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Melbourne Storm’s incredible start to the season is tipped to continue this weekend, starting as $1.40 favourites to remain undefeated and beat the Newcastle Knights with online bookmaker sportsbet.com.au.

The Knights will be desperate for a win as they sit just outside the top 8, however are seen as outsiders priced at $2.95.

“The Storm look in rare form at the moment. Newcastle are coming off a good win, but with the match being played in Melbourne, they look likely to continue on their winning ways,” said sportsbet.com.au’s Shaun Anderson.

In what looms to be the match of the round, the Brisbane Broncos are $1.60 favourites to knock off the Dragons ($2.35) despite little separating the teams on the ladder.

“This one could really shape the top 8. Both have winning form and it is hard to split them, but we give Brisbane the edge.”

The Parramatta Eels, whom sportsbet.com.au has already paid out over $50,000 on to win the wooden spoon, look unlikely to find their first win on the season and will start as $3.65 underdogs against Manly ($1.28).

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Sportsbet NRL Round 5 Betting

$1.40 Melbourne Storm
$2.95 Newcastle Knights

$1.60 Brisbane Broncos
$2.35 St George Illawarra Dragons

$1.70 Penrith Panthers
$2.15 Cronulla Sharks

$1.28 Manly Sea Eagles
$3.65 Parramatta Eels

$1.57 New Zealand Warriors
$2.40 Sydney Roosters

$1.65 Canterbury Bulldogs
$2.25 Gold Coast Titans

$1.70 South Sydney Rabbitohs
$2.15 West Tigers

$1.60 Canberra Raiders
$2.35 North Queensland Cowboys

Unsurprisingly after their dominant start to the year, two Melbourne Storm players have emerged as clear favourites to win the Dally M Medal, with Billy Slater priced at $4.00 and Cooper Cronk at $5.50 with online bookmaker sportsbet.com.au.

Paul Gallen is next in the market at $8.00 with Sam Burgess emerging as the value pick, now into $11 after starting as a $64 chance when the market opened.

“While it is unique to have two players from the same team as the top two favourites for the award, such has been Melbourne’s start to the year that we think Billy and Cooper have been clearly the two best players in the league,” said sportsbet.com.au’s Shaun Anderson.

“The Storm will have dominated the voting in all their games, so it will be interesting to see who takes votes off of who on the night.”

Storm Captain Cameron Smith is also in the market at $26.

However after scoring a double in every game to date, Slater deserves to be clear favourite.

“Those punters who got on him early at $12 will be feeling pretty good about themselves. There is a long way to go, but he looks to be in incredible form.”

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Sportsbet 2012 Dally M Medal Winner NRL Betting

Prices in brackets from Wednesday 21 March
$4.00 Billy Slater (in from $4.25) (opened at $12)
$5.50 Cooper Cronk (in from $9.00) (opened at $27)
$8.00 Paul Gallen (in from $17) (opened at $15)
$11 Sam Burgess (out from $9.00) (opened at $64)
$11 Matthew Bowen (in from $23) (opened at $52)
$13 Todd Carney (out from $11) (opened at $27)
$13 Greg Inglis (out from $9.00) (opened at $80)
$15 Benji Marshall (out from $9.00) (opened at $7.10)
$15 Johnatahn Thurston (out from $9.00) (opened at $11)
$15 Daly Cherry-Evans (out from $9.00) (opened at $27)
$21 Luke Walsh (in from $67) (opened at $101)
$26 Peter Wallace (out from $21) (opened at $80)
$26 Terry Campese (in from $67) (opened at $52)
$26 Jamie Soward (in from $41) (opened at $40)
$26 Jarrod Mullen (steady) (opened at $52)
$26 Cameron Smith (steady) (opened at $12.50)
Others quoted

Champion Australian race horse So You Think is the $4.00 favourite with online bookmaker sportsbet.com.au for this weekend’s $10 million Dubai World Cup at Meydan.

