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Punters with online bookmaker sportsbet.com.au reckon Sea Siren can do what no other horse has and complete the BTC Cup – Doomben 10,000 – Stradbroke treble with the filly the best backed runner for Saturday’s Handicap.

Sea Siren heads the betting at $4.50 ahead of Tiger Tess ($7.50) and Buffering and Wealth Princess (both $8.00).

Buffering is the second best backed runner despite its wide barrier with Tiger Tees also attracting strong punter support.

“The punters are confident Sea Siren will create history on Saturday,” said sportsbet.com.au’s Ben Hawes. “They’ve really thrown their support behind the filly in the last 24 hours.”

Torio’s Quest ($9.00), Mental ($11) and Pampelonne ($15) are next in the market while Shopaholic ($21) has attracted some interest.

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The Stradbroke Betting

$4.50 Sea Siren
$7.50 Tiger Tees
$8.00 Buffering, Wealth Princess
$9.00 Torio’s Quest
$11 Mental
$15 Pampelonne
$17 Solzhenitsyn, Temple of Boom, Pinwheel, Spirit of Boom, Varenna Miss
$21 Mid Summer Music, Shopaholic
$26 Phelan Ready, Thankgodyou’rehere, Sistine Angel
$41 Celtic Dancer
$51 Happy Zero, Triple Elegance
$67 Listen Son
$71 Jetset Lad
$101 Carry Me Bluey

The Oklahoma City Thunder are the clear favourites to win the NBA Championship after progressing to the final today, priced at $1.53 with online bookmaker sportsbet.com.au.

The Boston Celtics are next in the market at $4.15, with LeBron James’ Miami Heat the outsiders at $4.80.

“The Heat entered the playoffs as clear favourites, but it is Oklahoma City who now look like the ones to beat,” said sportsbet.com.au’s Shaun Anderson.

“There is more money on the Heat than the Thunder and Celtics put together, but they look to be the least likely at this stage.”

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NBA championship

$1.53 Oklahoma City
$4.15 Boston Celtics
$4.80 Miami Heat

Adam Martin is a sure thing to be voted off The Voice according to one punter, with a bet of $10,000 coming today at $1.10 with online bookmaker sportsbet.com.au for Martin to get the boot from Keith’s group.

As a result Martin has firmed even further from $1.10 to $1.05.

“This is easily the biggest one off bet we have taken so far on The Voice,” said sportsbet.com.au’s Shaun Anderson.

“The majority of money all week has been for Adam to get the flick, but this one bet has brought his price in even further into $1.05, almost as short as Black Caviar when she races.”

In other The Voice betting, Rachael Leahcar still remains the favourite, but has drifted from $2.90 to $3.00.

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The Voice Winner Betting

(Prices in brackets from Tuesday 5 June)
$3.00 Rachael Leahcar (out from $2.90)
$3.75 Karise Eden (steady)
$4.00 Darren Percival (steady)
$8.00 Sarah De Bono (out from $7.00)
$9.00 Ben Hazelwood (in from $13)
$10 Lakyn Heperi (out from $8.00)
$11 Diana Rouvas (in from $15)
$17 Brittany Cairns (out from $13)
$26 Fatai Veamatahau (in from $34)
$67 Adam Martin (out from $51)
$81 Glenn Cunningham (steady)
$101 Prinnie Stevens (steady)

Joel’s group – to be eliminated

$1.01 Prinnie Stevens (steady)
$1.50 Lakyn Heperi (steady)
$2.00 Ben Hazelwood (out from $1.80)
$6.00 Sarah De Bono (in from $8.00)

Keith’s group – to be eliminated

$1.05 Adam Martin (in from $1.10)
$1.15 Brittany Cairns (in from $1.50)
$2.20 Diana Rouvas (out from $1.50)
$17 Darren Percival (out from $13)

With the Olympic Flame going out briefly during the lighting ceremony weeks ago in Greece, online bookmaker sportsbet.com.au have opened a market on whether the flame will be extinguished at any stage during the London Olympics.

