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Online bookmaker SportingBet have increased their welcome offer up to the value of a £50 free bet for new customers. This generous extra bonus will only last until September 30th, so you need to get in quickly. This is double what the SportingBet welcome offer generally is, and basically means that you can get an extra £25 for free right now when you open a new account with the popular and highly recommended online bookmaker. Their betting site is packed with great sports and football betting promotions, and they really do provide a great service, so this little bit extra being offered for new customers should be taken advantage of right now. It is there, it is free bets to win more money with, so why not? Just sign up for a new account, make a deposit, and SportingBet will match your first bet on a new account, up to the value of £50. With plenty of football betting to be enjoyed at the moment across Europe, you really shouldn’t find yourself short of how to use that SportingBet free bet on their extensive sports book.

Talking of football betting, SportingBet are currently running one of the best Champions League promotions that you can find at online bookmakers. They are offering £10,000 prize money for each match day in the 2010/11 Champions League, if you can predict all sixteen results. You can a free entry into the SportingBet Champions League predictor, whenever you make a £10 bet on any market on the betting site. These free entries can be them made to test your powers of Champions League predictions, and if you nail all sixteen outcomes on any given individual match day, then you stand to win yourself a huge £10k for your efforts. If you are looking to win big on the Champions League, then SportingBet should be a serious port of call for your online football betting. They constantly roll out some of the most competitive prices for sports betting, as well as cash back offers on football betting promotions.

SportingBet really deliver a wonderful online betting site, and the limited time increased welcome offer should be taken advantage of. It is there waiting for you, and once you have signed up, you can even put yourself in line to win £10,000 on the SportingBet Champions League predictor. All the features of a top online bookmaker are there at SportingBet, plus a whole lot more in terms of games, casino and more. Remember, sign up before the end of September 30th to claim your £50 free bet!

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Stan James are offering some great football specials all based on the close of the transfer window. While there wasn’t too much excitement movement going on involving the big clubs, the biggest drama was over the last minute deal sending Netherlands international Rafael Van Der Vaart to Tottenham from Real Madrid. There were some technical difficulties in getting the paper work sent through in time, but all was sanctioned and he is at White Hart Lane Ready to go. Former Chelsea star Eidur Gudjohnsen made a surprise transfer Stoke City, a surprise because the style of football which the Potters play, really isn’t association with the wonderful technical craft and guile that Gudjohnsen is known for. Still, perfect he can make a big impact at the club and influence a little more skill on the deck. Stoke also made a transfer deadline move for Jermaine Pennant who comes back to the Premier League. Pennant is one very few English players playing abroad in a top European league, as he is still under contract with Spanish side Real Zaragoza, and joins Stoke on a four month loan. Stoke boss Tony Pulis also picked up young Irish player Marc Wilson from Portsmouth.

Perhaps one of the most surprising transfers  came from Sunderland manager Steve Bruce picking up Ghana’s Asamoah Gyan. Gyan was a star at the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa, and it’s a little surprising that a bigger club, with all due respect to Sunderland, didn’t push hard for his signature. He is quick and as shown at the tournament, he is no slouch when it comes to finding the back of the net either. If he forms a partnership with Darren Bent, then the Sunderland attack could well be more than a handful for most Premier League defences.

Alexander Hleb apparently turned down Spurs and Liverpool to join up with Alex McLeish at Birmingham City. The former Arsenal and Barcelona player is back in the Premier League and should add something of an extra attacking dimension for the Blues. Hleb is comfortable in the middle of the park or out on the right wing. Birmingham also landed Chilean international Jean Beausejour who was quite the livewire at the 2010 World Cup and after quite a barren year in front of goal last term, Birmingham are at least addressing the right areas and should make them stronger. The midlands club also grabbed much sought after Martin Jiranek one a one year deal as well.

New Liverpool boss Roy Hodgson went shopping at his old club Fulham, as he picked up left back Paul Konchesky to help make things a little more ship shape at the back for the Anfield club. Wigan picked up Blackburn’s failed experiment in striker Franco Di Santo, who just never fit the bill at Ewood Park and was eventually dropped from the side. Wigan also picked up Manchester United’s Tom Cleverley on loan for the season. There looks to be a big future for Cleverley at Old Trafford, but just couldn’t force his way into the team despite performing well during the pre-season. His move to Wigan will help get some Premier League matches under his belt at the very least. Speaking of Blackburn, they picked up defender Pascal Chimbonda.

With Stan James you can try and earn yourself some winnings out of the last minute deals that went through at the close of the summer transfer window. The online bookmaker offer odds on them managing to find the back of the net on their debuts for their respective new clubs. It is something that happens quite regularly as players are keen to make an impact and you often get that little extra effort. While the strikers will be the shortest in odds, don’t discount the likes of defender Chimbonda at Blackburn popping up and netting a goal. Blackburn like their set plays and he will certainly be one to benefit along the way.

To Score on their Premier League Debut for their new club at Stan James
Eidur Gudjohnsen (Stoke) 9/4
Franco Di Santo (Wigan) 7/2
Asamoah Gyan (Sunderland): 4/1
Tom Cleverly (Wigan) 9/2
Rafael Van Der Vaart (Spurs): 5/1
Jean Beauteous (Birmingham) 7/1
Alexander Hleb (Birmingham) 8/1    
Jermaine Pennant (Stoke) 8/1    
Paul Konchesky (Liverpool) 25/1    
Marc Wilson (Stoke) 25/1    
Pascal Chimbonda (Blackburn) 25/1    
Martin Jiranek (Birmingham) 25/1

Next domestic football Matches (as this will influence your betting strategy on the above):
Everton v Man Utd
Arsenal v Bolton
Fulham v Wolverhampton
Man City v Blackburn
Newcastle v Blackpool
West Brom v Tottenham
West Ham v Chelsea
Wigan v Sunderland
Birmingham v Liverpool
Stoke v Aston Villa, 20:00

While Stan James offer odds on the new signings scoring on their club debuts, there is also a market for you to explore, which hints at those same players making such an impact over the course of the year that they get themselves recognised by the PFA. Certainly the likes of Paul Konchesky at Liverpool is one of those marvellously consistent performers who could well play his well into contention, but you have to consider that the left back would be up against the likes of Chelsea’s Ashley Cole. How about Rafael Van Der Vaart having a storming season at White Hart Lane as Tottenham enjoy Champions League football for the first time, or will Sunderland’s Asamoah Gyan light up the goal scoring charts? Head on over to Stan James to make your selections.