Sportsbet.com.au has also installed top Australian sprinter Sepoy as the equal favourite for the Golden Shaheen – priced at $3.00 alongside 2011 winner Rocket Man.

Dual Cox Plate winner So You Think will face his stiffest competition from Japanese seven-year-old Smart Falcon ($6.00) who is looking for its tenth straight win while Game On Dude is next in the market at $8.00 ahead of Zazou ($11) and last year’s runner-up Transcend ($12).

“So You Think is yet to recapture the scintillating form since leaving Australia and we see his biggest threat coming from Smart Falcon. The Japanese runners, after their 1-2 finish last year will take some beating,” sportsbet.com.au’s Ben Hawes said.

The Golden Shaheen, meanwhile, looks to be a race between three with champion Hong Kong sprinter Lucky Nine opened at $4.20 behind Sepoy and Rocket Man. Top American sprinter The Factor next in the market at $12.

“Sepoy’s performance in the Oakleigh Plate was below what we usually see while Rocket Man will provide stiff opposition so Sepoy has really been thrown the challenge,” Hawes said.

“The Factor might be the dark horse of the field and should not be taken lightly.”

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Dubai World Cup

$4.00 So You Think
$6.00 Smart Falcon
$8.00 Game On Dude
$11 Zazou
$12 Transcend
$13 Capponi, Master Of Hounds, Royal Delta
$15 Eishin Flash, Silver Pond, Planteur
$21 Mendip, Monterosso, Prince Bishop

Golden Shaheen

$3.00 Sepoy, Rocket Man
$4.20 Lucky Nine
$12 The Factor
$15 Giant Ryan
$17 Krypton Factor
$21 Soul
$26 Inxile
$41 Hitchens
$51 Iver Bridge Lad
$61 Russian Rock, Happy Dubai

Travis Cloke may be the most sought after contract in the AFL at the moment with GWS circling the Collingwood forward, but punters are not sure if the All Australian will have the same kind of dominant season that he had in 2011, with 90% of all bets with sportsbet.com.au tipping the centre half forward will kick under 60.5 goals this year.

After kicking 69 goals last year, there has been virtually no interest in Cloke to kick over 60 goals.

“Given how well he played last year it is surprising to see no interest from the punters on him to have another good year,” said sportsbet.com.au’s Shaun Anderson.

“Maybe they think all the speculation on his contract will be on his mind. Either way, the punters have spoken loud and clear that it could be a tough year for Cloke.”
Geelong forward Tom Hawkins also appears unlikely to repeat his Grand Final heroics according to punters, with the majority of bets also placed on Hawkins to kick under 42.2 goals.

“He is threatening to have a break out year after a near best on ground performance in the Grand Final. But the punters aren’t convinced yet.”

Despite being in dominant form over the pre-season questions have also been asked on how Buddy Franklin will go in 2012, drifting from $1.90 to $2.10 to kick over 83 goals.

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AFL Betting Under/ Over goals

Prices in brackets from Tuesday March 6
Tom Hawkins
$1.90 Over 42.5 (steady)
$1.90 Under 42.5 (steady)

Lance Franklin
$1.70 Under 83.5 (in from $1.90)
$2.10 Over 83.5 (out from $1.90)

Drew Petrie
$1.80 Over 44.5 (in from $1.90)
$2.00 Under 44.5 (out from $1.90)

Josh Kennedy
$1.80 Over 56.5 (in from $1.82)
$2.00 Under 56.5 (out from $1.97)

Kurt Tippett
$1.85 Over 44.5 (steady)
$1.95 Under 44.5 (steady)

Nick Riewoldt
$1.90 Over 44.5 (steady)
$1.90 Under 44.5 (steady)

Stephen Milne
$1.90 Over 44.5 (steady)
$1.90 Under 44.5 (steady)

Travis Cloke
$1.90 Over 60.5 (steady)
$1.90 Under 60.5 (steady)

Chris Dawes
$1.90 Over 35.5 (steady)
$1.90 Under 35.5 (steady)

Eddie Betts
$1.90 Over 45.5 (steady)
$1.90 Under 45.5 (steady)

Jack Riewoldt
$1.83 Over 66.5 (in from $1.90)
$1.95 Under 66.5 (out from $1.90)

Liam Hemsworth may be the talk of the town at the moment with The Hunger Games looking likely to be one of the movies of the year, but big brother Chris Hemsworth can still hold his head high around the Hemsworth dinner table, with online bookmaker sportsbet.com.au pricing him as the $1.80 favourite to have the higher grossing film for the year out of the two brothers.

