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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
 

Bookmakers William Hill have seen only a few bets for the new potential housemates as BB8 becomes a four horse race.

Of the four, Amanda & Chanelle bring up the rear at 10/1, Liam the 4/1 second favourite and Brian the rock solid leader in the market at 4/7.

“If Liam had not already won £100,000 then he would probably be favourite but we expect BB fans to share the spoils and Brian is the one to beat,� said Hill’s spokesman Rupert Adams.

Latest Big Brother Betting: 4/7 Brian, 4/1 Liam, 10/1 Chanelle, 10/1 Amanda, 25/1 Sam, 25/1 Gerry, 25/1 Any Other, 33/1 Ziggy, 33/1 David, 33/1 Carole, 33/1 Jonty, 66/1 Kara-Louise, 40/1 Amy, 100/1 Shanessa, 100/1 Tracey

Brian is now the 1/2 favourite favourite to win Big Brother with bookies William Hill and he looks very hard to beat with over 80% of bets placed in the last week for brainless Brian.

Liam is the second favourite at 5/1 with Chanelle offered at 8/1. Tracey is the 66/1 outsider.

Big Brother Winner:
1/2 Brian,
5/1 Liam,
8/1 Chanelle,
14/1 Any Other,
14/1 Gerry,
14/1 Amanda,
25/1 Charley,
25/1 Carole,
33/1 Sam,
40/1 Ziggy,
66/1 Tracey

Chanelle has been the only mover of the weekend as punters put their pounds on the posh look-alike to win the prize and she is now joint second favourite with Liam at 6/1.

Brian is the one to beat and is the odds-on favourite at 1/2, whilst Ziggy and Tracey look out of it and are quoted at 40/1 & 66/1.

“Big Brother business is fairly slow at the moment, down 33% compared with a similar period last year. Big Brother need to do something as punters seem to be losing interest,” said Hill’s spokesman Rupert Adams.

Big Brother Winner:
1/2 Brian,
6/1 Liam,
6/1 Chanelle,
14/1 Any Other,
14/1 Amanda,
20/1 Gerry,
25/1 Charley,
25/1 Carole,
33/1 Sam,
40/1 Ziggy,
66/1 Tracey

Dylan Thomas will face a maximum of seven rivals, including two stablemates, in this weekends King George & Queen Elizabeth stakes at Ascot.

Aidan O’Brien’s Irish Derby winner was trimmed to a shade of odds on for the first time, on Monday afternoon by William Hill, having been 7-2 just 10 days ago with the same firm.

Hills also adjusted Scorpion’s price and the former St Leger winner is now Hill’s 7-2 second favourite having started the day at 8-1.

Hills spokesman Ben Clarke added: “With Authorized and Soldier Of Fortune both confirmed non runners we are going to be denied the mouth-watering clash between two of the best three year olds in training and some of the more talented older horses but we are still left with something of a teaser that sees the Hardwicke first and second take each other on again.

Scorpion was all the rage in the betting on that occasion but Maraahel is a game performer when infront and it will be interesting to see if punters looking to oppose the short priced favourite opt for Sir Michael Stoute’s charge over the former St Leger winner.”

King George & Queen Elizabeth Stakes:
4-5 Dylan Thomas (from Evs),
5-1 Scorpion (from ,
11-2 Maraahel,
6-1 Youmzain,
16-1 Laverock, Prince Flori,
20-1 Yellowstone,
50-1 Sergeant Cecil

(All Quoted E/W 1/5 1,2,3)

With Europe’s Major drought finally over, Hills offer 7/4 that a European wins the final Major of the year. Hills have also priced up the Major-winning first day 3-ball and are unable to split Harrington and Cabrera who are 13/8 with Augusta winner Zach Johnson the outsider at 15/8.

Tiger is the 3/1 favourite to win his first Major of the year with his arch rival Phil Mickelson offered at 14/1.

“Harrington’s victory at The Open was by no means the worst result we could have had but unsurprisingly we will be hoping for a rank outsider in the final Major of the year”, said Hill’s spokesman Rupert Adams.

Odds to win the pga championship:

3/1 Tiger Woods,
14/1 Phil Mickelson,
16/1 Jim Furyk,
16/1 Ernie Els,
20/1 Padraig Harrington,
25/1 Vijay Singh,
25/1 Sergio Garcia,
33/1 Retief Goosen,
40/1 Adam Scott,
40/1 Luke Donald,
40/1 Choi Kyung-Ju,
40/1 Justin Rose,
50/1 Henrik Stenson,
50/1 Geoff Ogilvy,
50/1 Angel Cabrera,
50 Paul Casey,
50/1 Stewart Cink,
50/1 David Toms,
50/1 Scott Verplank,
66/1 Steve Stricker,
66/1 Zach Johnson,
66/1 Rory Sabbatini,
66/1 Tim Clark,
66/1 Lee Westwood,
80/1 Trevor Immelman,
80/1 Stuart Appleby,
80/1 Robert Allenby,
80/1 Colin Montgomerie,
80/1 Mike Weir,
80/1 Andreas Romero,
100/1 Niclas Fasth,
100/1 Nick O’Hern,
100/1 Aaron Baddeley,
100/1 Ian Poulter,
100/1 Rod Pampling,
100/1 Jose Olazabal,
100/1 Stephen Ames,
100/1 Boo Weekley,
100/1 Sean O’Hair,
100/1 Miguel Jiminez,
125/1 Chalres Howell-III,
125/1 Richard Green,
125/1 Richard Sterne,
125/1 Brett Wetterich,
125/1 Robert Karlsson,
125/1 David Love-III,
125/1 Arron Oberholser,
125/1 Carl Pettersson,
125/1 Hansen Anders,
125/1 John Rollins,
125/1 Jerry Kelly,
125/1 Shingo Katayama,
125/1 David Howell,
125/1 Darren Clarke,
125/1 Lucas Glover.

