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Online Bookmaker Olympics Promotions

Fancy winning a Home Entertainment package just by betting on sports, playing poker or casino games? Popular Australian sportsbook Canbet is giving you the chance…

What can I win?
First up in the Canbet 08 Games Competition you can claim your podium prize:
GOLD: Home entertainment package, including HD TV, DVD player and Surround Sound to the value of £1,200 (€1,500).
SILVER: One year Cable TV subscription, including sports package to the value of £500 (€650).
BRONZE: £250 (€300) cash in your Canbet account.

How do I enter?
You’ll need an account at Canbet and then to register to participate in this promo enter the promo code on the Canbet web site before 24 August 2008 (The Code is OLYMPICS) and then you earn entries to the prize draws as you bet –  it’s a lucky draw though – random – so even a single entry might just do the trick!

Earn an entry into the draw every time you:
– Bet £50 (€65) on Sports or Racing
– Bet £50 (€65) at Canbet Casino (Microgaming Casino so over 350 of the best casino games on the net)
– Play 50 Poker Raked Hands  (Microgaming Poker Network, so a busy and popular poker room)

(Here’s a list of the major events during July and August just to remind you of the tasty sports betting markets that await: Tour de France Cycling, British Open & PGA Championship Golf,  Major League Baseball All-Star Game, Tri-Nations Rugby and of course the 2008 Beijing Olympics) 

AND…
Canbet really got into the swing of stake-back betting during Euro2008 (bets with 3 possible outcomes; you could either win, lose or get your stake back. Cool.) They’re now running Olympics Second Chance Bets too. Here’s the first one:

Olympics Second Chance
Men’s 100m Sprint Final – Saturday 16 August, 2008
If your runner finishes without a medal in the Men’s 100m Final and the World Record is broken in the race, Canbet will refund your bet (win bets only) to £50 (or currency equivalent). To take advantage of this stake-back offer, enter the promotional code: SPRINT on the My Account page of the Canbet website at any time before the start of the race.

ABOUT CANBET
Canbet Limited is UK & Australian licenced and a subsidiary of International All Sports Ltd. Canbet specialises in large limits for US Sports bets. They’ve reasonably recently got into Live betting markets and we’ve personally made some great betting profits through our Canbet accounts!

Check out the latest detailed reviews on Canbet (links below) if you’re looking for a new online gambling site that’s a bit more agile than the traditional bookies & gaming sites (but is still run out of a “First World” country – mind you, with their water crisis I’m not sure how much longer we’ll be able to call Australia “First World” as the place is rapidly becoming uninhabitable! Snakes and bloody great spiders excluded of course!)

>>Canbet Sportsbook Review
>>Canbet Poker Room Review
>>Canbet Casino Review
(Sorry, no USA residents can be members at Canbet) 

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Wimbledon: Clash of the Williams Sisters

A happy family as Serena and Venus set up Wimbledon title clash?
 
Venus and Serena Williams, who boast six Wimbledon titles between them, will clash for the third time in an All England Club final on Saturday.

Venus, the four-time winner and defending champion, booked her place with a 6-1, 7-6 (7/3) win over Russian fifth seed Elena Dementieva to reach her seventh singles final. Serena, the younger of the two sisters, then ended wildcard Zheng Jie’s hopes of becoming the first Chinese player to reach a Grand Slam final with a battling 6-2, 7-6 (7/5) win. The 26-year-old Serena will be looking to complete a hat-trick of Wimbledon wins over her sister having come out on top in the 2002 and 2003 finals.

Venus inists the final will be fully competitive despite scepticism in the past over whether the two perform to the maximum of their ability when they share the same court. “I find the question pretty offensive because I’m extremely professional in everything that I do on and off the court,” said Venus, the holder of six Grand Slam titles. “I contribute my best in my sport, and I also have a ton of respect for myself and my family. So any mention of that is extremely disrespectful for who I am and my family.”

Serena, 11 kilos heavier and more than 11cm taller than Zheng, had too much brawn for the world 133, who had made her mark by knocking out top seed Ana Ivanovic in the third round. “She pushed me and really played a great match,” said Serena of an opponent she had comfortably defeated in the first round here four years ago.

Zheng was left to regret a great opportunity to take the semi-final to a decider when she held set point in the 10th game of the second set but Williams was able to call on her powerful smash to rescue herself. “She played like she had nothing to lose. I was able to hit a smash on that set point. I didn’t really want to go into a third set,” added the American sixth seed who will be facing her sister in a seventh Grand Slam final.
“I’m looking forward to playing Venus in the final. She’ll be the toughest opponent I have faced. “We haven’t played each other in a Grand Slam final for five years but that’s because our rankings fell or we were in the same side of the draw. I guess this is a new start for both of us.”

Serena’s last Wimbledon final appearance was in 2004, when she lost to a teenage Maria Sharapova.

Check out the latest bookie prices on Wimbledon betting live here at BookieLabRat.com.

When this blog was posted BoyleSports and Centrebet had the best odds on a Serena win at 1.85 (5/6), with PinnacleSports offering the best odds at 2.08 (11/10) on Venus beating her sister.

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