Liam is priced at $2.00 however with Chris set to reprise his role as Thor in The Avengers, the older Hemsworth looks set to come out on top.

“There is nothing like a bit of healthy competition between brothers. Chris will no doubt be happy to know we think he will still have bragging rights over his little brother, at least for the time being,” said sportsbet.com.au’s Shaun Anderson.

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Who will have the Highest Grossing film in Australia in 2012?

$1.80 Chris Hemsworth
$2.00 Liam Hemsworth

Online bookmaker sportsbet.com.au says it’s a battle of two for the signature of gun halfback Cooper Cronk with the Melbourne Storm and Gold Coast Titans priced at $1.90 to snare the Origin player.

The Storm, originally $1.65 favourites to keep Cronk, have eased out to $1.90 while the Titans have roared into equal billing from $41.

South Sydney are next in the betting at $9.00 followed by Any Rugby Union franchise and the St. George Illawarra Dragons, both priced at $26.

“He is one of, if not the most, prized signature in the game so it is going to be an epic battle to snare him,” said sportsbet.com.au’s Ben Hawes.
“We hear the Titans are throwing everything at him including the kitchen sink while it would be tough for him to leave the Storm so it could go either way.”

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Where will Cooper Cronk play in 2013?

(prices in brackets from February 3)
$1.90 Melbourne Storm (out from $1.65)
$1.90 Gold Coast Titans (in from $41)
$9.00 South Sydney Rabbitohs (out from $3.50)
$26 St George. Illawarra Dragons (in from $41)
$26 Any Rugby Franchise (out from $21)
$34 Brisbane Broncos (steady)
$67 Penrith Panthers (out from $8.00)
$101 Canberra Raiders (out from $26)
$101 Canterbury Bulldogs (out from $13)
$101 Cronulla Sharks (out from $29)
$101 Wests Tigers (out from $21)
$101 Newcastle Knights (out from $34)
$101 Manly Sea Eagles (out from $67)
$101 North Queensland Cowboys (out from $26)
$101 Parramatta Eels (out from $26)
$101 Canberra Raiders (out from $26)
$101 Sydney Roosters (out from $41)
$101 New Zealand Warriors (out from $41)

The Wellington Phoenix and Perth Glory are tipped to respectively end the A-League seasons of Sydney FC and Melbourne Heart after online bookmaker sportsbet.com.au installed them as favorite for their elimination finals this weekend.

Sportsbet.com.au has also opened the Brisbane Roar at $1.87 to win the first leg of their major semifinal series against the Central Coast Mariners ($3.80) at Suncorp Stadium.

The Phoenix have been priced at $2.08 with Sydney FC the $3.20 outsider while Perth have been opened at $2.00 to the Heart’s $3.20.

“Home ground advantage will play a huge role in the finals and that has been one of the major factors in determining the markets,” sportsbet.com.au’s Ben Hawes said. “Sydney’s first half was very impressive on Sunday but playing Wellington away is about as tough as it gets.”

The Roar are also the $2.20 favorite to make it consecutive A-League titles ahead of Premiers Plate winner Central Coast ($2.50). The Glory are on the third line of betting at $8.00 ahead of Wellington ($11), Sydney FC ($18) and the Heart ($26).

“Brisbane and Central Coast are hard to go past but anything can happen in the finals.”

