Loads of betting options for the Football World Cup 2010

By Joshua Weinstein

There is under a month to go until the World Cup in South Africa and those of us interested in sports betting are starting to give the tournament some real thought. Most of us will choose to place bets on our home team, however, there are other betting markets which should also be considered.

The first market which should be examined is known as the outright betting market, this is where you try to predict which team is going to win the World Cup and bet on them. According to the Paddy Power Sports betting website Spain are most likely to win this year and have odds of 4/1, Brazil is in second place with 5/1, third is England at 11/2, Argentina fourth at 15/2 and Italy in fifth place at 13/1. The host nation South Africa is far behind with odds of 125/1.

If you don’t fancy your chances at picking the correct winner then you could try your hand at group betting instead. This will allow you to bet on which group will win any of the eight groups and as there are only four teams in each group this is certainly easier than picking the winner of the final.
Another option is to bet on which team reaches the semi-finals, unsurprisingly the odds for this option reflect the odds for which team will win the final. This means that at Paddy Power Spain are placed at 1/1, England and Brazil are at 11/10, Argentina are at 5/4 and Germany at 2/1.
Whilst the World Cup is still a little way away, there are definitely some good odds around now which may chance as the tournament gets under way. Don’t miss out on the opportunity, choose your teams and take advantage of the