Betting at the 2010 Soccer World Cup
At the 2006 Soccer World Cup FIFA introduced a betting ban for players. All players representing the thirty-two participating nations had to sign a statement agreeing that no family members would bet on the World Cup games. This was after a 26-year old referee, Robert Hoyzer, was found guilty of match-fixing, and received a prison sentence of 2 years and 5 months. We anticipate that no officials will be placing a football bet at the 2010 tournament. The Fifa World Cup 2010 is a huge event that attracts the interest of people from all over the world. World Cup betting is becoming increasingly popular and just about every bookmaker on the planet will be offering World Cup Odds on just about every possible outcome from who will win the tournament, golden boot winner as well as odds on every match from the group stages to the final. We are looking forward to a great tournament.
Odds of being the outright winner of the Fifa World Cup 2010
Initial odds on 23 Feb 2010 were that Brazil and Spain were the joint favourites to win the World Cup - pretty tight odds given that there are so many countries involved. The host nation, South Africa, is available at 125/1 and New Zealand's odds of winning were set at a stellar 1000/1. By the 2nd April Spain were favourites to win ta 21/5.
Each way Terms: 1/2 Odds Places 1-2 |
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23 Feb 2010 |
Odds on 2 Apr 2010 |
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Spain |
9/2 |
21/5 |
Brazil |
9/2 |
5/1 |
England |
5/1 |
11/2 |
Argentina |
9/1 |
8/1 |
Germany |
12/1 |
12/1 |
Italy |
12/1 |
12/1 |
Netherlands |
12/1 |
12/1 |
France |
14/1 |
16/1 |
Portugal |
25/1 |
28/1 |
Ivory Coast |
28/1 |
28/1 |
Paraguay |
50/1 |
50/1 |
Chile |
40/1 |
66/1 |
Serbia |
66/1 |
66/1 |
Ghana |
66/1 |
80/1 |
Mexico |
80/1 |
80/1 |
USA |
80/1 |
80/1 |
Australia |
100/1 |
100/1 |
Cameroon |
100/1 |
100/1 |
Nigeria |
100/1 |
100/1 |
Uruguay |
100/1 |
100/1 |
Greece |
100/1 |
125/1 |
Denmark |
80/1 |
125/1 |
South Africa |
125/1 |
125/1 |
Switzerland |
150/1 |
200/1 |
Slovakia |
200/1 |
200/1 |
Slovenia |
200/1 |
200/1 |
South Korea |
200/1 |
200/1 |
Japan |
200/1 |
250/1 |
Algeria |
400/1 |
400/1 |
Honduras |
500/1 |
500/1 |
North Korea |
750/1 |
1000/1 |
New Zealand |
1000/1 |
1000/1 |