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Wellington Phoenix v Sydney FC Betting – Friday 30 March

$2.08 Wellington Phoenix
$3.38 Draw
$3.20 Sydney FC

Brisbane Roar v Central Coast Mariners Betting – Saturday 31 March

$1.87 Brisbane Roar
$3.34 Draw
$3.80 Central Coast Mariners

Perth Glory v Melbourne Heart Betting – Sunday 1 April

$2.00 Perth Glory
$3.26 Draw
$3.20 Melbourne Heart

2012 A-League Grand Final Winner Betting

$2.20 Brisbane Roar
$2.50 Central Coast Mariners
$8.00 Perth Glory
$11 Wellington Phoenix
$18 Sydney FC
$26 Melbourne Heart

The Queensland Firebirds are red hot favourites to go-back-to-back in the ANZ Championship after online bookmaker sportsbet.com.au installed them at $2.25 to win the 2012 edition.

sportsbet.com.au is tipping the Firebirds biggest opposition will come from Kiwi side the Waikato/BOP Magic, who are second in the betting at $5.00, followed by the West Coast Fever ($6.50) and the Melbourne Vixens and Northern Mystics (both $8.00).

“They didn’t lose a single game last season and have been untouchable this preseason so the market rightly reflects the dominance we expect they will have this year,” sportsbet.com.au’s Ben Hawes said.

The Adelaide Thunderbirds are next in the market at $13 while the New South Wales swifts are given the least chance of any Australian team, priced at $51. The Canterbury Tactix are the rank outsiders at $151.

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2012 ANZ Championship Netball Betting

$2.25 Queensland Firebirds
$5.00 Waikato/BOP Magic
$6.50 West Coast Fever
$8.00 Melbourne Vixens, Northern Mystics
$13 Adelaide Thunderbirds
$21 NSW Swifts
$51 Central Pulse
$81 Southern Steel
$151 Canterbury Tactix

Punters are convinced that Carlton’s injury worries will cost them in round 1, with more than three times the amount of bets placed on Richmond compared to the Blues for this Thursday’s blockbuster with online bookmaker sportsbet.com.au.

After opening at $3.00 in January 2012, the Tigers were once as long as $3.75 for the round 1 clash. However with Carlton’s ever growing injury list, the Tigers have firmed from $3.20 to $2.60 in the last week.

Carlton still remain favourites, but have drifted from $1.35 to $1.50 as a result.

“Carlton have been the short price favourites since the market opened, but the punters have seen value in the Tigers and when combining that with Carlton’s injuries, all the money has been on Richmond,” said sportsbet.com.au’s Shaun Anderson.

“Carlton still look like one of the teams to beat this year, but the punters think the Tigers are getting them at a vulnerable time and given the trend of betting, could start even shorter by the start of the match.”

In other round 1 betting, Hawthorn continue to be the punters choice against Collingwood, shortening to $1.70 despite being the $2.20 underdogs when the market opened in January. Collingwood are now clear outsiders at $2.15.

Port Adelaide have also been given some hope on the eve of the season, moving from $3.30 to $2.90 with the Saints drifting from $1.34 to $1.42.

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2012 AFL Betting Round 1

Prices in brackets from 19 March
$1.50 Carlton Blues (out from $1.35)
$2.60 Richmond Tigers (in from $3.20)

$1.70 Hawthorn Hawks (in from $1.80)
$2.15 Collingwood Magpies (out from $2.00)

$1.42 Melbourne Demons (in from $1.44)
$2.90 Brisbane Lions (out from $2.80)

$1.25 Adelaide Crows (steady)
$4.00 Gold Coast Suns (steady)

$1.70 Geelong Cats (steady)
$2.15 Fremantle Dockers (steady)

$1.85 Essendon Bombers (steady)
$1.95 North Melbourne Kangaroos (steady)

$1.66 West Coast Eagles (steady)
$2.22 Western Bulldogs (steady)

$1.42 St Kilda Saints (out from $1.34)
$2.90 Port Adelaide Power (in from $3.30)