Games help to up pace at Sportingbet
Thursday 09 August 2012
Related articles
Any gambler 'going short' of the number of gold medals Australia might win in the Olympics is looking good. Until Monday when Sally Pearson, pictured, romped home in the 100m hurdles, one wag noted, it was hard to be certain that Australia hadn't boycotted the Games altogether.
Australian-centred spread betting house Sportingbet says not many Aussie fans have bet either way as it turns out — they bet on the basketball and the football, but not much else, even though a full range of Olympic betting prices have been available for the first time. Still, Sportingbet said revenues are up 24% in the first nine months of the year. That leaves it on course to meet City profit forecasts for the year of £34.5 million, of which Australia should contribute £30 million. Finance director Jim Wilkinson, said: "We are an Australian-orientated company. Europe is going the other way at the moment."
-
Gay couple beaten in park urge MPs to moderate language on gay marriage
-
Strewth mate. Aussies wave goodbye to Britain as it becomes too pricey to stay
-
World news in pictures
-
X marks the spot: The find that could rewrite Australian history
-
Oklahoma tornado: Children trapped in wreckage and at least 91 dead after massive storm rips through suburbs
- 1 Tottenham to smash pay scale with £150,000-a-week contract in attempt to tie Gareth Bale to club
- 2 Austerity has hardened the nation's heart
- 3 Gay couple beaten in park urge MPs to moderate language on gay marriage
- 4 Be more professional! GCHQ staff rapped as WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange reveals messages that he says point to 'fit up'
- 5 Top A&E doctors warn: 'We cannot guarantee safe care for patients anymore'
Get your summer started with British Military Fitness
BMF is the UK’s biggest and best loved outdoor fitness classes
Visit York
Find out what The Independent's resident travel expert has to say about one of the most beautiful small cities in the world
Enter the latest Independent competitions
Win anything from gadgets to five-star holidays on our competitions and offers page.
Business videos from commercial thought leaders
Watch the best in the business world give their insights into the world of business.
iJobs Money & Business
Operations Analyst
£180 - £230 per day: Orgtel: Operations Analyst - Leading Bank in the City of ...
Finance Business Analyst - Banking - £500pd
£500 per day: Orgtel: A top tier banking client urgently requires Finance Busi...
Senior Finance Project Manager
£425 - £550 per day: Orgtel: Senior Finance Project Manager - £550 - Bristol -...
KYC ANALYST
£150 - £250 per day: Orgtel: KYC Analyst - London - Banking - £150-250/day C...
Day In a Page
The price of pacifism
Jason Isaacs: Groupies, theatre bores and James Bond
Sealand: 'Micronation' or illegal fortress?
Legend of James Hunt has set Hollywood hearts racing
Macklemore: 'I don't have moderation'



Comments