World Cup 2010 Betting Set Reach New Heights This Summer

May 2, 2010 - PRLog -- Bookmakers and punters alike are gearing up for the World Cup 2010, it is expected to be the biggest betting event of all time with billions bet throughout the world on a wide variety of World Cup 2010 betting markets.

The World Cup 2010 Betting Odds should beat previous World Cups, European Championships, Grand Nationals and Superbowls easily in terms of betting turnover and it will very much be punters versus bookies, a few results for some of the favourites and it could be a bloodbath for the bookies. A surprise result or two in the major markets and the bookmakers will be celebrating a major victory.

The main World Cup Betting market is sure to be the outright World Cup 2010, for which we have three teams who are considered clear favourites. Spain are just about the tournament favourites at the moment and it is no surprise that the European Championships have been declared the team to beat by the bookies, they are also number one in the Fifa rankings and most people consider them the best team in the world. The best team in the world does not always win the World Cup, you of course need plenty of luck to win a World Cup, and if Spain miss out the bookies think Brazil are the team to be on. Brazil are currently the second favourites in the World Cup Betting and as the team who has won most World Cups that is really no surprise. Brazil are also the only nation to have won a World Cup in a continent that is not their home continent (no European country has won a World Cup outside of Europe). Brazil are also ranked number two in the Fifa rankings behind Spain.

The other team who are one of the favourites in the World Cup Betting are England, which is no major surprise considering most of the bookies are English based, punters are often extremely patriotic but some would describe them as blinkered. Those who think the odds on England are too short would point to the fact the the favourites are ranked number one in the world, the second favourites are ranked number two in the world, and England, the third favourites, are ranked, not the third best team, not the fourth best team, but the seventh best team in the world. Of course rankings aren't everything but it is an indication that the price on England winning the World Cup could be a bit skinny.

Other popular betting markets at the World Cup 2010 will be the World Cup Golden Boot Betting, for which Wayne Rooney and Lionel Messi have been popular but David Villa is the favourite, other popular markets include Name The Finalists and Continent Of The Winner. The biggest match up at the World Cup 2010 could end up being the 65th world cup fixture, the punters versus the bookies, and it remains to be soon who will win.

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