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The Premier League is the worlds biggest sporting competition in terms of revenue, number of people watching, wages, attendance and pretty much any other stat you want to look at; including betting, accounting for over half of bets placed on football in the UK.

Let’s face it the league is elitist and based on money, and for a long time this caused stagnation with three teams dominating the first 20 years; Man Utd, Chelsea and Arsenal. Lately, however, the league has gained a new competitive streak, most notably with Leicester winning in 2015 and then three new dominant forces arising in Arsenal, Liverpool and Man City, who look set to continue their battle in 2023-24, in the way United and Arsenal did 15 years ago – that is except the level is now much higher, as seen with Liverpool coming second in 2019 with an astonishing 97 points.

In the UK 70% of bets are placed on football and nearly three quarters of those wagers go on the Premier League, making this one event responsible for around half of all bets placed. Considering this if you bet on the PL you would be insane not to search around for the best offers and odds from our leading bookies. Read our detailed guide for more.

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It’s the pinnacle of European club football and the competition every fan wants to win and this year with no less than four English teams in the competition and this means even more attention than before. Liverpool are of course the record English side in the competition and were finalists in 2018 and 2022 and won the competition in 2019 and they will be looking do to well this year having missed out in 2024.

This year, however, it will be last years champions Real Madrid who will be the club to beat with now 15 titles to their name, winning in 2024 against a Dortmund team that were far better – Madrid just always find a way. Man City will be favourites again having now won their first Champions League in 2023 it could now open the floodgates and it is likely more wins will follow. Arsenal and even Aston Villa cannot be discounted and if they make the knockout rounds anything is possible.

Form 2024-25 the competition has expanded again to 36 teams with a new league phase replacing the group stage.  This now means 8 league matches between September and January (no winter break anymore) with four home and four away ties all against different teams.  The top 8 go straight to the last 16, those who finish 9-14 in the league contest a two legged play off in February with the 8 winners progressing to the last 16.

From that point it is a straight knockout as we are familiar with.  The top 8 league teams are seeded at the last 16 stage but country protection is removed now.  The knockout draw in February now also plots out the route to the final, as with the likes of the World Cup, which helps ensure the 8 seeded teams are more likely to make it to the later stages – as if the big teams needed anymore help.

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The darts Premier League takes place from February to May every Thursday evening, it moves around each week meaning that 17 different venues across the UK and Europe will be used this year.

The format changed in 2022 and now takes place over 17 evenings with 8 players competing in a series of 16 mini-tournaments before a final play-off. For the first 16 nights players play quarters, semis and a final with the winner getting 5 league points and a £10k bonus, runner-up 3 points and losing semi-finalists 2 points.

The top 4 players in the league progress to the final play-offs and the final due to be staged in late May. The world’s eight best PDC players compete in the Premier League. Michael Van Gerwen won the 2022 and 2023 versions and is record holder with 7 titles, ahead of Phil Taylor with 6 titles. MVG also won four titles in a row between 2016-2019.  Luke Littler won on his debut in 2024, only the third player to do so and the youngest winner in history.  He also managed a 9-dart leg in the final.  He seems to be the one to watch for the future.

The event was only conceived in 2005 and yet has already become one of the most high profile events on the darts calendar, second only perhaps to the World Championship.

You can find some excellent linked free bets and price boosts, especially from the previous event sponsor Unibet. For nights 1 to 16 each match is best of 11 legs, the semi-finals best of 19 legs and the final best of 21 legs.

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Without question the worlds biggest and most challenging horse race. The 4 mile 2 1/2 furlong grade 3 steeplechase requires horses to jump now less than 30 fences, many of which are over 5 feet high and include famous obstacles such as Beecher’s Brook and The Chair.

In 2020 the Grand National race at Aintree was cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic, the first time in history the meeting has been cancelled during peace time. Since then the race has regained it’s position as the greatest races in the world. In 2021 the race was held without fans but history was still made as Rachael Blackmore became the first woman jockey to win the big race in its history.  In the two years that followed the race saw two favourites winning, the first time that happened in consecutive years since 1894.

The race has undergone some recent changes.  The field has been reduced to 34 from 40 and the race now starts earlier at 4pm.  This is to make the race safer, although it also makes it a bit less variable with favourites now doing better than before.  Still 21 horses finished the race in 2024 and that was the highest since 1992 so the race is still a significant spectacle.

Last year the National attracted over £300 million in stakes, and that is only counting the legal bets. To say the event is a betting phenomenon wouldn’t do it justice, pretty much everyone who has ever bet has done so on this race, and more often than not it is the first bet people make.

It is surprising that many bookies shy away from the National, partly because they can’t cope with the demands of so many people wanting to have a punt. Many bookies cancel their offers and even sign ups on National day, so if you want to get added value this year it is recommended you sign up in advance. If you wait until a few days before to bet you will also find many of the better sites offer 6 places each-way.

Don’t forget also that the National is only one race among a 3 day festival starting on Thursday, and you can find many offers and specials for these other races too.

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