{"id":1452,"date":"2008-08-11T16:43:47","date_gmt":"2008-08-11T21:43:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/08\/michael-phelps-olympic-betting-odds\/"},"modified":"2008-08-11T16:43:47","modified_gmt":"2008-08-11T21:43:47","slug":"michael-phelps-olympic-betting-odds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/08\/michael-phelps-olympic-betting-odds\/","title":{"rendered":"Michael Phelps Olympic Betting Odds"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple style='tab-interval:.5in'><\/p>\n<div class=Section1>\n<p class=MsoBodyText>Will Michael Phelps get his eight Gold Medals? The<br \/>\nbookmakers seem to think so (<a\nhref=\"http:\/\/www.offshoreinsiders.com\/index.php?PageID=122\">Olympic Betting<br \/>\nOdds<\/a>). Phelps is a stunning 1\/25 favorite to win the Men\u2019s 200 meter<br \/>\nbutterfly. <\/p>\n<p class=MsoBodyText>For betting novices, that means a gambler would have to<br \/>\nrisk $100 for every $4 he would win. Grandmaster <a\nhref=\"http:\/\/www.offshoreinsiders.com\/\">sports handicapper<\/a> Joe Duffy said<br \/>\nonly half-jokingly, \u201cI think most bookies would give you better odds to wager<br \/>\non an NFL game after it\u2019s over.\u201d <\/p>\n<p class=MsoBodyText>Should he stumble, sports bettors have an opportunity to<br \/>\nmake a fortune. Countryman Gil Stovall is 10\/1 and Greek <span class=SpellE>Ionnnis<\/span><br \/>\n<span class=SpellE>Drymonakos<\/span> is next at 16\/1. <\/p>\n<p class=MsoBodyText>Phelps is considered more beatable in the 200 meter<br \/>\nindividual medley at 1\/8. Ryan <span class=SpellE>Lochte<\/span> is 4\/1 and<br \/>\nmedal contender Laszlo <span class=SpellE>Cseh<\/span> is 20\/1. <\/p>\n<p class=MsoBodyText>Oh and the 100 meter butterfly may even have some<br \/>\nsuspense, says <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bodoglife.com\/welcome\/1861245\/sportsbook\">NewBodog<\/a>.<br \/>\nPhelps is 1\/3 with fellow Yankee Ian Crocker the most likely spoiler at 9\/4. Frenchman<br \/>\nFrederick <span class=SpellE>Bousquet<\/span> is 18\/1. <\/p>\n<p class=MsoBodyText>All the posted <a\nhref=\"http:\/\/www.offshoreinsiders.com\/index.php?PageID=122\">Olympic Betting<br \/>\nOdds<\/a> are from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bodoglife.com\/welcome\/1861245\/sportsbook\">NewBodog<\/a>.<br \/>\nAnother top casino <a href=\"http:\/\/www.betus.com\/ats\/10499\/sportsbook\/\">BetUs<br \/>\nSportsbook<\/a> has sundry Olympic wagering options as well including boxing<br \/>\nbetting odds. <\/p>\n<p class=MsoBodyText><span class=SpellE>Raushee<\/span> Warren of the <st1:country-region><st1:place>USA<\/st1:place><\/st1:country-region><br \/>\nis -145 to win the flyweight title. Italian <span class=SpellE>Clemente<\/span><br \/>\nRusso is a slight favorite over <span class=SpellE>Rakhim<\/span> <span\nclass=SpellE>Chakhiyev<\/span> a Russian. <\/p>\n<p class=MsoBodyText>In depth <a\nhref=\"http:\/\/www.betus.com\/ats\/10499\/sportsbook\/olympics-odds.aspx\">Olympic<br \/>\nbetting lines<\/a> continue to be posted at <a\nhref=\"http:\/\/www.betus.com\/ats\/10499\/sportsbook\/default.aspx\">BetUs<\/a>. <o:p><\/o:p><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/body><br \/>\n<\/html><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Will Michael Phelps get his eight Gold Medals? The bookmakers seem to think so (Olympic Betting Odds). Phelps is a stunning 1\/25 favorite to win the Men\u2019s 200 meter butterfly. For betting novices, that means a gambler would have to risk $100 for every $4 he would win. Grandmaster sports handicapper Joe Duffy said only &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/08\/michael-phelps-olympic-betting-odds\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Michael Phelps Olympic Betting Odds<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1452","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sports_betting_news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1452","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1452"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1452\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1452"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1452"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1452"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}