-off’ said Hill’s spokesman Graham Sharpe.

‘I would imagine that West Ham, who seem to be acquiring a collection of Premiership bad boys might be a popular choice with punters.’

Which club will get the most premiership red cards this season?

4/1 Birmingham;
9/2 Blackburn;
8/1 Bolton;
10/1 Wigan;
12 Fulham;
14 Arsenal, Chelsea, Derby, Sunderland;
16 Man City; West Ham;
20 Everton; Middlesbro; Newcastle;
25 Spurs; Villa;
33 Portsmouth; Reading;
50 Liverpool; Man U

(One quarter 1,2,3 - red card ties decided on number of yellows awarded)

With Kieron Dyer set to join Premiership rogues Lee Bowyer and Craig Bellamy at West Ham, William Hill have made the club 16/1 to receive the greatest number of red cards during the Premiership season - and offer 33/1 that any two of these three players become involved in an on-pitch punch-up with each other during the course of the campaign - as Bowyer and Dyer famously did when they were at Newcastle.

‘One wonders whether the Hammers would be interested in acquiring Anelka,Lehmann and Barton for their line up but the three volatile characters they have acquired seem sure to ensure interesting times at West Ham this season.’ said Hill’s spokesman Graham Sharpe.

Meanwhile, Hills have opened a book on how many starts the injury-prone Dyer will make in the Premiership for West Ham this season and offer 11/8 23 or more;
6/4 18-22;
23/10 17 or fewer.
 

David is the red hot 2/7 favourite with bookies William Hill to get the highest eviction percentage and be first to receive the Big Brother Boot on Friday night.

“David is too vocal for his own good and should perhaps have followed Brian’s game plan of coming across as plain thick. David’s stay in the house looks as if it will be short lived,� said Hill’s spokesman Rupert Adams.

Shanessa is the 9/2 second favourite to go, with Tracey offered at 11/2 and Kara-Louise offered at 25/1.

Highest Eviction Percentage Friday 3rd August:
2/7 David,
9/2 Shanessa,
11/2 Tracey,
25/1 Kara Louise.

Latest Big Brother Winner:
2/5 Brian,
10/3 Liam,
12/1 Amanda,
20/1 Jonty,
25/1 Gerry,
25/1 Sam,
33/1 Ziggy,
33/1 Any Other,
33/1 Carole,
66/1 Tracey,
66/1 Amy,
100/1 David,
100/1 Kara-Louise,
100/1 Shanessa.
 

Now that David and Kara-Louise have been confirmed as real housemates, bookmakers William Hill have opened the betting on which of the pair will leave / be evicted from the house and make David the 8/11 favourite to be get the BB boot first with Kara-Louise offered at even money.

Brian is still the favourite to win but Liam is once again second favourite at 5/2, whilst Shanessa and Tracey are out of it at 100/1.

“Kara-Louise should slip under the radar, but you can be sure that David will be a controversial housemate and we are very confident that his stay in house will be a short-lived,� said Hill’s spokesman Rupert Adams.

Which Of The New Housemates Will Leave The House First?:

8/11 David,
1/1 Kara-Louise

Latest Big Brother Winner Betting:
4/7 Brian,
5/2 Liam,
10/1 Amanda,
20/1 Gerry,
25/1 Sam,
25/1 Ziggy,
33/1 Any Other,
33/1 Carole,
50/1 David,
50/1 Jonty,
50/1 Kara-Louise,
66/1 Amy,
100/1 Shanessa,
100/1 Tracey