2010 World Cup Odds and Propositions From The Las Vegas Hilton Super Book

2010 WORLD CUP

JUNE 11 - JULY 11

THROUGHOUT SOUTH AFRICA

ODDS TO WIN:

BRAZIL            4/1

ARGENTINA         6/1

ITALY            12/1

ENGLAND           7/1

GERMANY          12/1

SPAIN             4/1

FRANCE           20/1

THE NETHERLANDS   8/1

PORTUGAL         20/1

IVORY COAST      30/1

MEXICO           60/1

CAMEROON        100/1

SOUTH AFRICA    125/1

USA              60/1

GHANA           100/1

SWITZERLAND     250/1

AUSTRALIA       125/1

NIGERIA         125/1

DENMARK         125/1

GREECE          150/1

SOUTH KOREA     150/1

JAPAN           300/1

URUGUAY         150/1

SLOVAKIA        500/1

PARAGUAY         80/1

CHILE            80/1

SLOVENIA        500/1

NEW ZEALAND    2000/1

HONDURAS        500/1

ALGERIA         500/1

SERBIA           60/1

NORTH KOREA    2000/1

WILL SPAIN OR BRAZIL WIN THE 2010 WORLD CUP?

YES              +175

NO               -200

WILL ENGLAND OR USA OR MEXICO WIN THE 2010 WORLD CUP?

YES              +600

NO               -800

ODDS TO WIN GROUP A:

FRANCE           EVEN

MEXICO           +300

URUGUAY          +325

SOUTH AFRICA     +650

ODDS TO WIN GROUP B:

ARGENTINA        -250

NIGERIA          +400

GREECE           +700

SOUTH KOREA     +1200

ODDS TO WIN GROUP C:

ENGLAND          -350

USA              +400

SLOVENIA        +1000

ALGERIA         +2000

ODDS TO WIN GROUP D:

GERMANY          -125

SERBIA           +275

GHANA            +500

AUSTRALIA        +700

ODDS TO WIN GROUP E:

THE NETHERLANDS  -200

CAMEROON         +450

DENMARK          +425

JAPAN           +1200

ODDS TO WIN GROUP F:

ITALY            -250

PARAGUAY         +275

SLOVAKIA         +750

NEW ZEALAND     +5000

ODDS TO WIN GROUP G:

BRAZIL           -185

PORTUGAL         +325

IVORY COAST      +350

NORTH KOREA    +10000

ODDS TO WIN GROUP H:

SPAIN            -450

CHILE            +450

SWITZERLAND     +1200

HONDURAS        +2500

WILL FRANCE ADVANCE FROM GROUP A?

YES              -250

NO               +210

WILL MEXICO ADVANCE FROM GROUP A?

YES              -105

NO               -115

WILL URUGUAY ADVANCE FROM GROUP A?

YES              +110

NO               -130

WILL SOUTH AFRICA ADVANCE FROM GROUP A?

YES              +180

NO               -210

WILL ARGENTINA ADVANCE FROM GROUP B?

YES             -1050

NO               +750

WILL NIGERIA ADVANCE FROM GROUP B?

YES              +110

NO               -130

WILL GREECE ADVANCE FROM GROUP B?

YES              +150

NO               -170

WILL SOUTH KOREA ADVANCE FROM GROUP B?

YES              +260

NO               -310

WILL ENGLAND ADVANCE FROM GROUP C?

YES             -1300

NO               +900

WILL USA ADVANCE FROM GROUP C?

YES              -125

NO               +105

WILL SLOVENIA ADVANCE FROM GROUP C?

YES              +190

NO               -220

WILL ALGERIA ADVANCE FROM GROUP C?

YES              +400

NO               -500

WILL GERMANY ADVANCE FROM GROUP D?

YES              -420

NO               +350

WILL SERBIA ADVANCE FROM GROUP D?

YES              -115

NO               -105

WILL GHANA ADVANCE FROM GROUP D?

YES              +140

NO               -160

WILL AUSTRALIA ADVANCE FROM GROUP D?