$2.75 has been priced for the flame to go out at any stage of the Games, while $11 has been priced for the flame to be extinguished during the opening ceremony.

“There was a bit of a stuff up during the lighting ceremony, so for those who think it could happen again, $2.75 is on offer,” said sportsbet.com.au’s Shaun Anderson.

“It would be a disaster if it happened at the opening ceremony and they will be doing everything in their power to make sure it goes off without a problem, so we have given that longer odds of $11.”

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Will the Olympic Flame go out?

$2.75 Olympic Flame to be extinguished during the Games
$11 Olympic Flame to be extinguished during the Opening Ceremony

There has been more money for New South Wales to win Game 2 of the 2012 State of Origin series with online bookmaker sportsbet.com.au than for Queensland.

The Blues have now attracted 59% of money wagered on head-to-head betting to the Maroons 41%.

Ricky Stuart’s men have firmed from $2.00 into $1.95 with Queensland easing out from $1.80 to $1.85.

“As of last weekend, 47% of the money in head-to-head betting had been for the Blues but that has now surged to almost 60%,” sportsbet.com.au’s Ben Hawes said.

“This is the first time since we opened betting on State of Origin last year that we’ve seen more money for the Blues to win a game than Queensland.”

If New South Wales are leading at halftime at ANZ Stadium but lose Game 2, sportsbet.com.au will refund punters their first bet on the match!

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2012 Game 2 State of Origin Betting

$1.85 Queensland (out from $1.80)
$1.95 New South Wales (in from $2.00)

Points
$2.10 New South Wales -1.0
$2.10 Queensland -3.0

Margin
$2.95 Queensland 1-12 (steady)
$3.00 New South Wales 1-12 (in from $3.05)
$4.50 Queensland 13+ (out from $4.25)
$5.25 New South Wales 13+ (in from $5.50)
$21 Draw (steady)

First try scorer
$10 Akuila Uate
$11 Billy Slater, Greg Inglis
$12 Jarryd Hayne, Michael Jennings, Josh Morris, Darius Boyd
$13 Brett Stewart, Brent Tate
$15 Justin Hodges

Five time Great Britain Olympic gold medalist Steve Redgrave has been installed as the $1.33 favourite to light the Olympic Cauldron at the opening ceremony of the London Olympics with online bookmaker sportsbet.com.au.

Any member of the British Royal Family have been priced next at $9.00, with David Beckham next in the market at $11.

“Redgrave has twice been the British flag bearer and if they do decide to give the responsibility to a former Olympian, he is obviously the clear choice,” said sportsbet.com.au’s Shaun Anderson.

“With the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee and the Royal Wedding last year, the Royal Family are extremely popular at the moment so we expect there to be a lot of interest from punters for a Royal to light the cauldron at $9.00.”

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Who will light the Olympic Cauldron

$1.33 Steve Redgrave
$9.00 Any member of the British Royal Family
$11 David Beckham
$12 Sir Roger Bannister
$13 Tom Daley
$15 Dorothy Tyler
$17 Kelly Holmes
$19 Daley Thompson
$21 Bobby Charlton, Tanni Grey Thompson
$23 Matthew Pinsent, Seb Coe
$26 Chris Hoy, Denise Lewis
$34 Jessica Ennis, Mo Farah
$41 Rebecca Adlington, Mary Peters, Steve Ovett
$51 Linford Christie, Ben Ainslie
$67 Wayne Rooney
$81 Nelson Mandela
$101 Dwain Chambers

The Brisbane Broncos and Manly Sea Eagles have been installed as the $5.00 favourites by online bookmaker sportsbet.com.au to record the most wins in the second half of the 2012 NRL season.

The Melbourne Storm are next in the market for most wins at $7.00 followed by the Rabbitohs and Sharks (both $9.00) and Wests Tigers and Bulldogs (both $11).

The Parramatta Eels – who sportsbet.com.au have already paid out $50,000 on to finish last – are the $2.90 favourites to tally the most losses in the final 13 rounds.