To Be Included In The 2011 PFA Premier League Team Of The Year at Stan James
Paul Konchesky 10/1    
Rafael Van Der Vaart 11/1    
Asamoah Gyan 16/1    
Jean Beausejour 33/1    
Alexander Hleb 33/1    
Eidur Gudjohnsen 33/1    
Pascal Chimbonda 33/1    
Jermaine Pennant 50/1    
Martin Jiranek 50/1    
Stipe Pletikosa 50/1    
Marc Wilson 100/1    
Tom Cleverley 100/1    
Franco Di Santo 100/1

To cap off all of these exciting Premier League football betting on transfer markets, Stan James offer a welcome bonus of up to £25 for new customers. When your first bet gets settled on a new account, the online bookmaker will match that first stake up to the value of £25. Stan James are one of the highly recommended and trusted names in UK bookmaking, and they have a great site full of news, great prices and some excellent football promotions. They are currently running a season long 0-0 cash back promotion which covers any lost bets placed on Goalscorer markets. If you place any Goalscorer bet on a match listed on Stan James and the game plays out to 0-0 stalemate, then the online bookmaker will refund your lost stake, so that you can have another chance with your football betting.

The Carling Cup third round highlight throws up some interesting football betting, as the draw throws together North London rivals Arsenal and Tottenham at White Hart Lane. Some serious bragging rights will be up for grabs in the glamour tie, and it will be interesting to see if both sides go with inexperienced line ups. Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger usually sends out the youngsters in this competition in order to get some experience for them, so it will not be too much of a side if he goes down that route again. However, with Tottenham involved in their first ever season of Champions League football, boss Harry Redknapp may decide to also rest some of his senior players for the Carling Cup this year. The third round ties are played during the week of September 20th, and for a lot of clubs it offers chance of some silverware. The North London clash is arguably the biggest of the third round, but the draw still throws up some more interesting challenges.

Online bookmaker Stan James are running a new Goalscorer promotion for the 2010/11 season. When you make a bet on any Goalscorer market for any football match this season, Stan James will refund any lost stakes if the match ends in a 0-0 draw. This great offer covers all Goalscorer markets on Stan James for any football match from around the world, in any competition. This cover your Goalscorer bets up to a maximum of £250, and with England playing Switzerland on Wednesday, plus the return of the Premier League and Champions League coming, there’s plenty of football betting to come. Stan James have Chelsea pencilled in as favourites to win the Carling Cup though, at a price of 11/2.

Manchester United picked up last year’s Cup at Wembley, with a controversial win over Aston Villa, and they get one of the easier third round ties, as they have to face Scunthorpe from the Championship. Similarly, new Liverpool boss Roy Hodgson will be pleased with his side coming out of the hat against Northampton from League Two. More likely than not, the Carling Cup will be a big focus for Hodgson, as he tries to bring some happier days back to Anfield. Will the Carling Cup be their one domestic success of the season as they look to get back on their feet? Football betting on the Carling Cup has them reasonably priced, but of course behind the stronger forces of Chelsea and Manchester United. Premier League Champions and FA Cup holders Chelsea will enjoy a home tie against Premier League opposition Newcastle. Manchester City, who will also be desperate to add silverware to the cabinet after a lot of barren years and a lot of spending. They also face Premier League opposition in the shape of West Brom, but both City and Chelsea will of course be expected to progress.

Other all Premier League clashes throw together Aston Villa and Blackburn, plus Sunderland and West Ham and Stoke v Fulham. One of the most poignant clashes will come when Bolton play Burnley. Current Bolton boss Owen Coyle left Burnley half way through their season in the Premier League last year, to take charge at Burnley. Naturally the Burnley fans weren’t too happy about him abandoning them while they were struggling to go to a northern rival, so no doubt there will be some uproar and hostilities again from the Burnley fans who saw their side relegated while Bolton survived.

Carling Cup Third Round Ties to be played during week of September 20        
Brentford v Everton
Portsmouth v Leicester
Stoke v Fulham
Chelsea v Newcastle
Aston Villa v Blackburn
Tottenham v Arsenal
Mill wall v Ipswich
Wolves v Notts County
Burnley v Bolton
Birmingham v MK Dons
Liverpool v Northampton
Scunthorpe v Man Utd
West Brom v Man City
Sunderland v West Ham
Peterborough v Swansea
Wigan v Preston

Carling Cup Outright Prices

Chelsea: 11/2 at Stan James
Manchester United: 11/2 at Bet365
Manchester City: 6/1 at SkyBet
Liverpool: 9/1 at Boylesports
Everton: 11/1 at Victor Chandler
Tottenham: 16/1 at SportingBet
Arsenal: 16/1 at Totesport
Aston Villa: 18/1 at Paddy Power

Online bookmaker Boylesports is ready to make some lucky punter a millionaire, with the return of their Road to a Million competition. This is a repeat of the competition which they ran for the 2010 FIFA World Cup in which you can put your prediction skills to the test in order to win a huge cash prize. It may all sound too good to be true, but the popular and highly recommended bookmaker is giving its customers a chance to become rich by predicting the outcome of the 2010/11 football season. Not only is the million up for grabs as top prize in this competition, but there is a guaranteed fifty-thousand in runner-up prizes in the event that no-body is able to predict everything requirements. This fantastic competition is a must to get involved in, and you must be a Boylesports customer in order to participate. So if you are not a customer already, then you can head over to the Boylesports website now, to sign up. When you do that, you will also be eligible for their generous welcome offer of a £25 free bet in a matched first stake offer. That really is just the start of things to come with this promotion packed online bookmaker.