YES              +220

NO               -260

WILL THE NETHERLANDS ADVANCE FROM GROUP E?

YES              -900

NO               +650

WILL CAMEROON ADVANCE FROM GROUP E?

YES              +105

NO               -125

WILL DENMARK ADVANCE FROM GROUP E?

YES              EVEN

NO               -120

WILL JAPAN ADVANCE FROM GROUP E?

YES              +320

NO               -380

WILL ITALY ADVANCE FROM GROUP F?

YES             -1100

NO               +800

WILL PARAGUAY ADVANCE FROM GROUP F?

YES              -180

NO               +160

WILL SLOVAKIA ADVANCE FROM GROUP F?

YES              +120

NO               -140

WILL NEW ZEALAND ADVANCE FROM GROUP F?

YES             +1500

NO              -2500

WILL BRAZIL ADVANCE FROM GROUP G?

YES              -750

NO               +550

WILL PORTUGAL ADVANCE FROM GROU G?

YES              -150

NO               +130

WILL IVORY COAST ADVANCE FROM GROUP G?

YES              -110

NO               -110

WILL NORTH KOREA ADVANCE FROM GROUP G?

YES             +2000

NO              -4000

WILL SPAIN ADVANCE FROM GROUP H?

YES             -2000

NO              +1300

WILL CHILE ADVANCE FROM GROUP H?

YES              -135

NO               +115

WILL SWITZERLAND ADVANCE FROM GROUP H?

YES              +150

NO               -170

WILL HONDURAS ADVANCE FROM GROUP H?

YES              +500

NO               -700

  

