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Monday, January 19, 2009
Betting watch, by Leo Schlink - Herald Sun - 19th January 2009
Online betting leader Betfair will operate at Melbourne Park during the next two weeks, but there won't be any on-site Australian Open gambling.
Betfair, the Open's official sports betting operator, will have an outlet on the grounds.
The company will use the centre to sign new clients and provide education on its products.
The Australian Open has some of the strictest anti-corruption laws in tennis.
Any player, coach or official found guilty of illegal tennis gambling faces a life ban.
The Open's anti-corruption code also includes heavy fines or expulsion from the tournament if players fail to report evidence of suspicious behaviour related to gambling.
The tournament is a foundation member of the newly formed Tennis Integrity Unit, created to stamp out gambling cheats.
Players have been encouraged to use a 24-hour hotline if they see any evidence of illegal gambling or hear anything suspicious concerning match-fixing.
Tennis Australia has employed a former senior detective to lead the efforts.
These include a ban on accessing any betting websites in the players' areas at the event, while fans will not be allowed to use laptops in the stands. (Credit: Herald Sun)
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Betfair, the Open's official sports betting operator, will have an outlet on the grounds.
The company will use the centre to sign new clients and provide education on its products.
The Australian Open has some of the strictest anti-corruption laws in tennis.
Any player, coach or official found guilty of illegal tennis gambling faces a life ban.
The Open's anti-corruption code also includes heavy fines or expulsion from the tournament if players fail to report evidence of suspicious behaviour related to gambling.
The tournament is a foundation member of the newly formed Tennis Integrity Unit, created to stamp out gambling cheats.
Players have been encouraged to use a 24-hour hotline if they see any evidence of illegal gambling or hear anything suspicious concerning match-fixing.
Tennis Australia has employed a former senior detective to lead the efforts.
These include a ban on accessing any betting websites in the players' areas at the event, while fans will not be allowed to use laptops in the stands. (Credit: Herald Sun)
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Saturday, January 17, 2009
Punters say Punter's men will go on with it, by John Schell - Fairfax - 16th January 2009
Centrebet punters are banking on the increase from 20 overs to 50 making no difference to South Africa's fortunes in the one-day series, which starts today at the MCG.
"We opened Australia up at $1.47 for game one and they were quickly in to $1.40 after a surge of money, including one bet of $5000," Centrebet's Neil Evans said. "The Proteas have drifted from $2.70 to $2.90, and are likely to get a whole lot longer."
Evans said that in betting on who would win the five-match series, Australia were a raging $1.38, with South Africa a $3.05 outsider.
Meanwhile, Sportingbet Australia has firmed Phil Jaques in to $1.55 to be Australia's next Test opener following the retirement of Matthew Hayden, with young gun Phil Hughes second favourite at $3.50.
Sportingbet Australia chief executive Michael Sullivan said the experience of Jaques gave him the edge.
"South Africa is a tough tour, and our feeling is that the selectors will go for the player that's already been in the trenches," he said.
"While Hughes is sure to get his chance, it's more likely he'll tour as a back-up player first."
TAB Sportsbet's Matt Jenkins reported that punters cleaned up on Australia in their 2-0 whitewash of South Africa in the Twenty20 series this week and had been keen to back them to go on with the job in the 50-over game today. Kicking on
With former AFL players Ben Graham and Saverio Rocca set to go head to head for a place in the Super Bowl, Sportingbet Australia has opened markets on which player punts the furthest during the game between their respective teams, the Arizona Cardinals and the Philadelphia Eagles.
Former Collingwood and North Melbourne full-forward Rocca is the early favourite.
"We have Rocca at $1.80 with a -0.5m start to have the higher average distance in the game and at -1.5m on handicap to have the longest punt," Sullivan said. "But Graham could be some value at $1.95 at +0.5m and +1.5m, given that he has an extra year's experience in the American game."