All that’s needed to gain entry into the competition is a qualifying bet of a minimum of £5 within 30 days of making your predictions. What do you need to predict in order to put yourself in line for a million? The system works on a points system, with each prediction earning a certain amount of points. The biggest points earner you can predict is naming the Champions League Winner. With Inter Milan out to defend their title, and the strong Spanish challengers of Barcelona and Real Madrid in the hunt, who will triumph in Europe’s domestic elite competition? Will an English club rise to the occasion again in a fitting end to the tournament in the final at Wembley? If you can make a call on the FA Cup winner and the Carling Cup, then you will earn yourself big points as well for the competition. The next highest earning rewards come from predicting the winner of the Premier League, the team to finish bottom of the Premier League, The winner of the Championship, the Championship winner play-off and the Scottish Premier League winner. If you get all of those right then you are well on your way to winning a possible million in Boylesports Road to a Million Competition.

Half Time Prize
There are more predictions to make, totaling fifteen in total in order to win the big prize. This competition from online bookmaker Boylesports is naturally time sensitive. It is already open for entry and the closing date is Sunday, September 26th. All qualifying bets need to be in by then for the prediction form to be valid. But there is even more on offer from Boylesports in this huge prediction game, offering punters even more chance to win. For the Road to a Million there is a Half Time Prize of ten thousand up for grabs. Any entrant who predicts the top five places in the English Premier League on the final day of the year (that’s December 31st) will be in line to win this extra bonus. There is only one prize in line here, and if more than one entrant gets this prediction right, the prize will go to the earliest entrant, so time really is of the essence. The sooner you get your entry for the Boylesports Road to a Million, the better standing you will be in.

Weekly Free Bets
There is even more to come from the Boylesports promotion, as ten random entrants will be selected each week to share a prize of four hundred worth of free bets with Boylesports, with the first selected entry landing a nice hundred.

There are fifteen steps to winning a million and it can be done at Boylesports, and there are extra little bonuses to be earned in between. Check out their brilliant online betting site and you won’t be disappointed with all of the promotions that are available to enhance your sports betting. They are constantly pushing some of the most competitive prices out there, and they regularly offer cash back promotions on football betting. The Boylesports Road to a Million really is the very big cherry on the cake.

888Sport are currently running two great tennis free bet offers on their website. With the excitement of the US Open starting to build towards the business end of the tournament after the first week of play, 888Sport have punters covered when betting on individual matches on the men’s draw. Andy Murray of course, if the big British centre of attention at Flushing Meadows, and he has secured his place comfortably in the third round with having dropped a set yet. This bodes well, as in the soaring temperatures, conserving energy in the early rounds will pay dividends come the latter stages. 888Sport, while they are packed with great promotions and opportunities to win prizes, deliver a very good live in-play betting service, which is perfectly suited for the US Open tennis. This allows you to follow live action and make good betting judgement calls on the action before it happens. If you have never tried out live in-play betting then visit 888Sport to explore and enjoy. With the US Open tennis being one of the major sporting highlights going on at the moment, here are some great tennis betting promotions from 888Sport to further enhance your betting experience.

The 888Sport 5-Set Special
First of the tennis free bets is the 5-Set Special. What this 888Sport promotion does for you, is cover your original stake on any US Open men’s match which ends in a loss for you over five sets. So, if you back a player and he loses the match in five sets, then the online bookmaker will refund your lost stake as a free bet, up to the value of £50 (to match your original stake). That is some pretty good value for followers of tennis betting, and with so many games going on the US Open, five set matches really are not that uncommon. All you need to do in order to automatically qualify for this promotion, is to place a minimum £5 bet on any player in any men’s singles match during the US Open. But it is good to know that 888Sport does have your US Open tennis betting covered in another way.

The 888Sport Tie Break Banker
How does this help your US Open tennis betting? Well, again you need to have a single minimum bet of £5 on any player in a men’s US Open tennis match, and if that match has three sets in it which go to a tie break then you will get a free bet. It doesn’t matter if your player wins or not, as just the event of three tie break sets in the match will win you a free bet of up to £50 (to match your original stake).

No Loss First Bet
One of the great features about the online betting services which 888Sport deliver, is that they also offer a no loss bet when you open a new account with them. You have only until December 31st to take advantage of this offer, which eliminates the risk from your first bet with the online bookmaker. After opening a new account and depositing funds, when you place a first bet on a new account then your first bet won’t lose even if you do lose. Why? Because 888Sport will give you your money back up to the value of £20 on a lost first bet. You cannot lose, so why not sign up and take advantage of this great offer. If you want more reasons to head on over to 888Sport for your online betting, then check out their Champions League final tickets which can be won through their European League promotion.