GROUP STAGE - OPENING MATCHES

FRIDAY, JUNE 11, 2010

AT JOHANNESBURG - JSC

7:00 AM - ESPN

MEXICO           PICK   -120          2   OVER   -130

SOUTH AFRICA     PICK   EVEN          2   UNDER  +110

MEXICO           +160

DRAW             +210

SOUTH AFRICA     +175

AT CAPE TOWN

11:30 AM - ESPN

FRANCE           -1/2   -105          2   OVER   -140

URUGUAY          +1/2   -115          2   UNDER  +120

FRANCE           -105

DRAW             +225

URUGUAY          +300

SATURDAY, JUNE 12, 2010

AT JOHANNESBURG - JEP

7:00 AM - ESPN

NIGERIA            +1   +120      2 1/2   OVER   -120

ARGENTINA          -1   -140      2 1/2   UNDER  EVEN

NIGERIA          +700

DRAW             +300

ARGENTINA        -225

AT PORT ELIZABETH

4:30 AM - ESPN

GREECE           PICK   -130          2   OVER   -105

SOUTH KOREA      PICK   +110          2   UNDER  -115

GREECE           +140

DRAW             +210

SOUTH KOREA      +200

AT RUSTENBERG

11:30 AM - ABC

USA                +1   +120      2 1/2   OVER   EVEN

ENGLAND            -1   -140      2 1/2   UNDER  -120

USA              +650

DRAW             +350

ENGLAND          -250

SUNDAY, JUNE 13, 2010

AT POLOKWANE

4:30 AM - ESPN

SLOVENIA         -1/2   +135          2   OVER   -115

ALGERIA          +1/2   -155          2   UNDER  -105

SLOVENIA         +135

DRAW             +210

ALGERIA          +210

AT DURBAN

11:30 AM - ABC

AUSTRALIA          +1   -110      2 1/2   OVER   EVEN

GERMANY            -1   -110      2 1/2   UNDER  -120

AUSTRALIA        +575

DRAW             +290

GERMANY          -200

7:00 AM - ESPN

GHANA            +1/2   -130          2   OVER   -115

SERBIA           -1/2   +110          2   UNDER  -105

GHANA            +250

DRAW             +225

SERBIA           +110

MONDAY, JUNE 14, 2010

AT JOHANNESBURG - JSC

4:30 AM - ESPN

DENMARK            +1   -120      2 1/2   OVER   +105

THE NETHERLANDS    -1   EVEN      2 1/2   UNDER  -125

DENMARK          +500

DRAW             +280

THE NETHERLANDS  -180

AT MANGUANG/BLOEMFONTEIN

7:00 AM - ESPN

CAMEROON         -1/2   +120          2   OVER   -130

JAPAN            +1/2   -140          2   UNDER  +110

CAMEROON         +120

DRAW             +220

JAPAN            +230

AT CAPE TOWN

11:30 AM - ESPN

PARAGUAY         +1/2   EVEN          2   OVER   -120

ITALY            -1/2   -120          2   UNDER  EVEN

PARAGUAY         +350

DRAW             +230

ITALY            -120

TUESDAY, JUNE 15, 2010

AT RUSTENBERG

4:30 AM - ESPN

SLOVAKIA       -1 1/2   +115      2 1/2   OVER   -115

NEW ZEALAND    +1 1/2   -135      2 1/2   UNDER  -105

SLOVAKIA         -275

DRAW             +325

NEW ZEALAND      +850

AT PORT ELIZABETH

7:00 AM - ESPN

PORTUGAL         PICK   -160      2 1/2   OVER   +130

IVORY COAST      PICK   +140      2 1/2   UNDER  -150

PORTUGAL         +125

DRAW             +220

IVORY COAST      +220

AT JOHANNESBURG - JEP

11:30 AM - ESPN

NORTH KOREA    +2 1/2   -130          3   OVER   -125

BRAZIL         -2 1/2   +110          3   UNDER  +105

NORTH KOREA     +2500

DRAW             +800

BRAZIL          -1200

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 16, 2010

AT NELSPRUIT

4:30 AM - ESPN

CHILE              -1   EVEN      2 1/2   OVER   +105

HONDURAS           +1   -120      2 1/2   UNDER  -125

CHILE            -175

DRAW             +290

HONDURAS         +460

AT DURBAN

7:00 AM - ESPN

SWITZERLAND    +1 1/2   -105      2 1/2   OVER   -125

SPAIN          -1 1/2   -115      2 1/2   UNDER  +105

SWITZERLAND     +1100

DRAW             +425

SPAIN            -400

ODDS TO WIN GOLDEN BOOT:

