Olympic Games – betting with BWin

September 1st, 2008 / gabriel

Olympic Games 2008 – USA and China in a head-to-head race to win the most medals: bwin’s bookmakers rank China and the USA as favourites to win the Olympic medal count (with odds of 1.85 for each country at the moment).

Overall, the line-up of the world’s leading provider of online gaming entertainment will feature more than 10,000 Olympic bets in all 41 Olympic sports disciplines. Particularly popular is betting on the country with the most medals and most gold medals. In addition, there will be live betting on 800 different events.

The US and China are currently vying for first place in an exciting race. Will Olympic host China with a team of 639 athletes be able to assert itself against US dominance at the Olympic Summer Games?

In basketball, swimming and track-and-field, the USA is clearly in the lead. But the US is also expected to win medals in women’s football and tennis. According to bwin ’s bookmakers, a direct confrontation between the two superpowers is rather unlikely, since China’s strength is table tennis, badminton and gymnastics.

“We devote our full attention to the Olympic Games and will again be offering the biggest sportsbetting line-up. Olympic Games are comparable to four or five world cups held at the same time”, explains Kevin O’Neal, press officer at bwin.

The bwin website will present itself in its Olympics design: not only will the logo be adjusted during the Olympic Games, but so will the pictographs used. More information is available at bwin.

Here is a summary of the bwin medal count odds*:

Who will win the most medals (overall)?

China: 1.85

USA1.85

Russia: 21.00

Other country: 81.00

Who will win the most gold medals?

China: 1.45

USA 2.55

Russia: 41.00

Other country: 81.00

*Subject to change without notice