Champions League Final Tickets and a £5 Free Bet
European football is pretty big when it comes to look for football betting opportunities. So when you make five bets (at a minimum of £5 each) on any of the big five European League (Barclay s Premier League, Spanish La Liga, German Bundesliga, UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League) then you will earn yourself a free £5 bet. Odds need to need to be over 1.5 or more on each market, so simply put, that’s five bets for a free £5 bet. An added bonus? You can make a s many £5 bets as you can to take advantage of the Bet 5 Get 5 offer. Another added bonus? Each time you earn yourself a free £5 bet you also get a raffle entry to win prizes, so the more £5 bets you make on the European elite football leagues, then the more raffle entries you will earn. Up for grabs is a pair of Champions League final tickets for Wembley next May. That is the top prize, but there are plenty more prizes going in the raffle, including domestic football league tickets, football merchandise vouchers, and lots of 888Sport free bets!

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Online Bookmaker SportingBet are welcoming in the new season of the Champions League, with a prediction game at which you can win up to £10,000 in cash. The SportingBet Champions League predictor is available to SportingBet customers and the whole experience with this popular online bookmaker begins with their welcome sign-up bonus of £25 when you begin betting with them. That is a generous welcome for new customers, and along with that you will gain entry to a very clean looking website which really delivers when it comes to sports betting and pushing football promotions, free bets, cash back offers and more.

SportingBet Champions League Predictor. Punters who hold accounts with SportingBet will automatically become eligible for a shot at the prize money, when a £10 bet is placed on any market in their great sports book. By placing a bet (which needs to be at odds of 1.2 or greater), a free prediction code will be earned. So, the more qualifying bets you make, then the more chances you will get to make your predictions and shoot for the big prize. You will be eligible for one Champions League prediction code per day, leading up to the match day in question. Your bonus code receipt will appear under your betting slip and then all you need to do is click on through from there to go to the SportingBet Champions League predictor. What is the predictor challenge? Well, you have to predict the result of all sixteen Champions League matches for the match day, either choosing a win for either team or a draw. You will have up until kick off on the said match day to get your predictions in. There is nothing more to it than that, and with a prize of £10,000 up for grabs for each match day, then these free chances at winning real cash, not bet credits, is great. Predict all sixteen results correctly on a match day, and you will win the prize. If nobody does get all sixteen right, then the prize money will roll over to the next match day and added to the prize amount.

Champions League Match Day One Fixtures (14th/15th September)
FC Twente v Inter Milan
Werder Bremen v Tottenham Hotspurs   
Benfica v Hapoel Tel Aviv
Lyon v Schalke 04
Bursaspor v Valencia   
Manchester United v Rangers
Barcelona v Panathinaikos
FC Copenhagen v Rubin Kazan
CFR Cluj v Basel
Bayern Munich v Roma
MSK Zilina v Chelsea
Marseille v Spartak Moscow
AC Milan v Auxerre
Real Madrid v Ajax
Arsenal v Sporting Braga
Shakhtar Donetsk v Partizan Belgrade

If you think that you can easily predict the outcome of all those match day one fixtures, then SportingBet is the place to go to in order to make your football knowledge work for you. There looks to be some certain bankers in there such as Real Madrid, Arsenal, Barcelona and Manchester United, but can you pull all sixteen fixtures out of the bag? £10,000 is on the line. The usual suspects will be the main challengers for the biggest prize in European football again this season, with Spanish giants Barcelona and Real Madrid leading the charge. Let’s take a look at the Champions League contenders in a little more detail with Champions League football betting at SportingBet.

Barcelona: 5/2
Well, they didn’t get Cesc Fabregas, but how much of a difference will that really make to their chances of winning the Champions League? They fell short last year, and that hasn’t stopped them gunning for the prize they covet most. Interestingly they were drawn against Russian champions Rubin Kazan as they were last season, and Kazan managed to take five points off the Catalan giants. Will Barcelona be out for big time revenge this season? In a group with Panathinaikos and Copenhagen, they will be clear favourites to progress. Barcelona have moved Zlatan Ibrahimovic on loan to AC Milan, and moved Thierry Henry to the New York Red Bulls. They’ll hardly be missed after Barcelona signed David Villa and Adriano, along with Liverpool’s Javier Mascherano. They look much stronger than last year and are rightly instilled as favourites. They will have learned lessons from last year’s failures.

Real Madrid: 9/2
What can Jose Mourinho do here? He as hired at Inter Milan with the sole purpose of winning the Champions League, and he achieved that last year with a victory in the final over Bayern Munich. Now Mourinho has one of the biggest resources at his disposal and again, Real Madrid want Champions League glory. They will never get a better chance than with Mourinho at the helm, and with such a strong squad including Cristiano Ronaldo, Ricardo Carvalho and Germany World Cup star Mesut Ozil, Mourinho’s Madrid will have to be watched out for. Mourinho is a winner and he will make Madrid a much more economical and efficient outfit. They square off against Auxerre, Ajax and the tough challenge of AC Milan. Mourinho has proven himself time and time again, and can he bring European glory back to the new Galacticos, who have been hungry since 2001/02. Mourinho will make a huge difference to one of Europe’s already powerhouses. Very strong challenger.

Chelsea: 11/2
Boss Carlo Ancelotti will be hoping for more progress on the European front than what they achieved last season. Chelsea were beaten by eventual champions Inter Milan in the first knockout round of the competition last year, and was actually something which probably propelled them on to win the Barclays Premier League. Prolific striker Didier Drogba will get the chance to return to Olympic Marseille to face the club from which Chelsea purchased him, and on the other side of that, it will give Marseille boss Didier Deschamps a return to Stamford Bridge. The Blues will be favourites to win the group ahead of the French side, Spartak Moscow and Zilina, but Chelsea need to be a bit more savvy on the continent than they were last year. There have been changes at Chelsea with players departing, and Brazilian midfielder Ramires coming in, and the London side have blitzed their way to a fierce 100% winning record for the start of the new Premier League. This is the title which the club really want though, having come so close so many times.