LIONEL MESSI (ARG)         8/1

DAVID VILLA (ESP)          8/1

WAYNE ROONEY (ENG)        10/1

LUIS FABIANO (BRA)        10/1

FERNANDO TORRES (SPA)     12/1

GONZALO HIGUAIN (ARG)     15/1

CRISTIANO RONALDO (POR)   15/1

NILMAR (BRA)              30/1

ROBIN VAN PERSIE (NED)    15/1

DIDIER DROGBA (CIV)       20/1

MIROSLAV KLOSE (GER)      30/1

CARLOS TEVEZ (ARG)        40/1

ROBINHO (BRA)             40/1

SERGIO AGUERO (ARG)       40/1

ALBERTO GILARDINO (ITA)   40/1

GIUSEPPI ROSSI (ITA)       XX

KAKA (BRA)                40/1

MARIO GOMEZ (GER)         50/1

HUMBERTO SUAZO (CHI)      60/1

THIERRY HENRY (FRA)       40/1

NICOLAS ANELKA (FRA)      40/1

SAMUEL ETO'O (CMR)        40/1

FRANK LAMPARD (ENG)       60/1

DIEGO FORLAN (URU)        50/1

DIEGO MILITO (ARG)        30/1

JERMAIN DEFOE (ENG)       40/1

KLAAS-JAN HUNTELAAR (NED) 50/1

JOZY ALTIDORE (USA)      150/1

JAVIER HERNANDEZ (MEX)    80/1

LUKAS PODOLSKI (GER)      50/1

ANTONIO DI NATALE (ITA)   50/1

LIEDSON (POR)             50/1

ARJEN ROBBEN (NED)        60/1

FRANCK RIBERY (FRA)       60/1

LANDON DONOVAN (USA)     125/1

ANDRE PIERRE GIGNAC (FRA) 60/1

LUIS SUAREZ (URU)         60/1

STEVEN GERRARD (ENG)      80/1

PETER CROUCH (ENG)        50/1

FIELD (ALL OTHERS)        12/1

*GOLDEN BOOT WINNER IS TOP GOALSCORER.  IF THERE IS MORE THAN ONE PLAYER WITH THE SAME AMOUNT OF GOALS, THE TIE BREAKER GOES TO THE PLAYER WHO HAS CONTRIBUTED THE MOST ASSISTS (WITH THE FIFA TECHNICAL STUDY GROUP DECIDING WHETHER AN ASSIST IS TO BE COUNTED AS SUCH).  IF THERE IS STILL MORE THAN ONE PLAYER, THE TIE BREAKER GOES TO THE PLAYER WHO HAS PLAYED THE LEAST AMOUNT OF TIME*

WORLD CUP MATCHUPS -- TEAM TO PROGRESS FURTHER

ARGENTINA        +120

BRAZIL           -140

BRAZIL           EVEN

SPAIN            -120

MEXICO           EVEN

USA              -120

ENGLAND          -170

GERMANY          +150

FRANCE           +125

ITALY            -145

ARGENTINA        +105

ENGLAND          -125

GERMANY          +150

THE NETHERLANDS  -170

THE 2010 WORLD CUP WINNER WILL COME FROM WHICH CONTINENT?

EUROPE            2/5

SOUTH AMERICA     2/1

AFRICA           15/1

NORTH AMERICA    40/1

ASIA            100/1

AUSTRALIA       100/1

ANTARCTICA         XX

EUROPE - DENMARK, ENGLAND, FRANCE, GERMANY, GREECE, ITALY, THE NETHERLANDS,

         PORTUGAL, SERBIA, SLOVAKIA, SLOVENIA, SPAIN AND SWITZERLAND

SOUTH AMERICA - ARGENTINA, BRAZIL, CHILE, PARAGUAY AND URUGUAY

AFRICA - ALGERIA, CAMEROON, GHANA, IVORY COAST, NIGERIA AND SOUTH AFRICA

NORTH AMERICA - HONDURAS, MEXICO AND USA

ASIA - JAPAN, NORTH KOREA AND SOUTH KOREA

AUSTRALIA - AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND

WILL THE WINNER OF THE 2010 WORLD CUP BE A FIRST-TIME WINNER?

YES              +175

NO               -200

*PAST WORLD CUP WINNERS ARE ARGENTINA, BRAZIL, ENGLAND, FRANCE, GERMANY, ITALY AND URUGUAY

There's No Place Like Vegas for Football Season

by Micah Roberts
Gaming Today

The football season has begun in Las Vegas, which is unlike any other football city in America because of the emphasis the casinos place on making the action as exciting as any college tailgate party or NFL stadium.

It’s a time of year in which each casino attempts to out-market the competition, making their promotions the most attractive, which will hopefully maximize traffic through the doors.

The sports betting business is definitely larger during football season, even though revenue figures pale in comparison to what the overall casino takes in. However, the traffic driven to a casino by the football games on a typical weekend spills over onto the table games, slot machines and food and beverage outlets, making it a catalyst for other areas of the casino.

Casino promotions range from food and drink specials and football parties, to special handicapping contests, unique parlay cards, innovative prop and fantasy bets and space-age devices designed to enhance the betting experience, such as M Resort’s "in-running" betting computers, which open a whole new realm for bettors.

Some casinos have taken it up a notch with their facilities and how the game is presented to their customers. For instance, some casinos christen sports "cathedrals" with their high-tech video displays, lounges, private boxes, bottle service and catered food, and they will even place televisions around the table games to keep the players in touch with the action.

Station Casinos this season is setting up their viewing parties within all of their massive sports books, which are some of the greatest viewing screens ever created for sports viewing. They are adding a nice mix to each week of the regular football season by offering $1 hot dogs and Budweiser. Yes, one U.S. dollar, all day long, for all season long. It’s quite a deal, and with all the savings, it leaves a few extra bucks for the important things like betting.

