Will Ronnie O’Sullivan be on his best form at the Crucible?

Our friends at spread betting firm extrabet.com preview the WSC

“Even the most ardent of channel-hoppers will struggle to resist the urge to linger a little longer on the BBC over the next fortnight or so as the World Snooker Championship gets underway this weekend. Like it or not there is something mesmeric about snooker. Indeed baize-watch draws you in much like Baywatch did in the 90s - must be something to do with the colour red!

Once again this year it’s all about Ronnie. Will he turn up? Does he care anymore? Will he concede a frame after missing an easy red with 147 still available on the table?  Despite all the question-marks he is of course the jolly with extrabet.com, who price him at 39-42 on their 80 Index, (80 win, 60 runner-up, 40 losing semi-finalist, 20 losing quarter finalist, 10 lose last 16).

Stephen Maguire is second favourite at 28-31.  For those who just like watching the break builders and aren’t that fussed who wins, extrabet.com have a ‘total tournament centuries’ quote of 67-69.”

Posted: April 16th, 2009 by Michael Lintorn | Add Comment

Check out the spread markets for this year’s Grand National

A preview from our friends at spread betting firm Extrabet.com

“There will be more bets struck on Grand National day than strawberries eaten in South East England over the entire English summer. No there won’t- but it is April Fools week! There will however be a lot! Bearing in mind it’s the most competitive event in the racing calendar, run over four and a half miles with 30 fences to negotiate and loose horses all over the place to avoid, some folk just seem to have the knack of finding the winner.

If you’re not one of these lucky folk there is another way. Extrabet.com have gone up with a host of spread special markets on the race including the winning length of the race (priced at 7.5-8.5 lengths) the starting price of the winner (19-20) and the total number of race finishers (15.5-16.5). If you win any cash on these markets you might want to put the funds in your Offshore Account which incidentally is a big price at on the fixed-odds at 33-1 with extrabet.com to win the race.”

Posted: April 2nd, 2009 by Michael Lintorn | Add Comment

Spread betting advice for Scotland’s trip to Holland

extrabet.com preview a big weekend for Scottish football fans

Our favourite spread betting firm recently changed their name from IG Sport to extrabet.com but the excitement hasn’t been enough to stop them from providing us with a preview of Scotland’s World Cup qualifier in Holland:

“It’s been a tough old 55 years for Scottish football fans. Since 1954, the Scottish national side have failed to qualify for the World Cup on six occasions - including each of the last two. Even when they’ve qualified they have never progressed beyond the first round, winning just four of their 23 matches! It’s still early days but Scotland currently sit second in World Cup Qualifying Group 9 ahead of their trip to leaders Holland this Saturday so it’s a massive weekend for those who dare to dream.

Posted: March 25th, 2009 by Michael Lintorn | Add Comment