Cate Blanchett hottest Oscar favourite in history at Sportingbet

LOS ANGELES - March 1, 2014 - PRLog -- Blanchett is at the very skinny odds of $1.03 with online bookmaker Sportingbet.com.au.

“We’ve barely taken a dollar for anyone else but there has been four-figure bet after four-figure bet for Cate,” Sportingbet’s Andrew Brown said.

"The punters that took the $1.60 we offered for her to win the Golden Globe/BAFTA/Oscar trifecta must be laughing.”

Matthew McConaughey is a $1.22 favourite at Sportingbet to win the Best Actor Oscar for his performance in Dallas Buyers Club.

There is also a short odds-on favourite to take out the Best Picture Oscar, with 12 Years A Slave $1.20 at Sportingbet in front of Gravity at $4.50.

The biggest favourite to win an Oscar is the movie Frozen, which is$1.02 to win Best Animated Feature Film.

For Sportingbet’s full list of markets for the 86^th Academy Awards visit http://www.sportingbet.com.au/#Sports/5894965

86^th Academy Awards

Sportingbet.com.au markets

Best Actress

Cate Blanchett $1.03

Amy Adams $13

Sandra Bullock $17

Judi Dench $34

Meryl Streep $67

Best Actor

Matthew McConaughey $1.22

Leonardo DiCaprio $5.25

Chiwetel Ejiofor $9

Bruce Dern $51

Christian Bale $101

Best Picture

12 Years A Slave $1.20

Gravity $4.50

American Hustle $11

Dallas Buyers Club $34

The Wolf Of Wall Street $67

Captain Phillips $201

Nebraska $251

Her $251

Philomena $251

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