The Stratosphere, appropriately, takes football action to new heights with parties set up for its showroom.

"Every Sunday through the football season we will be opening up our showroom with big screen TV’s and show all the morning and afternoon games," said Stratosphere Race and Sports Book Director Ed Malinowski. "We have the ability to accommodate up to 600 people and seat them comfortably in table and booth seating, which make it more comfortable if you’re with a group of friends as opposed to makeshift row seating."

In addition to food and drink specials, Malinowski said they will have four convenient bet stations located outside the room. They are also offering an added bonus this season for guests checking into the hotel who will get a selection card for games. If they’re winning pick is selected in a drawing, their stay in the hotel will be free.

The Las Vegas Hilton’s Super Book is appropriately named, especially during the football season. With its expansive wagering menu already reason enough to visit the Super Book on Sunday’s, its Football Central is a great place to watch all the games in a raucous smoke-free environment.

"If you have never been to Football Central, you really need to check it out," said Super Book Executive Director Jay Kornegay, "It‘s truly a great environment with betting available, drink and food specials, former football player appearances signing autographs, and loads of prizes given away for simply being there."

Football Central has a capacity of 1,500 guests with large screens set up so the action isn’t missed anywhere you choose to sit.

Regardless of which sports book in Las Vegas you visit, you’ll sense an excitement and eagerness as customers anticipate the upcoming season.

"There is a massive turnaround in business going from baseball season to football for us," said South Point’s veteran Sports Book Director Bert Osborne. "Everything is on a larger scale for football from the crowds – the volume of actions, and then the decisions. Everyone has just been waiting for this to start after a long, hot summer and there is something about football that stirs up an enormous amount of energy with the players."

Delaware and Legal Sports Betting Good: NFL Doesn't Agree

by M Roberts

Ever since the 1958 NFL Championship game, which was the initial beginnings to televised Pro Football as we know it today, the league has taken all measures possible to distance itself from sports gambling. That game was broadcast to a nationally televised audience by NBC and went into sudden death overtime in what is regarded as “The Greatest Game ever Played”.

The unofficial hush-hush reports from bookmakers across the major cities in America at the time was that business was huge and created whole new wave of new clients. At the same time, it also created a broad new interest for a league that lagged far behind baseball in popularity.

The point spread on the game was Baltimore around four points, give or take a half point. The alleged story goes that Colts owner Carroll Rosenbloom had a large bet on the game and informed his Head Coach, Weeb Ewbank, to not kick a field goal in sudden death, keep the drive alive, and get the touchdown so he could cover the spread rather than the easy field goal.
Johnny Unitas keeps them going and Alan Ameche goes in for the one yard dive to give the Colts a 23-17 victory, but even more important to the many new bettors out there, they covered.

The alleged story was kept very quiet at the time, maybe by the league itself and also a combination of not having today’s modern era of investigative, sensationalized media. However, many years later, the story did come out and the league was quick to refute the speculation and the source.

They have an image to protect, and rightfully so. They need the public to know that the integrity of their sport will never be compromised by someone being in on a fix whether it’s shaving points, throwing a game, or just betting on games period.

The league has gone so far in the past as to protect their integrity that they have suspended two of its star players for wagering. In 1963, Paul Hornung and Alex Karras were suspended for a year because of betting on games and associating with known gamblers.

Sports betting and Pro Football go hand in hand whether the NFL wants to admit it or not. Betting on sports, illegally and legally, is a massive market. Part of that allure and attraction by fans to the NFL is because of people all over the country, and now the world, have a little action on the games.

Blowout games still have interest for many because of the point spread or game totals. Against the wishes of the league, Al Michaels on Sunday and Monday Night Football telecasts has always gave the wink-wink hint near the end of games signifying if a game was truly “Over” or not.

Fantasy Football and bet pools all across the country are forms of gambling that have kept the league thriving because of the fans strong enough interest and willingness to spend some of their hard earned money in any form due to their fondness of the game.

