AS far as Sportsbet.com.au is concerned, the NRL Grand Final is a faint accompli.
Brisbane and North Queensland, the two combatants of the 2015 Grand Final, are so superior to the rest of the competition in the early stages of 2016 that the bookmaker has already opened the Grand Final market featuring the two Queensland teams going head-to-head.
The Cowboys are the $1.80 favourites to repeat last year’s last-gasp premiership result, while the Broncos are outsiders at $2.
The line has been set at 1.5 points in handicap betting.
“Betting is open for this year’s seemingly inevitable Grand Final and we’ve got the Cowboys shading out the Broncos at this early stage, Sportsbet’s Christian Jantzen told Safebookies.com
“There’s a big gap between these two teams and then ‘daylight’, which can easily lay claim to being the third best team in the NRL.”
The Broncos, paying $4 in outright premiership betting, currently sit on top of the ladder after seven rounds with a 6-1 record, while the Cowboys ($4.50 with Sportsbet) are second at 5-2. The third-place Sharks ($8.50), fourth-placed Eels ($10) and sixth-placed Bulldogs round out the top five in premiership betting.
Markets courtesy of sportsbet.com.au
2016 NRL Grand Final:
$1.80 Cowboys
$2.00 Broncos
Line Betting:
$1.90 Cowboys (-1.5)
$1.90 Broncos (+1.5)
Will Clare give love another shot after Married At First Sight disaster?
Reality television – it may not be good for society, but it can be fun to have a punt on.
Clare Verrall, the woman scorned from Married At First Sight, could be putting the adage “if at first you don’t succeed, try again” to the test with the blonde beauty a chance to join the cast of the next Bachelor.
Online bookmaker Sportsbet.com.au has installed the soon to be divorced, Clare Verrall from Melbourne as $5 chance to enter the Bachelor mansion.
But if her antics on Married At First Sight are anything to go by, winning the show might be a bit of a stretch, she’s at $21 to be married by the end of 2017.
“After her spectacular meltdown last night on Married At First Sight, surely TV producers across the country are licking their lips and it won’t be long till we see Clare having a second, well-publicised, crack at love,” said sportsbet.com.au’s Rich Hummerston.
Markets courtesy sportsbet.com.au
Clare Futures:
$5.00 – To be a contestant on the 2017 season of the Bachelor
$21 – To be married by Jan 1 2017
$21 – To have her own reality TV show by 2018
$51 – To become the ambassador for RSVP by 2017
$101 – To become the ambassador for Ashley Maddison by 2017
$101 – To get back together with Jono by 2017
Next Bachelorette:
$2.00 – Lana Jeavons-Fellows
$6.00 – Lauren Parisi (First Dates)
$7.50 – Clare Verrall
$11 – Heather Maltman
$16 – Laurina Fleure
$51 – Delta Goodrem
$51 – Skye Wheatley
$51 – Tully Smyth