Manchester United: 8/1
Alex Ferguson will want more from his men this year too. Last season they threw away a good position against Bayern Munich to crash out. It could really be the last chance for some of United’s aging stars to add more glamour to their trophy cabinets, and United will always be a threat. There is a sense that United and Chelsea are falling some way behind Barcelona and Real Madrid, but United have all the experience needed to go the distance again. Probably not as strong as they have been in past years, but they have a great draw for themselves against Valencia, Rangers and Bursaspor, that they have pretty much already booked their place in the knockout stage. Can they go all the way though? They showed frailties last year, just as Chelsea did, and remain firmly behind the favourites, but still worth a shot nonetheless.

Inter Milan: 12/1
Rafa Benitez took over where Jose Mourinho left off at Inter Milan, but there is just the feeling that there is no way they are going to be able to repeat the success of last year. The managerial difference between Mourinho and Benitez is vast, and that already puts the Italian side behind other challengers. They are back in the Champions League football betting because they haven’t got as good a squad as the teams listed above, and it will be such a tough task for Benitez to emulate Mourinho and win the Champions League for the club again. It is a most unlikely scenario and they will probably be found wanting.

Arsenal: 14/1
A great Champions League side which tries to do everything the right way. But Arsenal are a young side and they probably haven’t quite got the necessary experience to go all of the way. Arsene Wenger has a wonderful crop of young players, but it is unlikely to be enough. They will have some fantastic nights in Europe again this year, and at the Emirates they will always be strong. They were blown away by Barcelona last year in the knock-out stage, and defensively they will have to be much stronger.

AC Milan: 18/1
They picked up striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic, but as shown when they played Manchester United last year, they looked a yard short of pace and quality to compete with the very best in Europe. They did a good job of turning their season around after a slow start, but can the capture of Manchester City’s Robinho push them on a little further this year. They need an injection of pace and that’s what he will bring alongside Ronaldinho and Andrea Pirlo. They have good parts, but not strong enough of team most likely.

Tottenham: 33/1
Not the easiest of welcomes for Tottenham in the Champions League. Boss Harry Redknapp will be licking his lips at his first taste of Group action. He pulled off quite a coup on the transfer window deadline day by signing Holland World Cup star Rafael Van Der Vaart from Real Madrid. His playmaking skills will add a little experience and quality to the side. They have Inter Milan, FC Twente and Werder Bremen to contend with. For a team making their Champions League debut, that’s not a particularly easy ride. Spurs may well grow in to the role of Champions League participants this year, but they really need to grab this chance with both hands as a return next season is no guarantee with the competitiveness of the Barclays Premier League.

BetFred will be a great green to drive your way towards for this weekend for your golf betting. The online bookmaker constantly runs a golf betting promotion, which covers your potential loss with a free bet. For this to happen, the player that you backed has to lose in a play-off. If he does, then BetFred will refund your lost stake in the form of a free bet, up to a maximum of £250. This week’s tournament at the Sedgefield Club in North Carolina, is a PGA Tour event which did finish in a tie last year, in fact it was a three way tie, so if that happens again and your player misses out by the skin of his teeth, then you will be covered. Fortunately with golf, because fields are so big, you can always pick up some great odds, with pre tournament favourites usually starting well out at around 12/1 or more. BetFred, otherwise known as the Bonus King offer new customers up to £50 in free bets. This comes when you place your first bet on a new account, and your first stake will be matched by the online bookmaker.

The Wyndham Championship is the final event on the US PGA Tour for this season, which means that the players entering are down to their last ditch attempts to gain FedExCup points. The top 125 players on the FedExCup points list, carry on for the season in play-off tournaments to see who wins the coveted honour. The course in North Carolina is a par 70, but has historically led to a lot of low scoring, which means that there will be a lot of close running at the top of the leader board. Last year’s exciting event ended with a three way tie between Ryan Moore, Jason Bohn and Kevin Stadler, all of which finished on 16 under for the tournament. That is a good figure to aim for if you are looking for scores at which to aim and judge your golf betting strategy for. Ryan Moore will be back to defend his title, after winning the play-off at Wyndham last year. Moore will make a great bet again this year as he did exactly what needs to be done at this course. The course can be attacked, but Moore hit nearly 80% of all fairways and around the same figure of getting to the greens in regulation. That high degree of accuracy is definitely needed at the Wyndham Championship. Here in out Golf Betting Guide for this exciting climax to the regular season, we cast a punters eye over the field, for many of which, there is a lot at stake. This should be one major rollercoaster ride over the weekend, as players jostle for the title as well as FedExCup points in order to secure more top level golf for the rest of the year.

Ryan Moore – 20/1 at BetFred
Should be in good shape to defend his title at Wyndham, and he has nailed four top ten finishes this season as well. If anything to guide your golf betting strategy, then Moore should be full of excitement and confidence going back to the scene of his one and only PGA Tour title. He has made 15 of 19 cuts this year and has bagged one second place finish which was at the AT&T National. Scoring pretty decent in the averages, and his above average driving ability is what could pus him close again here.
 
Carl Pettersson – 18/1 at Bet365
Another former winner at the Wyndham Championship. Pettersson landed the tournament back in 2008, where he shot a wonderful final round of 61. He has gone low again this season recently, hitting a round of 60 at the RBC Canadian Open less than a month ago to win the title there at St George’s. This is a guy with three PGA Tour titles to his name since joining the Tour in 2006. He is firing his lowest averages of his career at the moment, and standing at number twenty in the FedExCup points, and you only get up there by being consistent. Good bet for making cuts and if he carries over the form from the RBC Canadian Open, where watching him he looked very comfortable in his driving, he should be a major threat. Doesn’t have the all round accuracy as Moore, but is very good once he gets on the green, where he ranks third on the PGA Tour for putting, as well has being ranked four on making birdies on par 4 holes for the season.

