 Paul
Casey, Padraig
Harrington Pay Big
Heading Into US
Masters Final RoundEngland's Paul Casey and Padraig Harrington offered outstanding odds heading into the US Masters Final Round on Sunday. Casey, who stood the best shot of winning the jacket being only four down from the lead, would pay out $750 for every $100 bet at Sportingbet. Harrington, who won last year's British Open, was within striking distance, holding onto the number 10 position. He would pay out $8000 for every $100 bet. Though Padraig Harrington was a long shot heading into the final round, he was also a major underdog during the 2007 British Open. Ireland's largest bookmaker, Paddy Power, reported its biggest losses of the year thanks to the Harrington bets. This is one of the fears for companies like Sportingbet and Paddy Power heading into Sunday. "British, Scottish, Irish, Welsh gamblers will be all over Paul Casey and Padraig Harrington," Gambling911.com Senior Editor, Payton O'Brien predicted Sunday morning. "A win by either is likely to result in big losses for the British and Irish bookmakers." Especially with Sportingbet offering live betting throughout the final round. Alistair Prescott, European sports reporter for Gambling911, believes that the British books will see plenty of action during the day on Sunday. "Assuming neither Casey, Harrington - and yes - Tiger Woods wins, the British bookies should fare relatively well on Sunday," Prescott suggested. For companies like Sportingbet, which recently joined the Gambling911.com family of fine online sports betting sponsors, the sky has been the limit for the US Masters betting. "Sportingbet represents one of the few European-based online sports betting firms offering betting odds on the 2008 Masters and live betting on the US Masters final round that is listed on the Gambling911.com website," said O'Brien. "As such they have enjoyed almost exclusive exposure in this sector among the European bookmakers." Gambling911.com has been providing the most extensive 2008 US Masters betting coverage of any other news site. "They may curse us out though if either Harrington or Casey win though," O'Brien added. Sportingbet was also offering betting odds on Tiger Woods final score. Fractional Odds:
70 or Lower +110 Decimal Odds:
70 or Lower 2.10 As well as the final round two balls. You can still open an Internet betting account here with one of Europe's finest online bookmakers, Sportingbet (US Customers prohibited at this time). ---- Christopher Costigan, Gambling911.com Publisher CCostigan@CostiganMedia.com Originally published April 13, 2008 12:55 pm EST
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