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Football Stake Back Betting Offers: 23-24 May, 2009

Here’s this weekend’s round up of sportsbook stake back betting offers on the English Premier League Football. Get three options on your bets: win, lose or cash back. Great stuff! 

Late, Late Show!!

Barcelona v Man Utd  –  Champions League Final – Rome  –  Wed 27th May 7.45pm
If there is a goal scored after 85 minutes in normal time, Paddy Power will refund all losing 1st/last goalscorer, correct score & scorecast singles on the match. Max Refund €300/£200 per customer

Bore Draw

Place a pre-match correct score, double result or scorecast bet on ANY FOOTBALL MATCH and Bet365 will refund losing stakes if the match finishes 0-0.

Correct Score Cashback

Place a correct score bet on any match in one of the major leagues*. If there are 6 goals or more in the match and your bet loses, Globet will refund your stake up to a maximum of 250 Euros. *Major Leagues include Italian Serie A, English Premier, Spanish La Liga, German Bundesliga, Champions League and UEFA Cup matches.

Premier League Second Chance Specials

Liverpool v Tottenham Hotspur  – Sunday, 24 May
If your bet loses and either side comes back from 2-nil down to win the match, Canbet will refund your bet (Correct Score Only).  Maximum bonus is £50 (€65)…enter the promotional code: EPL24MAY1

Hull City v Manchester United   – Sunday, 24 May
If your bet loses and Hull City scores the last goal of the match, Canbet will refund your bet (Correct Score Only).  Maximum bonus is £50 (€65)…enter the promotional code: EPL24MAY2

They Think It’s All Oba

Aston Villa v Newcastle  –  Sunday 24th May
If Obafemi Martins scores the last goal of the game, BetFred will refund all losing win single first/last goalscorer, correct score and scorecast bets as a free bet.  Maximum refund is £100 (or your currency equivalent) per customer.

Child’s Play

Hull v Man Utd  –  Sunday 24th May
If Federico Macheda or Danny Welbeck score the last goal of the game, BetFred will refund all losing win single first/last goalscorer, correct score and scorecast bets as a free bet. Maximum refund is £100 (or your currency equivalent) per customer.

Don’t Pay the Penalty…

This weekend’s Play-Off Finals
If the match goes to a Penalty Shoot-out Victor Chandler will refund all losing Correct Score and First Goalscorer bets as a free bet! Max refund £100/100€ per person per match. Does not include in-running bets. Free bets credited within 48 hours. 

The Late Late Show …

Applies to all Sunday’s Premier League matches
If there is an Injury Time goal in any Premier League match Victor Chandler will refund all losing Correct Score and First Goalscorer bets on that match as a free bet! Max free bet £100/100€ per person per match. Free bets credited Monday 25th May. Does not include in-running bets. Injury time means any goal scored after 90 mins.  

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Golf’s Fifth Major: Players Championship Preview

The richest prize pool in golf is up for grabs this week at The Players Championship in Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla. The PGA Tour’s signature event is often called the sport’s fifth major; the winner gets $1.71 million of the $9.5-million purse, a five-year Tour exemption and 80 points in the World Golf Rankings, among other important goodies. Tiger Woods will be there as the 3-1 favorite, followed by Phil Mickelson (10-1) and Sean O’Hair (25-1).

Adding to the pomp and pageantry is the venue itself: the challenging TPC at Sawgrass, specifically the Stadium Course. The infamous “Island Green” 17th hole will be recognizable to any golf fan. Here are 10 other things every bettor should know about Sawgrass.

• The course (designed by Pete and Alice Dye) is a par-72 at 7,215 yards.
• In 2008, Sawgrass ranked No. 6 out of the 54 Tour stops in difficulty.
• About 13 percent of tee shots at No. 17 have gone into the drink over the past six events.
• Sawgrass was renovated in 2007 with over 2.6 million square feet of new sod.
• Four of the last five winners also led the field in greens in regulation.
• Mickelson is one of seven players to shoot a nine-under 64 in the first round (2002).
• Golf Digest ranks Sawgrass the ninth-best public course in America.
• No two consecutive holes play in the same direction.
• This is the local course for residents Jim Furyk (33-1), Vijay Singh (50-1) and Fred Funk (field, 10-1).

We’ve seen 17 different men win the 19 Tour events held so far in 2009 – the only two-timers are Mickelson and Geoff Ogilvy (28-1), who are also the only two men to top $3 million in earnings this year. Woods (the 2001 TPC titleholder) finished first at the Arnold Palmer Invitational in March and has four Top 10 results in the five tournaments he’s joined; the only miss was back in February at the WGC-Accenture match play event. Woods also placed sixth at The Masters, which was won by 2007 U.S. Open champion Angel Cabrera (100-1).

These are the Top 5 players on the Tour according to the World Golf Rankings, along with their most recent performances at Sawgrass.

Tiger Woods: No. 37 at the 2007 Players Championship (even par)
Phil Mickelson: No. 21 in 2008 (+4)
Sergio Garcia: No. 1 in 2008 (-5)
Geoff Ogilvy: T107 in 2008 (missed cut)
Kenny Perry: T15 in 2008 (+3)
Garcia (33-1) also finished second to Mickelson at the 2007 Players Championship, but 2009 hasn’t been kind to the Spaniard. He tied for No. 38 at The Masters and didn’t make the cut at last week’s Quail Hollow Championship – won instead by O’Hair, the 2005 PGA Tour Rookie of the Year. Perry (33-1) lost The Masters to Cabrera in a playoff after taking the FBR Open back in February. Since Woods is not on one of his winning streaks (he told Reuters on Tuesday that his distance still hasn’t returned following last year’s knee surgery), the betting value should be on one of the second-tier picks like Garcia and Perry.

The field of 145 golfers gets rolling on Thursday with coverage on Golf Channel starting at 1:00 p.m. Eastern. NBC takes over on Saturday at 2:00 p.m.

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