JJ Henry – 33/1 at SkyBet
Statistically a very good player, and the stand out stat to take into consideration at the Wyndham Championship, is that Henry is T33 for making greens in regulation this year, plus has an above average driving accuracy. The other thing which should play him into contention here is the fact that in his last outing he finished as runner up, so he could just be hitting form a the right time. Has a wonderful all round game and mightily consistent. Outside of Moore and Pettersson, he really looks like the strongest golf bet of the week.

Fredrick Jacobson – 50/1 at Paddy Power
Jacobson has never won a US PGA Tour title, but there is a good feeling about him going into this one. His best finish this year was a second place in Texas, but he knows that he has it in him to produce the goods to win here. He shot a great round of 64 on the final day last year to fire him up the leader board into the top twenty. If he can build on that kind of round from the off then he could be in the mix. Has three top ten finishes this year and has made 14 cuts out of 17 tournaments. His good greens in regulation percentage will be a definite plus at Sedgefield.

Brandt Snedeker – 30/1 at SkyBet
It’s always well worth looking at past champions on certain courses when you are planning your golf betting. Snedeker is another one, and he rolled into a tied fifth position last year, so is obviously comfortable going around the North Carolina course. Had an OK tournament at the US Open last week, but he is not one who regularly threatens the top of the leader board too often. Has one second place to his name this year, but has yet to back up his only PGA Tour title which was won in his very first year in 2007 at Sedgefield. An outsider bet, but one to carefully consider.

Fred Couples – 50/1 at Boylesports
There’s a famous golf name which you haven’t seen much of this year. He has only participated in six PGA tournaments this year, after working his year on the Champions Tour where he has won three tournaments. He has opted to play here instead of Major tournament on the Champions Tour, so he must have a good feeling about Wyndham. The veteran has 15 PGA Tour titles to his name, and his presence will be very welcome out on the course at Sedgefield. Looking at his stats, they back up just what a quality player he is, and he showed that old magic at the Masters earlier this year when he came in sixth. Well worth a punt without doubt.

Henrik Stenson – 55/1 at Victor Chandler
The Swede is on the fringes of making the FedExCup play-offs and needs a great tournament here to sneak his way in. The trouble is, is that he really hasn’t played all that much and has only one notable finish to his name this year, a third place finish at the British Open at St Andrews. He doesn’t need much more motivation other than making the cut for the FedExCup play-offs and realistically that should put him in with a decent chance at the Wyndham Championship where he has to perform. A total outside bet though, as his averages don’t really back up him making a charge for the top of the leader board.

The first thing you will notice on BetFred is their more than generous welcome offer of £50 worth of free bets. With the busy football betting season starting on the weekend, BetFred is offering new customers a free bet of up to £50. All you need to do with the online bookmaker, is open a new account, deposit some funds and then make your initial bet on that new account. When you make that first bet, which has to be a minimum of £5 and a maximum of £50, BetFred will match your first stake on a new account, giving you a free bet of the same value. This means that you can already gain in time for the new football season. With the Community Shield on the weekend, followed by England v Hungary international friendly midweek, followed by the start of the new Barclays Premier League season next weekend, it’s a great time to get some early football betting done. It’s best to get your outright bets down early as you will pick up better prices, and why not do it a place which offers a wealth a bonuses, free bets and cash back offers?

BetFred have a massive online sports book, with fantastic coverage in particular on the football and horse racing markets. BetFred are always full of good promotions, and the start of the new domestic season is well covered by the online bookmaker. With a fantastic online betting service provided through a great looking and easily navigable website, BetFred is a very popular and trusted bookmaker. Here we run through some of the current promotions being run by the online bookmaker, just to give an example of what you can expect when you open a new BetFred account. You will have seen them on the high street, and now you can experience that same great experience online, from one of the UK’s most trusted bookmakers.

Community Shield Bore Draw
BetFred are running a Community Shield Bore Draw, which means that if Sunday’s match at Wembley ends in a 0-0 draw, then BetFred will give free bets as refunds. This applies to ninety minutes, as that is all that the Community Shield goes to, and heads to penalties if it’s a draw then. This Bore Draw offer applies to the Correct Score, First and Last Goal scorer and Score cast bets placed on the match ahead of kick off. If any of those markets are lost on, then you will get a refund on your lost stake. With the last three Community Shields ending in a draw, this could be well worth taking advantage of.

BetFred Community Shield Odds
Chelsea to win: 6/4
Draw: 23/10
Man Utd: 15/8

Cardiff v Sheffield United
If Cardiff striker Michael Chopra (who incidentally was the first player of Indian heritage to play in the Premier League) hits the back of the net at least twice in their season opener against Sheffield United, then online bookmaker BetFred will offer refunds on lost bets. If you have placed a Correct Score, First and Last Goal scorer or Score cast bet on the match, and any of them lose while Chopra scores at least a brace, then BetFred will offer refunds on those lost bets. You will get the lost stake back as a free bet.

BetFred Cardiff v Sheffield United Odds
Cardiff to win: 11/10
Draw: 23.10
Sheffield United: 5/2

Leeds United v Derby County
Also in the great run of offers that BetFred present for the opening weekend of English domestic football, into focus come Derby County. If Rams winger Kris Commons buries the LAST goal of the match against favourites Leeds, then BetFred will give refunds on any lost bets placed on Correct Score, First and Last Goal scorer and Score cast bets.

BetFred Leeds v Derby County Odds
Leeds to win: Evens
Draw: 12/5
Derby County: 11/4

Southampton v Plymouth
Another great free bet offer from BetFred covers Southampton, as they begin their season against Plymouth. If the Saints win the match by three goals or more, then you will be able to get a refund on lost bets placed pre-match, on Correct Score, First and Last Goal scorer and Score cast markets. The refund again will be given as a free bet, giving some great coverage on the match.