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"We opened Australia up at $1.47 for game one and they were quickly in to $1.40 after a surge of money, including one bet of $5000," Centrebet's Neil Evans said. "The Proteas have drifted from $2.70 to $2.90, and are likely to get a whole lot longer."
Evans said that in betting on who would win the five-match series, Australia were a raging $1.38, with South Africa a $3.05 outsider.
Meanwhile, Sportingbet Australia has firmed Phil Jaques in to $1.55 to be Australia's next Test opener following the retirement of Matthew Hayden, with young gun Phil Hughes second favourite at $3.50.
Sportingbet Australia chief executive Michael Sullivan said the experience of Jaques gave him the edge.
"South Africa is a tough tour, and our feeling is that the selectors will go for the player that's already been in the trenches," he said.
"While Hughes is sure to get his chance, it's more likely he'll tour as a back-up player first."
TAB Sportsbet's Matt Jenkins reported that punters cleaned up on Australia in their 2-0 whitewash of South Africa in the Twenty20 series this week and had been keen to back them to go on with the job in the 50-over game today. Kicking on
With former AFL players Ben Graham and Saverio Rocca set to go head to head for a place in the Super Bowl, Sportingbet Australia has opened markets on which player punts the furthest during the game between their respective teams, the Arizona Cardinals and the Philadelphia Eagles.
Former Collingwood and North Melbourne full-forward Rocca is the early favourite.
"We have Rocca at $1.80 with a -0.5m start to have the higher average distance in the game and at -1.5m on handicap to have the longest punt," Sullivan said. "But Graham could be some value at $1.95 at +0.5m and +1.5m, given that he has an extra year's experience in the American game."
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These off-season odds should be music to your ears, by Cameron Noakes - The Age - 16th January 2009
I once dated a girl who told me the world was forever singing New York, New York, and it was on constant replay within the bowels of everyone's subconscious.
She would say it only took a couple of bars for it to rise from that cavernous place and head to the surface and before you knew it you were singing: "Start spreading the news. . ."
I told her that this was preposterous because everyone was secretly tapping their toes to an eternal mix of Sympathy for the Devil and all you needed was an "ooooh-ooooh" or two before you were screaming "Pleased to meet you. . ."
We stopped seeing each other after that.
But I bring this up because it seems to me Australian rules, like Sympathy for the Devil (or New York, New York if you want to take her side) is also a broken record constantly revolving in the ineffable bits of most Victorians' brains.
And I guess it is probably the same for South Australians, Tasmanians and the Perth-lings, however, I'm sure the music is more Billy Joel in South Australia and Meatloaf in WA.
So with the tennis upon us, one-day cricket here, and the round-ball rolling to a thrilling climax, it is not really surprising that my email inbox is filling up with footy chat.
No one is saying: "Shall we take the $5.30 on Rafa or the $4 on Andy Murray or even the $3.55 on Roger (Betfair odds) to win the Australian Open?"
No one is saying: "The $3.35 on South Africa to beat Australia ($1.42) in the one-day internationals is good value." And they're not saying: "Let's take the $4.60 on J. P. Duminy to be the highest run scorer for South Africa in today's game?" They are also not interested in the $4.30 on Ricky Ponting to make the most runs for Australia.
They're not even saying: "Let's jump on the $1.72 for Manchester United to take out the English Premier League?" - which seems more than likely now after the Red Devils' big week.
No. All I get in the month of January is Brownlow Medal speculation and I'm drawn to it like a moth to the flame. The current Brownlow market has Gary Ablett at $9 and Chris Judd as second favourite at $11, and, barring injury, it is unlikely these serial vote-getters will be any longer during the season.
Lance Franklin ($13) and Jon Brown ($17) are next on most bookmakers' lines (remember, forwards don't win it) and Ben Cousins is at a ridiculously short $34 ($26 at TAB Sportsbet).
But my mates and I don't really look at the favourites; this is the time of year when you put a sneaky tenner on a 100-1 shot or better so you can brag about it on Brownlow night when your man is sitting on 20 votes with three rounds to go.
