Betting shops and online sports betting sites are gearing up this summer for what could be their biggest windfall yet. It is time for the Summer Olympics again and this year these take place in London, UK which has a sophisticated online and live gambling infrastructure. It is a well-known fact that the Brits love a sports bet, and the ‘proposition’ wager is extremely popular too. Tons of British betting brands can’t wait to get their hands on your money, but then again if you win on long odds, chances are you too will make some good money.

For example if you want odds on whether a UFO will be sighted during the London Olympics, William Hill will offer those odds (these are 1,000-to-1; in other words place a £1 bet and win £1000 if a UFO is spotted). Just so that you know – the UFO has to be spotted flying (or floating) over the Olympic stadium during the opening ceremony, in order to win this bet.

No matter – excuse the pun – how odd the wager might be, these are on offer. So, as well as odds across twenty-six different sports, punters will be placing bets on whether the Olympic torch bearer will trip and fall as they reach out to light the Olympic Flame. Proposition bets on possibilities outside of sporting events are just as much fun – if not more so – than betting on our favourite sports themselves.

From diving to synchronised swimming; football to fencing; sprints to marathon runs, industry gambling experts are offering the odds. A spokesperson for William Hill – Joe Crilly – said they cater for most punters tastes. What’s even better this time however, is that gamblers don’t have to leave the comfort of their own home or local pub to place a bet today. The rise and rise of sports betting online from mobile phones, allows them to bet on the run, or from their most relaxed position in front of the telly, from their favourite arm-chair.

William Hill is encouraging punters to dream up any bet they possibly can, and Ladbrokes, another bookmaker has advertised 11,000 different wagers for the Olympics. Bets include if the games will go over budget, how many ‘Golds’ will be earned by the British team, will the Olympic park be able to supply enough condoms, and what the chances are of spotting a British athlete eating a Big Mac.

Really long-shot odds of 250-to-1 are on offer that all of the 4 x 400-meter relay teams drop the baton in the final. Oh and, they are also placing proposition bets on Boris Johnson. As you may or may not know, he is the flamboyant Mayor of London who is always up to exotic antics. The wager is paying 33-to-1 that he accidentally brushes past the Olympic torch and lights his hair on-fire. Of course with the notoriously wet London weather this might never happen, but Ladbrokes is also paying 50-to-1 that it will rain every day. Well, let’s hope not, but bet on it and you could be in for winning some bucks.

Sports betting site Onebooker puts its money where its mouth is by launching an analysis of the betting tips shared by their team of expert sports betting writers in order to prove that their tips are the best.

If you are fed up of reading worthless tips from so-called "experts" that aren’t prepared to put their money where their mouth is, then check out Onebooker.

With a team of knowledgeable sports pundits sharing their best betting tips, Onebooker is the place for the latest betting tips on all of the major sporting events. Why? Because Onebooker’s tipsters really do put their own cash on the line on each and every one of their tips.

Studying recent tips by Onebooker writers, a clear picture emerged. Excluding the most extreme percentages, the variance of success, from the experienced sports betting team was over 40%.

Michael Simpson at Onebooker commented: "Our tipsters are highly motivated to pick the best betting tips and they are all experts in their fields, so we were really surprised so see such a variety in the results."

"We’re closely monitoring this and will be publishing the results on our blog along with the winnings accrued – and then we will be inviting betting experts to take our experts on and see if they get a better hit rate!"

In total, Onebooker tipsters, made 627 tips, 305 of which were successful with 20 void or refunded.

In September and October alone, Onebooker’s tipsters enjoyed a 17pt profit from 67 tips, representing a 14% ROI.

Throughout the year, the team of international tipsters will be under constant review and, because of the confidence that Onebooker has in its experts, their results will be published through regular updates on the blog.

Onebooker tipsters stand by their tips, with the team of pundits picking up bonuses for every winning tip that they make. Quite simply, the more that you make from your bets, the happier they are.

The result of this approach is that Onebooker tipsters, and therefore Onebooker subscribers, enjoy significant betting success.

To get the latest tips from Onebooker’s experts and to put their knowledge to the test for yourself, visit Onebooker or sign-up to the newsletter to get free tips send directly to your inbox.

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Leading the men’s front and seeking a sixth French title is returning champion, Rafael Nadal. But you can be sure that season-sensation Novak Djokovic will be doing his very best to keep that from happening. Djokovic is closely trailed by the usual suspects, Robin Soderling and Roger Federer, but also Berdych, Melzer and Ferrer, all three of whom have played consistently well this season. Bottom line: it’s still anyone’s game.

On the women’s side, the outcome is as difficult to predict as is correctly pronouncing the contenders’ surnames! Wozniacki, Goerges, Petkovic, Azarenka, Na Li, Stosur, Schiavone – you can bet that each one of these hard-as-nails ladies will be fighting her way to the finish.

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EXCLUSIVE by BRIAN FLVNN

FOOTBALL nut Mike McNally won £650,000 for a £10 stake on World Cup games

Canny Mike, 29, laid five £2 bets with an online bookie, which entitled him to enter a contest to predict the winner of EVERY match.

He got 36 right – more than any other punter in the world – to scoop the million dollar (£650,000) prize.

Titan Bet threw its global prediction contest open to every punter who wagered at least a tenner on the World Cup.

England nearly cost Mike, of Bradford, West Yorks, the prize after he backed them to beat Germany in South Africa.

But by the time of the final, he and one other person were level after calling 35 of the 63 matches. And business graduate Mike correctly had Spain down to win. while his rival had gone for Holland.

He said: "I was speechless when I learned I’d won. I just wish England could have performed as well as 1 did."

b.flynn@the-sun.co.uk