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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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Often regarded as the first major sporting event of the calendar year for all sports, not just tennis. The Aussie Open dates back to 1905 and the 2025 edition will be the 113th tournament in that time. The event was played for most of its history on grass and only in recent times has changed to hard courts since moving to Melbourne Park in 1988.

You could say we are living through the greatest age of the Australian Open right now, with the men’s record champion still playing. Novak Djokovic (pictured) has won the men’s singles no less than 10 times since 2008, he has never lost a final and has beaten Andy Murray four times. It’s not like he is out there on his own either with Rafa Nadal also still playing – between them they have won 24 and 22 grand slams respectively. Do you fancy betting against any of them in 2024?.

Serena Williams is the record open era women’s champion also with 7 titles, her first in 2003 and last in 2017. Unlike the men’s game however William’s is not around any more since having a baby and struggling to return before retiring in 2022. The women’s side of the game is very open right now with at least 6 or 7 players that will believe they can honestly win it.  Saying that Aryna Sabalenka has won it twice in a row (2023 & 2024) and will be vying to be the first woman to make it three in a row since Martina Hingis.

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The very late end to the 2020 championship that did not finish until Halloween due to the suspension caused by corona virus did not reduce the drama as England took the title by one point with a bonus point win over Italy while Ireland could not capitalise against France. Despite matches being held behind closed doors the six nations proved its resilience producing great rugby in spite of the difficulties. The 2021 event then followed just 4 months later and threw up some shocks with Wales winning with some outstanding performances in Paris and London.

Wales dropped off the edge of a cliff by the time the 2022 event rolled around, losing 4 games including at home to Italy, the first time in 36 matches. Ireland were sublime but France were even better, marching home to their first Grand Slam win since 2010. The following year saw a reversal with Ireland taking the Grand Slam and France only losing one game.

England may have won it in 2020 but then finished 5th in the 2021, 3rd in 2022 & 4th 2023, showing form is fleeting. In 2024 teams started to catch up, England finished third and prevented a back-to-back Irish Grand Slam by being the only team to beat them.  Wales had a shocker and finished with the Wooden Spoon but a new young side showed their potential and they will not be bottom for long.  France and Scotland remain strong but now even the Italians are no walkover anymore.  It all adds up together to make what will hopefully be a cracking 2025 Championship.

It is very hard to say who will come out on top in 2025 given the extraordinary conditions of the last few years that make it hard to judge form. What we can say is it should be an open and exciting championship, although Ireland will be favourites.

The Six Nations is a great event for finding try scorer money back offers, extra winnings, early payouts and insurance deals.

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The 59th edition of the Super Bowl game will be held for the 11th time in the New Orleans area and for a record eighth time at Caesars Superdome, home to the New Orleans Saints. The event is live for UK viewers on the BBC with kick off due around 11:30pm British time on the Sunday 9th February 2025.

The 256 game regular season saw 32 teams play 16 games, this was followed by the play-offs contested between the top 4 teams in each division along with two wild card teams. The final four teams entered into the Conference Championship game to define the two teams to contest Super Bowl LIX.

Whether you like American Football or not this is without doubt one of the biggest sporting showpieces in the world. It is more than just a football game, but a US national icon, that sees top celebrities rolled out for the famous half-time show to a watching audience of over 123 million in the US alone.

Bookies love the Super Bowl and you are best waiting until 48 hours before kick-off to place your bets to take advantage of the best odds and deals.

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