Bookies are offering 8/1 that JK Rowling produces an eighth Harry Potter book before the end of 2008.

On Wednesday Hills closed the betting on which character will kill Harry Potter in the seventh book, following a flurry of activity when they received multiple three figure bets in a half hour period that Harry would cause his own demise.

At the close of betting Harry was the 2/5 favourite with Lord Voldemort 4/1 and Professor Snape offered at 6/1. “If Harry dies it will cost us a small fortune - as a result we will be queuing for a copy on Friday night and will probably be the only people turning straight to the back page,” said Hill’s spokesman Rupert Adams.

Other bets available:
3/1 Harry Is A Horcrux
4/1 (From 20/1) Snape Is In-fact A Hero
5/1 Dumbledore Death was staged and he will be a central character in the final book
6/1 Neville Kills Lord Voldermort
8/1 Harry Becomes A Defence Against The Dark Arts Teacher
10/1 Ginny & Harry Marry
25/1 Dudley Dursley Performs Dark Magic In The Final Book

Final Prices! William Hill Which Character Will Kill Off Harry Potter?*:

2/5 Harry Potter,
4/1 Lord Voldemort,
6/1 Professor Snape,
6/1 Neville Longbottom,
8/1 Ron Weasley,
12/1 Draco Malfroy,
14/1 Hermione Granger,
16/1 Ginny Weasley,
25/1 Professor Slughorn,
25/1 Lucius Malfroy,
25/1 Hagrid,
25/1 Cornelius Fudge,
33/1 Dawlish,
33/1 Arthur Weasley,
40/1 Professor McGonagall,
50/1 Mr Filch,
50/1 Lupin,
50/1 Dobby,
100/1 Uncle Vernon,
100/1 Tonks,
100/1 George Weasley,
100/1 Fred Weasley

*All bets refunded if Harry Survives

The Ferrari drivers have been the best backed for this weekend’s European Grand Prix and they rate Raikkonen as their 7/4 favourite, Massa is joint second favourite with Alonso at 11/4, whilst Lewis Hamilton is 3/1.

Ferrari Backed For Glory - Motormouth Murray Back!

“The forecast is for wet weather which could give the Ferrari drivers the edge and punters are certainly acting on the forecast,� said Hill’s spokesman Rupert Adams.

Murray Back In Action - With Murray Walker taking over Radio 5 Live’s coverage on Sunday, Hills have opened a book on how many times he will say his trademark GO at the start of the Grand Prix. Hills offer 6/4 for none; 3/1 One; 3/1 Three; 6/1 Two; 8/1 Four or more.

Murray Walker Specials:

How Many Times Will Murray Walker Say “Go” At The Start Of European GP:
6/4 None,
3/1 One,
3/1 Three,
6/1 Two,
8/1 Four or More

Murray Walker to be replaced during live coverage (includes losing voice): 10/1

William Hill F1 European GP: 7/4 K Raikkonen, 11/4 F Massa, 11/4 Alonso, 3/1 L Hamilton, 33/1 N Heidfeld, 40/1 R Kubica, 80/1G Fisichella, 100/1 R Schumacher, 100/1 N Rosberg, 100/1 J Trulli, H Kovalainen, 125/1 R Barrichello, 125/1 M Webber, 125/1 J Button, 125/1 D Coultard, 150/1 A Wurz, 200/1 V Liuzzi,

William Hill Qualifying: 2/1 K Raikkonen, 5/2 Massa, 11/4 Alonso, 11/4 Hamilton, 25/1 Kubica, 25/1 Heidfeld, 80/1 Schumacher, 80/1 Rosberg, 80/1 Trulli, 80/1 Kovalainen, 100/1 Coultard, 125/1 Button, 200/1 Davidson

Nicky is in danger of going down in Big Brother history as the most unpopular housemate, with William Hill taking just £33 on Gerry to be evicted and very nearly £70,000 on Nicky to go.

Hill’s rate Nicky as at 1/100 to get the Big Brother boot and offer 16/1 for Gerry.

“This is the most one sided eviction that anyone can remember, with less than 0.1% of wagers for Gerry to go. If Nicky is saved it will be one of the biggest upset in Big Brother betting history,� said Hill’s spokesman Rupert Adams.

Tonights eviction betting:
1/100 Nicky,
16/1 Gerry

William Hill Big Brother Winner:

4/7 Brian,
9/2 Liam,
10/1 Chanelle,
14/1 Any Other,
16/1 Gerry,
25/1 Sam,
25/1 Charley,
25/1 Carole,
40/1 Ziggy,
50/1 Tracey,
100/1 Nicky

William Hill have opened their SPL sack race betting and male St Mirren manager Gus McPherson their 7/2 favourite with the next permanent Hearts manager offered at 9/2.

Old firm managers are both offered at 20/1 with Aberdeen manager Jimmy Calderwood deemed to be the safest at 25/1. “We are expecting a few casualties this year and are offering 25/1 that no manager loses his job,� said Hill’s spokesman Rupert Adams.

William Hill First SPL Manager To Leave His Current Position For Any Reason This Season:

7/2 G McPherson (St Mirren),
9/2 Next Permanent Hearts Manager,
5/1 Charlie Christie (Inverness),
5/1 John Collins (Hibs),
10/1 Jim Jeffries (Kilmarnock),
10/1 David Irons (Gretna),
12/1 Mark McGhee (Motherwell|),
16/1 Craig Levein (Dundee),
20/1 John Hughes (Falkirk),
20/1 Gordon Strachan (Celtic),
20/1 Walter Smith (Rangers),
25/1 Jimmy Calderwood (Aberdeen),
25/1 No Manager.