Southampton v Plymouth Odds
Southampton to win: 4/6
Draw: 11/4
Plymouth” to win: 4/1

Goals Galore
BetFred “The Bonus King” have a great promotion running at the moment called Goals Galore which makes for a nice addition to your regular football betting. This is a great offer in which you can predict games which in which both teams score a goal during the match. So, with BetFred, when both teams score, it is Goals Galore! When you bring up this market, you are presented with a coupon of matches, from which you make as many selections as you like from the coupon. The more you predict right, naturally the better the odds will be. For example, if you predict two games where both teams score then you can get odds of 9/4. Four correct predictions will fetch you a price of 9/1 and for six correct Goals Galore selections, BetFred will offer odds of 6/1. Simply make the selections to build your Goals Galore odds, which is a great feature on football betting with BetFred.

Enhanced Multiples
Why not check out BetFred’s enhanced football multiples as well ahead of the weekend? For example, if you Fancy the Favourites you can select the multiple bet which backs Southampton, Leeds, Cardiff and Chelsea to all win. That can be taken a price of 18/1 with BetFred. How about all the games featured in the above free bet refund offers all ending in a draw? If Southampton v Plymouth, Leeds v Derby, Cardiff v Sheffield United and Chelsea v Man Utd all end in a draw, you can back that enhanced BetFred football multiple for a price of 145/1.

Again, these are just some of the many offers which can be found across the BetFred website. Add to a comprehensive sports book a casino, lotto, games, bingo and brag, all of which bring their own promotions, you really can’t go wrong. Just check out the BetFred promotions page to see just how well covered you are on your sports betting. BetFred also run price boosts on first goal scorer bets on selected matches, so keep an eye of those as well as you explore your betting experience with BetFred. You won’t be disappointed.

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Online Bookmaker Stan James offer a great welcome bonus for new customers to their sports betting services, by treating new clients to the offer of a £25 free bet. All that you have to do is open a new account with Stan James, make a deposit and when you make your initial bet on a new account, the online bookmaker will match that first bet up to the value of £25 (once that bet has been settled). Think about that for a moment, you could have a free £25 to have a punt on the new season of the Premier League football betting. If you want to look at some sections where to go to in order to spend your bonus, then a stop into the Stan James Ante Post Promo’s for football betting is well worth a look to add some variety to your betting. Here are just a couple of the great value, but longer priced bets in that section to take a look at.

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Chelsea, Barcelona, Bayern Munich, Marseille, Inter Milan and Rangers 130/1 is one of those bets which is out there a bit, but these are the best teams in their respective leagues. If there were to be a complete repeat of last year, then you are able to get some worthwhile odds on it happening at Stan James

Last Years 2nd Place To Go One Better
Man Utd, Leeds and Celtic 90/1 backs last year’s runner’s-up to all go one better.

But in terms of the 2010/11 season of the Barclays Premier League, you can always invest that welcome bonus of up to £25 on more familiar markets such as the Outright Winner. Stan James have Chelsea penciled in as favourites to win the league again at 13/8, while Manchester United are priced at 9/4 to reclaim the Premier League crown. If you think new Liverpool boss Roy Hodgson is going to work his magic, then Liverpool are out at 12/1 to win the league.

The Community Shield is the curtain raiser on the new domestic season, and kicks off Sunday, August 8th with the Chelsea v Manchester United fixture. Stan James have a great selection of markets available for this one as well, as they always do when you go into their submarkets for a match. In order to navigate your way through the football betting at Stan James, just call up a league, and you will be presented with the list of forthcoming matches. Then you can either click on the prices to add straight to your betting slip, or you can explore the number of further bets on the match. You will clearly see the total number of those further bets on a match you can make, next to the listing of the fixed odds. Information about the match in question is clear, with the time, date and TV listing available, plus any other further information about the match that may be relevant. In the case of the Community Shield, alongside the fixed odds, there are currently 28 other bet selections to chose from.

Chelsea v Manchester United Community Shield Outright Odds
Chelsea are 13/10
Draw is 23/10
Manchester United are 15/8

Those are your fixed odds prices for the Community Shield, but if you navigate your way on through to the extra bets, you can find markets such as Double Result, Correct Score, Handicaps, Draw No Bet, Total Goals plus First Team To Score and many more. Stan James are great with their sub market betting when it comes to the big Premier League football betting matches, and are well worth spending some time looking over, as they can really enhance your betting experience on a match. The Stan James football betting section of their sports book is excellent, and very clear and easy to use. Leagues and tournaments from across the world are covered, and at the moment you can find some great deals on Ante Post football betting ahead of the new season. These are the kind of things which will need to be jumped on quickly, as the new domestic league gets underway on August 14th. Stan James also offer a Pick Five Accumulator section on their sports book, which builds rapid accumulator suggestions for you, and these are well worth a peek when the season starts. Stan James delivers expertly with its football betting services, and as any avid punter will know, the studying of form is often key in landing a winner. Stan James have you covered there with their sports statistics service, plus you can follow live action with their football match centre and football commentaries and live scores.

