Odds set for World Cup groups
I tell people all the time: they build all those fancy-pants, colossal casinos in Vegas because they know what they are doing. The betting establishment consistently siphons money off the great unwashed because they set good odds.
So when they assign odds in sports, you can bet they have dotted the Is and crossed the Ts and then some. In assessing a match or a tournament, they have poked, prodded, pondered and perused that baby to within an inch of its life.
Here, then, is what The Bookie Man says about the chances of winning World Cup Group C:
FYI:
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Not to say I told you so
but I was pretyt pocitive abou the draw a few weeks ago :-)
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by Joe Fortunato on Dec 5, 2009 8:10 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
Wow
That something like they think there is an 87.5% chance England will win the group. Advance yes, but win, that’s pretty high. They probably are trying to make some money on a bunch of confident Englishmen.
by Cool Dudes on Dec 5, 2009 9:25 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
75% if it were a fair bet
Which seems perfectly reasonable, to be honest.
The bigger surprise is that five European teams are all favored to win it over Brazil. Probably because the draw is so hideous for them – England, Italy, and Spain should have a much easier time getting out of the group stage. (Then again, Spain will have a nasty draw in the round of 16, even if they win the group.)
by SpartanDan on Dec 6, 2009 12:37 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
so i can get brazil at more than 9-1?!!! woooooooooow
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by TrojanCBB on Dec 8, 2009 12:50 AM EST reply actions 0 recs
brazil is 5-1 on bodog, just behind spain at 9-2...
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by TrojanCBB on Dec 8, 2009 12:53 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs

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