The NFL even offers a fantasy football page on their official web-site that allows fans to pick their rosters and form leagues while they keep track of all the stats. Very convenient for the fan for sure, but very naïve of the league to think fantasy footballers aren’t wagering.

In recent years the league has vigorously gone after Las Vegas and other legal Nevada sports books in a move to further disassociate themselves from gambling. Despite a willingness to pay the enormous Super Bowl television advertising fees, the NFL will not let any Las Vegas commercials air on their featured broadcasts.

Some of the other threats that the league has done to Vegas ranges from breaking up Super Bowl Parties in Vegas and mandating DirecTV charge an absurd amount for their Sunday Ticket packages. They have also sent NFL agents to sports books in hopes of finding any kind of infringement of NFL trade marks, logos, or team names being used.

The ironic part about the league’s dislike for Vegas is that it’s legal. It’s not an illegal operation like the many off-shore sports books that have rented out booths in the Super Bowl fan fests every year. If anything, the league should be going after those operations in the Caribbean with all their mite. Any funds that are wagered there, stay there and are not taxed.

The NFL also doesn’t understand how regulated a legal sports betting operation is in Nevada. If there is any semblance of a fix going on in any sport, Nevada knows first and reports the irregular activities. College scandals at Arizona State and in the MAC conference have all been uncovered and reported to the NCAA. If Nevada were not around as a police agency and suspect bets were taken by Vinnie the bookie, no one would ever know. You think Vinnie is going to reveal his operation and cooperate?

The NFL’s new venture in their stance against gambling is attempting to stop legalized wagering on their events in Delaware, in particular single-game wagering.

Delaware recently passed a bill that would allow for sports betting on professional teams. Only four states have that grandfathered ability, Nevada, Delaware, Oregon and Montana, as a result of legislation passed in 1992. All 50 states had the ability to ask for the right to be placed on the bill at the time, when only Nevada was looking to exercise their right into business practice.

Of the four states permitted, only Nevada has a special exception made for them that would allow for single-game wagering while the other states can offer pools, lotteries, or parlays on the pro games. Delaware recently changed verbiage within their legislation and wishes to offer single-game wagers at their area casinos and race tracks.

The NFL has now countered and filed papers with the Delaware Supreme Court to stop the single-game betting with hopes that Delaware’s recent amendments somehow goes against the state’s constitution.

Come on NFL, lighten up. Delaware sports betting regulations will be just as good as Nevada’s and maybe even stronger because of their infancy stage. More east coast money will be bet legally, more taxes will be paid, and best of all, more money stays in the United States.

It’s obvious the leagues concern isn’t about keeping the money in the states as evident by how they have shopped our greatest game, the Super Bowl, all over the world along with the giant voided economic impact it has on any American city that doesn’t get it.

It’s likely that this is all a show and an exhibition of showing everyone, and it’s players, just how hard a stance the league takes against gambling on their sport. It’s sort of a marketing ploy for internal and external participants.

What would be real amazing is if critical things such as injury reports and point-spreads were not made available to the public. Open any newspaper in America and you’ll find point-spreads of all the NFL games, even though wagering is legal only in Nevada. If the NFL was truly serious about their stance on gambling on their events, then why not use some of their mite to stop media outlets carrying something in their papers that can’t be acted on, legally.

The mandated injury report release for Thursday, prior to a teams weekend game, is very curious. With the new age things of technology such as e-mail, it might be a good idea to just have each coach mail each other their report and copy the league office instead of reporting it to the entire nation. To stop this gambling fad on the NFL, who is injured to degrees of probable, questionable, and doubtful is a major tool for the current bettor to have.

Whether they want to deny it or not, the NFL knows that fans betting on their sport is good for business. It keeps ratings up and interest in every game for an entire season. Opening up a whole new venue in Delaware allowing fans to gather, mingle, and wager on the sport they love is not a bad thing and in the long run, could be very beneficial for the league and a small segment of America’s economy.