As most punters will know, Stan James is synonymous with horse racing betting, being such a trusted and established name in the UK industry. Their online horse racing coverage, is just what you would expect from the bookmaker, and that is excellent. Right off the bat, just like the football betting markets, Stan James throws out Horse Racing, Ante Post Horses and Specials on the Horse Racing, plus have separate sections of the sports book for US and Australian Horse Racing. You are not going to miss out on any race action with Stan James as your bookie. But as good as the prices and listings of information for the runners and riders are in each race, Stan James extend their horse racing services a little further. You can pick up commentaries on the races, plus you can watch live races on your pc, as long as you make a qualifying bet for a race, which is a minimum of a £1 single, or any monetary equivalent in a forecast etc. All of your horse racing betting needs are in one place, and with one of the most impressive horse form and results sections on the internet, along with Daily Naps and Tips, you really can’t go wrong with Stan James for your betting. Just to top it all off, you can of course get Best Odds Guaranteed with the bookie. Which means that if your horse has a great starting price than an early board price you took on it, Stan James will pay out on the bigger starting price if your horse comes in. So, if football’s not your thing, then you can always use your generous welcome bonus at the races, or any sport in their extensive book.

The new football betting season officially kicks off with the Chelsea v Manchester United Community Shield, which takes place at Wembley on August 8th. That is just under a week now until England’s top two sides will stand toe to toe again, ready to battle it out for the first honours of the season. While it is just a supposed friendly match, the rivalry between the two teams will no doubt throw up an exciting match. Online Bookmaker Paddy Power is a great stop for all of your football betting requirements ahead of the new season, and now is the time to start taking advantage of early prices before teams settle down into their seasons and prices start getting cut. Paddy Power is pretty much known at the home of online betting specials and that is a great place to start, in order to get a good picture of just what they are about. First there is the welcome bonus, a vital part in the decision of how to select an online bookmaker, and Paddy Power offer a nice bonus of £50 for new customers. All you have to do to qualify for this generous offer is open a new account, make your deposit and when you make your first bet of up to a maximum of £50, that stake will be matched by the online bookmaker.

Community Shield Paddy Power Odds
Chelsea to win: 13/10
Draw: 9/4
Manchester United to win: 15/8

Manchester United boss Alex Ferguson will be keen to make an early impression on title rivals Chelsea this season, and while it won’t count for anything in the regular season, a good win over the Stamford Bridge crew would certainly set the Red Devils up with a boost of confidence. They have been in the US getting ready for their new season, and Ferguson looks to be putting some faith into his youngsters again. Quite who will be fielded for the Community Shield remains a mystery as Ferguson may go with a blend of youth and veterans, giving the likes of Paul Scholes and Ryan Giggs a run out, while trying to get a bit more game experience for new signing Javier Hernandez. United are currently priced at 15/8 to win the match, while Chelsea are 13-10. A draw in this fixture is well worth looking at though, as the last three Community Shield encounters have ended in drawn matches. A drawn match at the end of 90 minutes means straight to penalty kicks. There is of course a great live in-play betting services available, which will be running for the big match.

If you are looking a little further ahead to the Barclays Premier League betting for the new season, then dropping by their outright bets on the season will see Chelsea favourites as 13/8 with Paddy Power. Manchester United are 9/4, with Manchester City close behind on 5/1. Just click through to any individual match selection and you will have the opportunity to get even deeper with a host of submarkets, from Correct Score, First and Last Goal scorer, Half Time/Full Time and Over/Under goals. All the betting submarkets you would expect are right there to explore, as well as being backed up by a comprehensive stats system to help guide your betting. Whether it is the World Cup, the Champions League or Premier League betting you are looking for, you will probably, with a little time searching the many sub markets and special bets, be able to find unique bets that you will not be able to find elsewhere.

Paddy Power also put forth a lot of these unique football bets, and here were take a quick preview of just some which are available for the new season of the Barclays Premier League. Chelsea are priced at 5/2 to be the team to keep the most clean sheets in the season, and are also priced at 9/2 to be the team to score the fastest goal on the opening weekend. The most potent goal scoring teams are the front runners in this category, and that is because both Chelsea and Manchester United are playing weaker opposition in West Brom and Newcastle respectively, but there really is no reason why any team can’t sneak an early goal. The likes of Manchester City are out at 20/1 but that is because they have tougher opposition in Spurs. Worth looking over this category and studying it, as you could pick up some nice odds. Out of the newly promoted teams, Newcastle, West Brom and Blackpool, the Toon Army are favourites to finish in the highest league position. These are the kind of Premier League special bets that Paddy Power are offering. Want more? Then how about the Premier League sack race? The pressure certainly is on Manchester City boss Roberto Mancini after his spending, and he is 4/1 to be the first manager to get the sack, the same price as Newcastle’s Chris Hughton. Another Paddy Power special covers players to score more goals than Emile Heskey this season, with Michael Own even priced short at 4/9 to do so. Check out the list for yourself.

In terms of match specials, Paddy Power have brought back their Half Time Saver money back special on accumulators of four-fold or larger. This is a great offer, which covers your bet if it is correct at halftime. If your accumulator then falls apart in the second half, the online bookmaker will refund all losing stakes. Another feature of Paddy Power’s football betting, is that they usually highlight a game surrounding a goal scorer. If a nominated goal scorer scores the last goal of the match, then all losing bets on goal scoring markets and more will be refunded. For this you will be well served to keep up to date on Paddy Power’s main page after you have signed up for your new account.

Paddy Power really excel with their horse racing betting services, and even when there is no live horse racing from around the world, you can keep happy by playing their great virtual horse racing betting. With an awesome stats section for the races and daily specials happening, Paddy Power really have their horse racing services down. Just as with football, there is commentary, stats and form to be studied, along with a full results service. It is just part of a vast sports book which makes the online bookmaker so popular, and along with streaming live sports on Paddy Power TV, Poker, Casino and games, Paddy Power really is one of the most popular online bookmakers available. From humorously titled special bets, to witty news features on the home page along with the latest betting highlights and live in-play prices. Just head over to Paddy Power, open a new account to make the most of your welcome bonus and an extensive betting service will be right at your fingertips.