Shop around carefully because the odds vary greatly. Select a midfielder whose team will finish in the top four. Keep the bets small. And thoughts? My Hawthorn mates are telling me Brad Sewell (16 votes last year despite missing games because of a shoulder injury) is worth a nibble at $101 with TAB Sportsbet ($41 at Sportingbet Australia).
And expect Nick Dal Santo ($151 at Sportingbet Australia/$81 at Centrebet) to return to his eye-catching form this year. The Bulldogs' Ryan Griffen at $101 also fits the criteria.
And remember, the footy is three weeks away so "start spreading the news". (Credit: The Age)
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She would say it only took a couple of bars for it to rise from that cavernous place and head to the surface and before you knew it you were singing: "Start spreading the news. . ."
I told her that this was preposterous because everyone was secretly tapping their toes to an eternal mix of Sympathy for the Devil and all you needed was an "ooooh-ooooh" or two before you were screaming "Pleased to meet you. . ."
We stopped seeing each other after that.
But I bring this up because it seems to me Australian rules, like Sympathy for the Devil (or New York, New York if you want to take her side) is also a broken record constantly revolving in the ineffable bits of most Victorians' brains.
And I guess it is probably the same for South Australians, Tasmanians and the Perth-lings, however, I'm sure the music is more Billy Joel in South Australia and Meatloaf in WA.
So with the tennis upon us, one-day cricket here, and the round-ball rolling to a thrilling climax, it is not really surprising that my email inbox is filling up with footy chat.
No one is saying: "Shall we take the $5.30 on Rafa or the $4 on Andy Murray or even the $3.55 on Roger (Betfair odds) to win the Australian Open?"
No one is saying: "The $3.35 on South Africa to beat Australia ($1.42) in the one-day internationals is good value." And they're not saying: "Let's take the $4.60 on J. P. Duminy to be the highest run scorer for South Africa in today's game?" They are also not interested in the $4.30 on Ricky Ponting to make the most runs for Australia.
They're not even saying: "Let's jump on the $1.72 for Manchester United to take out the English Premier League?" - which seems more than likely now after the Red Devils' big week.
No. All I get in the month of January is Brownlow Medal speculation and I'm drawn to it like a moth to the flame. The current Brownlow market has Gary Ablett at $9 and Chris Judd as second favourite at $11, and, barring injury, it is unlikely these serial vote-getters will be any longer during the season.
Lance Franklin ($13) and Jon Brown ($17) are next on most bookmakers' lines (remember, forwards don't win it) and Ben Cousins is at a ridiculously short $34 ($26 at TAB Sportsbet).
But my mates and I don't really look at the favourites; this is the time of year when you put a sneaky tenner on a 100-1 shot or better so you can brag about it on Brownlow night when your man is sitting on 20 votes with three rounds to go.
Shop around carefully because the odds vary greatly. Select a midfielder whose team will finish in the top four. Keep the bets small. And thoughts? My Hawthorn mates are telling me Brad Sewell (16 votes last year despite missing games because of a shoulder injury) is worth a nibble at $101 with TAB Sportsbet ($41 at Sportingbet Australia).
And expect Nick Dal Santo ($151 at Sportingbet Australia/$81 at Centrebet) to return to his eye-catching form this year. The Bulldogs' Ryan Griffen at $101 also fits the criteria.
And remember, the footy is three weeks away so "start spreading the news". (Credit: The Age)
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Friday, January 16, 2009
Thursday, January 15, 2009
Time for sport to break free of betting, by Bernard Zuel - The Sydney Morning Herald - 15th January 2009
A headline last week was about betting being halted on Australian of the year. My first thought was, people bet on who will be Australian of the year? My second thought was, have they considered getting a life? My third thought was, no one else seems perturbed but me.
