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Sportingbet.com.au has re-opened its 2014 Sportingbet Cox Plate market following Tuesday’s announcement of 225 entries for the $3 million Group 1 marquee race at Moonee Valley. Carlton House and Sacred Falls share $13 favouritism at Sportingbet, in front of Hong Kong star Dan Excel ($14) and Silent Achiever ($15). Mukhadram, Magician, Puissance De Lune, Fawkner…

Online bookmaker sportsbet.com.au is offering $8.00 for Adam Scott to wrestle back the world number one ranking off Rory McIlroy at this week’s USPGA – a week after the Northern Irishman knocked the Aussie off his perch. To do that, Scott will need to either win the tournament, or finish top 20 and hope McIIroy…

First-up specialists Sweet Idea and Rebel Dane head betting for Saturday’s Missile Stakes. Online bookmaker sportsbet.com.au could not split the pair and have them joint favourites at $4.00. Epsom winner Boban is on the second line at $7.00 for the Randwick Group 2. “It’ll be a tough race with some terrific horses starting campaigns for…

With South Sydney captain John Sutton out injured for a month, halves Adam Reynolds and Luke Keary are auditioning for the Rabbitohs number 7 jersey for the finals. 3 into 2 just won’t go, and online bookmaker sportsbet.com.au has created some head to head markets that could go a long way to deciding who gets…

The results, behaviour, representation and professionalism of the Australian Swim Team have been outstanding this week in Glasgow, but wind the clock back two years to the London Olympic Games, and it was a totally different story. The team that was our national pride took a serious tumble. Some of our most elite and inspiring…

The AFL’s split round was extremely kind to one punter with online bookmaker sportsbet.com.au, who turned $25 into nearly $40,000 by picking 8 winners in the head to head markets. It started with Carlton’s upset win over the unpredictable Kangaroos, but the standout was St Kilda’s huge upset against Fremantle that paid $16! The three…

A club legend - Benji Marshall was let go by Wests Tigers last year, who knew full well that teenager Luke Brooks would become the new “Benji”, and on Sunday, the master and his apprentice will go head to head for the first time. Ahead of the Tigers-Dragons clash, online bookmaker sportsbet.com.au is offering a…

Australians are getting behind Richie Porte, with online bookmaker sportsbet.com.au reporting nearly twice as much money on the Aussie compared to race favourite Vincenzo Nibali. The Italian is priced at $1.22 following the withdrawal of Alberto Contador, however Porte is second favourite at $6.50, after beginning the Tour as a $67 outsider. More than twice…

Collingwood’s Scott Pendlebury is the new $3.25 favourite to win the 2014 Brownlow Medal at online bookie Sportingbet.com.au following the news former $1.50 favourite Gary Ablett will miss the rest of the AFL season. Sportingbet’s AFL analysts estimate that Ablett ($6) has a six vote lead over Pendlebury. Josh Kennedy ($6.50), Joel Selwood ($13), Trent…

Italian Vincenzo Nibali has emerged as some sort of a threat to Tour de France favourites Chris Froome ($1.90) and Alberto Contador ($3.00) after winning the second stage and claiming the leader’s Yellow Jersey. Online bookmaker sportsbet.com.au has trimmed Nibali’s price in from $12 to $8.00 to leave him on the third line of betting….