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Will this years Beijing Olympics spark a betting frenzy never before seen at an olympic games? It is highly likely as the Chinese are not shy when it comes to gambling and Bookmakers in the UK may receive a huge upturn in business. There are over 300 events and something like 28 sports to select from giving punters a huge choice of where to place their money. The medals table might be the first and most attractive betting attraction. The Chinese might themselves head this table by the end of the games, they achieved 32 gold medals at Athens in 2004 and are surely going to increase that tally on home soil. They should be hot favourites to accomplish this feat.

One of their main candidates for gold will be for their 100m butterfly swimmer, Zhou Yafei. There has already been considerable money to back her gold medal bid after she won the Chinese Championship in a new national record time that hinted that she could go much faster.

Quite naturally the odds for every event in Beijing will be governed by form and rankings and those punters looking to make profit on the games should use their wits to gather as much information as possible for every event. There is a huge amount of information available online, with the most obvious pointer being the world rankings tables. Recent form should also give valuable clues but it should be remembered that athletes often use races and events as warm ups allowing them to peak when the games actually start. Obviously the odds will be shortest for those ranked at the top of their sport or event. Paula Radcliffe for instance, will be at short odds to win the womens marathon. Shortest odds will always be given in sports such as athletics, weightlifting, boxing and swimming.

The key for punters is to calculate the value of odds given to the individual competitors or teams. Rankings are usually based on the most recent form and do not take into account practice and training or even qualifying performances. It is well known that many athletes achieve personal bests when training but fail to reproduce that form in competition. The reverse can also be very true.

Track events are always the most popular type of bookmakers bets at the Olympics, with the marathons, sprints and 1500 metre races being the favourites. The 4x400 metre relays are also very popular and are used as the finale at any games. The sprints this year, particularly the mens 100 metres will be a big race to follow with the two Jamaicans, Asafa Powell and Usain Bolt battling it out for gold. Bolt is the current world record holder while Powel has ran the second fastest of all time. Britains Dwaine Chambers, assuming he runs, could also be a threat in this race. What a controversy a win by Chambers would create. In all there will be 47 Athletic gold medals to win, with qualifiers, heats, quarter finals, and semi finals to make bets on. A really good, exceptionally knowledgeable online betting punter could make a small fortune on the games this year and a few probably will.

Daniel Campbell is an independent sports writer who specialises in cricket, football and horse racing articles.

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