CHICAGO ODDS-ON TO LAND 2016 OLYMPIC GAMES
WITH one week to go until decision-day it looks like the Olympic Games will be heading across the pond to the United States in 2016, that’s if the betting on Betfair is anything to go by. Chicago is currently 4-5 favourite with customers to be voted as the next host of the world’s biggest sporting event.
The nearest challenge appears to be coming from Rio de Janeiro, currently 9-4, with Tokyo next in the betting at 6-1. Madrid is 13-1 to bounce back from losing out to London for 2012 and be given the nod four years on.
Candidates for the 2016 Games will learn their fate on 2nd October 2009.
Betfair spokesman Michael Robb said: “The President of the International Olympic Committee thinks it will come down to a couple of votes, but Betfair customers clearly think it’s Chicago in the driving seat.
“The Windy City has led the market since Barack Obama became President and customers may well have made a connection between the two on the back of his popularity. Will Obama oversee an Olympics at the end of a potential second term? At the moment the odds suggest he may well do just that.”
2016 Olympics Host City – Betfair bet: 4-5 Chicago, 9-4 Rio de Janeiro, 6-1 Tokyo, 13-1 Madrid
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About Betfair: (www.betfair.com)
Betfair is the world’s biggest online betting community and pioneered the first successful betting exchange in 2000. Driven by cutting-edge technology, Betfair enables customers to choose their own odds and bet even after the event has started. The company now processes over six million transactions a day from its two million registered customers around the world. In addition to sports betting, Betfair offers a portfolio of innovative products including casino, exchange games and poker.
Betfair has twice been named the UK’s ‘Company of the Year’ by the Confederation of British Industry and has won two prestigious Queen’s Awards for Enterprise, being recognised for Innovation in 2003 and most recently for International Trade in 2008.
Betfair currently employs over 1,500 people, principally in London, Malta and Tasmania. The company is a licensed betting operator in the UK, and holds licenses in Australia, Germany, Austria, Italy and Malta.
For further information:
Michael Robb
Tel: +44 (0) 20 8834 6063
Mob: +44 (0) 7921 025678
WITH one week to go until decision-day it looks like the Olympic Games will be heading across the pond to the United States in 2016, that’s if the betting on Betfair is anything to go by. Chicago is currently 4-5 favourite with customers to be voted as the next host of the world’s biggest sporting event.
The nearest challenge appears to be coming from Rio de Janeiro, currently 9-4, with Tokyo next in the betting at 6-1. Madrid is 13-1 to bounce back from losing out to London for 2012 and be given the nod four years on.
Candidates for the 2016 Games will learn their fate on 2nd October 2009.
Betfair spokesman Michael Robb said: “The President of the International Olympic Committee thinks it will come down to a couple of votes, but Betfair customers clearly think it’s Chicago in the driving seat.
“The Windy City has led the market since Barack Obama became President and customers may well have made a connection between the two on the back of his popularity. Will Obama oversee an Olympics at the end of a potential second term? At the moment the odds suggest he may well do just that.”
2016 Olympics Host City – Betfair bet: 4-5 Chicago, 9-4 Rio de Janeiro, 6-1 Tokyo, 13-1 Madrid
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About Betfair: (www.betfair.com)
Betfair is the world’s biggest online betting community and pioneered the first successful betting exchange in 2000. Driven by cutting-edge technology, Betfair enables customers to choose their own odds and bet even after the event has started. The company now processes over six million transactions a day from its two million registered customers around the world. In addition to sports betting, Betfair offers a portfolio of innovative products including casino, exchange games and poker.
Betfair has twice been named the UK’s ‘Company of the Year’ by the Confederation of British Industry and has won two prestigious Queen’s Awards for Enterprise, being recognised for Innovation in 2003 and most recently for International Trade in 2008.
Betfair currently employs over 1,500 people, principally in London, Malta and Tasmania. The company is a licensed betting operator in the UK, and holds licenses in Australia, Germany, Austria, Italy and Malta.
For further information:
Michael Robb
Tel: +44 (0) 20 8834 6063
Mob: +44 (0) 7921 025678