As I sat stewing on that, a fourth thought (which is pretty much my quota for the month) smacked me on the head: hey Bozo, have you not paid attention to sport on television, radio and newspapers over recent years? Betting is sport is betting is sport is life.
All summer Channel Nine has urged us to bet, on anything really, throughout its cricket broadcast and even had the sainted Richie Benaud all but carrying the bookie's bag and shilling for an online betting firm. (Hardly new, I know, with all networks having long used commentators to plug, sometimes with embarrassing incongruities, coming shows. I certainly believe that Richie and Daphne settle down with a backyard renovation show and a CSI in their Nice apartment between seasons.)
It doesn't end there, of course. Newspapers like this one routinely give you the odds on any sport and regularly include the bookmakers' opinions on anything from whether batsman X will retire to the chances of rain. It's a lead story when someone's late announcement of an injury throws betting out of whack in a football game. Even the ABC updates us through the day on the variations in betting. Everyone does it.
Well, since when does that make it OK? And how does that make it sensible? I'll stay away from the basic question of whether gambling is just legalised theft for now, but when you can bet on who will lose, when you can wager on variations within a game, when you have an incentive, if you have the wherewithal, to influence said result, how does a game like cricket benefit?
Was Hansie Cronje really the last cricketer to throw a game? Can the Indian Premier League be pure? Will a respect for the game's traditions deter influencing the domestic 20/20 competition? Believe that and I've got a weapon of mass destruction I'd like to sell you.
Sports organisations desperate for cash have always been cheap tarts, happily slipping into bed with cancer-stick makers until embarrassed out from under the sheets, for example. Governments will take money from anyone able to pay a tax and most media beg for advertising.
But maybe the press, radio and television can show a level of restraint and not be so in the thrall of the bookmakers, the wagerers and the exploiters. What if we don't report on the odds at all? What if we covered sport as sport and not as the pea-in-the-shell game?
Yeah, I know, what am I on? That's one thought too many this month. (Credit: The Sydney Morning Herald)
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As I sat stewing on that, a fourth thought (which is pretty much my quota for the month) smacked me on the head: hey Bozo, have you not paid attention to sport on television, radio and newspapers over recent years? Betting is sport is betting is sport is life.
All summer Channel Nine has urged us to bet, on anything really, throughout its cricket broadcast and even had the sainted Richie Benaud all but carrying the bookie's bag and shilling for an online betting firm. (Hardly new, I know, with all networks having long used commentators to plug, sometimes with embarrassing incongruities, coming shows. I certainly believe that Richie and Daphne settle down with a backyard renovation show and a CSI in their Nice apartment between seasons.)
It doesn't end there, of course. Newspapers like this one routinely give you the odds on any sport and regularly include the bookmakers' opinions on anything from whether batsman X will retire to the chances of rain. It's a lead story when someone's late announcement of an injury throws betting out of whack in a football game. Even the ABC updates us through the day on the variations in betting. Everyone does it.
Well, since when does that make it OK? And how does that make it sensible? I'll stay away from the basic question of whether gambling is just legalised theft for now, but when you can bet on who will lose, when you can wager on variations within a game, when you have an incentive, if you have the wherewithal, to influence said result, how does a game like cricket benefit?
Was Hansie Cronje really the last cricketer to throw a game? Can the Indian Premier League be pure? Will a respect for the game's traditions deter influencing the domestic 20/20 competition? Believe that and I've got a weapon of mass destruction I'd like to sell you.
Sports organisations desperate for cash have always been cheap tarts, happily slipping into bed with cancer-stick makers until embarrassed out from under the sheets, for example. Governments will take money from anyone able to pay a tax and most media beg for advertising.
But maybe the press, radio and television can show a level of restraint and not be so in the thrall of the bookmakers, the wagerers and the exploiters. What if we don't report on the odds at all? What if we covered sport as sport and not as the pea-in-the-shell game?
Yeah, I know, what am I on? That's one thought too many this month. (Credit: The Sydney Morning Herald)
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