The Roosters ($5.50), Panthers ($5.50), Knights ($7.50) and Raiders ($8.00) are the only teams priced under $17 to record the most losses in the second half of the season.

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Most wins in second half of 2012 NRL Premiership

$5.00 Brisbane Broncos
$5.00 Manly Sea Eagles
$7.00 Melbourne Storm
$9.00 South Sydney Rabbitohs
$9.00 Cronulla Sharks
$11 Wests Tigers
$11 Canterbury Bulldogs
$13 North Queensland Cowboys
$15 New Zealand Warriors
$21 St. George Illawarra
$26 Gold Coast Titans
$34 Canberra Raiders
$34 Newcastle Knights
$41 Sydney Roosters
$41 Penrith Panthers
$81 Parramatta Eels

Most losses in second half of 2012 NRL Premiership

$2.90 Parramatta Eels
$5.50 Sydney Roosters
$5.50 Penrith Panthers
$7.50 Newcastle Knights
$8.00 Canberra Raiders
$17 Gold Coast Titans
$19 St. George Illawarra
$29 Wests Tigers
$29 Canterbury Bulldogs
$29 North Queensland Cowboys
$29 New Zealand Warriors
$41 Cronulla Sharks
$67 South Sydney Rabbitohs
$67 Melbourne Storm
$101 Brisbane Broncos
$101 Manly Sea Eagles

On the eve of the 50 days to go mark until the London Olympics, Australia still looks destined to settle for less gold medals than they did in 2008, priced at $3.25 to win 12-13 gold with online bookmaker sportsbet.com.au.

10-11 medals is next in the market at $3.50, while equaling or beating our haul of 14 in 2008 and winning 14-15 gold has been priced at $4.00.

If the Aussies win less medals than expected, 8-9 gold medals is priced at $6.50, 6-7 gold medals $11 and five or less an outside chance at $26.

On the other hand if expectations are exceeded, 16-17 gold is priced at $9.00, 18-19 at $17 and 20 or more at $26.

“It would be great to see us win more medals than we did in Beijing, but while we have a heap of chances, it looks like we will fall just short of last year’s tally of 14 gold,” said sportsbet.com.au’s Shaun Anderson.

In the overall medals tally, it also looks likely Australia will fall short compared to last year’s total of 46, priced at $2.00 to win between 31-40 medals.

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How many gold medals will Australia win at the London Olympics?

$3.25 12 or 13
$3.50 10 or 11
$4.00 14 or 15
$6.50 8 or 9
$9.00 16 or 17
$11 6 or 7
$17 18 or 19
$26 5 or less
$26 20 or more

How many overall medals will Australia win at the London Olympics?

$2.00 31-40
$3.50 21-30
$3.75 41-50
$13 11-20
$13 51-60
$51 10 or less
$51 61 or more

None of the big four banks are tipped to pass on today’s RBA interest cut in full according to a market with online bookmaker sportsbet.com.au.

$1.20 has been priced for none of the big four banks to pass on the full cut.

If one of the big four does follow the RBA’s lead, it looks likely to be the NAB, priced at $3.50 to be the first pass on the full decrease.

CBA are next in the market at $4.50 followed by ANZ at $6.00.

Westpac are the outsiders at $8.00.

“You only need to look at the last few months to see that it is unlikely any of the big four banks will pass on the full rate cut,” said sportsbet.com.au’s Shaun Anderson.

“It doesn’t look like any will go the full decrease however if one does decide to follow the RBA’s lead, it looks likely to be the NAB who have been priced at $3.50 to act first.”

The official interest rate appears likely to stay on hold next month, priced at $1.80 to stay the same. Another decrease between 0.01 and 0.25 percent is next in the market at $2.00.

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1st big 4 bank to give RBA June cut in full

$1.20 None of the big 4 banks
$3.50 NAB
$4.50 CBA
$6.00 ANZ
$8.00 Westpac

RBA July announcement

$1.80 Stay the same
$2.00 Decrease between 0.01 and 0.25 percent
$5.50 Decrease between 0.26 and 0.5 percent
$17 Decrease of 0.51 percent or more
$34 Any increase