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The Premier League is the worlds biggest sporting competition in terms of revenue, number of people watching, wages, attendance and pretty much any other stat you want to look at; including betting, accounting for over half of bets placed on football in the UK.

Let's face it the league is elitist and based on money, and for a long time this caused stagnation with three teams dominating the first 20 years; Man Utd, Chelsea and Arsenal. Lately, however, the league has gained a new competitive streak, most notably with Leicester winning in 2015 and then two new dominant forces arising in Liverpool and Man City, who look set to continue their battle in 2021-22, in the way United and Arsenal did 15 years ago - that is except the level is now much higher, as seen with Liverpool coming second in 2019 with an astonishing 97 points.

In the UK 70% of bets are placed on football and nearly three quarters of those wagers go on the Premier League, making this one event responsible for around half of all bets placed. Considering this if you bet on the PL you would be insane not to search around for the best offers and odds from our leading bookies. Read our detailed guide for more.

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The 2022 EFL Cup gets underway with the first round starting the week of the 9th August. The games then come quick and fast through the autumn in order to complete the competition by February. That doesn't however mean teams won't want to play seriously for the silverware that could come. Manchester City have won six of the last eight finals since 2014 and have come to own the competition of late. Then again this is a cup competition and anything can happen, this will be in City's mind too having been beaten in one of the biggest FA Cup shocks when Wigan overcame them in the 2012 final.

With Man City likely to dominate the Premier League again it gives added importance for the League Cup where it will be high on the list for teams like Tottenham, Chelsea, Arsenal, Spurs and Man United as a way to earn silverware to grow their teams. Equally upcoming teams like Everton and Wolves could get a lot out of a good EFL Cup run.

For 2021 the two-legged semi-finals were scrapped to help reduce the number of matches in a shortened season. If carried through this year it makes the entire competition a single leg knockout. The team drawn first will be at home, the only game held at a neutral venue is the final at Wembley on 27th February 2022.

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With all the majors no complete for the year it is time to see who will win the race to be crowned the PGA tour champion and winning the 2021 FedEx Cup. The player with the most points after the final event on the 5th September will become the champion.

The players in the top 125 positions in the points rankings will take part in a series of three play-off events starting with The Northern Trust in New Jersey from 19th August. The top 70 ranked players after this event will then take part in the BMW Championship in Illinois starting 26th August. Finally the remaining 30 top ranked players go through to the Tour Championship in Georgia from 2nd September.

The winner will receive a $15 prize, in addition to individual prizes from each event, plus an exception for the need to qualify for the PGA tour for 5 years.

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When we think about elite summer flat racing it is easy to jump straight from Royal Ascot and Goodwood to the St Leger at Doncaster in September. Sandwiched in the middle, however, is the Ebor Festival, held at one of the most beautiful and iconic northern England racecourses in the historic city of York.

Ebor is an abbreviation of the Latin Eboracum, the early Roman name for York. The festival was established all the way back in 1843 with the Ebor Handicap, now a heritage handicap it has been run almost every year since. It takes place on the final day over 1 mile, 5 furlongs and 188 yards and carries an impressive prize fund, one of the biggest in the world for a handicap, of over £500,000.

This is a four day event however and is not just about the Ebor Handicap. There are 24 other races at the meeting, nearly half of which are group races, made up of 3 group one races, 4 group two and three group 3. Alongside these are a further 14 handicap, heritage handicap, listed and conditions races between 5 furlongs and 1 mile 6 furlongs, that will give plenty of spectacle to racegoers and viewers alike.

With the flat season well underway and the horses entering into the peak season condition this meeting is very much loved by punters and the betting companies, and is often used to try to attract summer racing bettors - and that means good prices and decent offers are available.

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The Hundred is a new 100-ball cricket tournament to be hosted over the school summer holidays in England and Wales. The new format event has eight new teams of 15 players, these were drawn in a draft in February, two players were selected from each of seven salary bands (£125k, £100k, £75k, £60k, £50k, £40k, £30k) plus a central contract England player (e.g. Ben Stokes). Each team were allowed 3 overseas players and two local icons. The teams and venues are:

• Birmingham Pheonix (Edgbaston)
• London Spirit (Lord's)
• Manchester Originals (Old Trafford)
• Northern Superchargers (Headingly)
• Oval Invincibles (The Oval)
• Southern Brave (The Rose Bowl)
• Trent Rockets (Trent Bridge)
• Welsh Fire (Sophia Gardens)

There will be 38 games played in total over 5 weeks, 32 league matches (each team playing 4 home and 4 away games) followed by a play-off. The top two teams play each other with the winner going straight to the final. The 3rd & 4th placed teams play each other, the winner of this game plays the loser of the first play-off match, the winner of this game goes to the final.

There are several changes for The Hundred that divert from conventional cricket, such as, the removal of the traditional 6 ball over. Instead bowlers can bowl 5 or 10 balls (max 20 / game / bowler), end change after 10 balls, 25 ball power play, timeouts and more.

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Even those who proclaim to hate sports generally find an event at the Olympics that they enjoy. It is a great unifier of people and has been through history, indeed the logo itself, with each ring representing one of the five continents, reflects this perfectly. This is true now more than ever with the games postponed from 2020 due to the corona outbreak.

The 33rd (XXXIII) Summer Games will be held this year in Tokyo, the second time in its history the Japanese city has hosted the games, having previously been the venue for the 18th Olympics in 1964. It is expected to be the biggest games yet, in terms of both competitors, the number of sports (33), events (339) and the number of people watching (over 3.6 billion, half the population of the planet). This year sees the introduction of new sports such as skateboarding, surfing, baseball and climbing. It also sees the introduction of new disciplines within existing sports such as BMX and 3x3 basketball.

It is generally difficult to bet on many of the sports in the Olympics, and amateur sports in general, although the summer games is a big exception. Bookies have more data on which to base odds and therefore if you shop around you can find lots of markets and decent value, you can even grab the odd offer for the bigger events (e.g. athletics). With the Olympics held after the Euros and before the Premier League season it also means betting sites tend to pay more attention to it.

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Horse racing as about the individuals and always has been. Therefore, the racing league is an incredibly novel concept in that it is a team event, comparable to the Ryder Cup in golf. Twelve teams compete, each with 2-4 trainers each, 3 jockeys, one manager and 30 horses. There are six flat racing meetings over the summer (listed below) and six races in each meeting, with £50,000 to the winner of each race. The races are run over 5f (furlongs), 6f, 7f, 8f (1 mile), 10f and 12f (1.5 miles). Teams win points for their position, from 25 points for a win to 1 point for 10th place with the overall champions winning a team bonus.

• Newcatle - 29/07
• Doncaster - 05/08
• Lingfield - 15/8
• Windsor - 19/08
• Lingfield - 16/08
• Newcastle - 02/09

Horses will be over 3 years old and have a rating between 0-90. The team manager decides who runs for their team in what race and each team has an ambassador that wins big if their team wins the racing league.

Besides being a novel concept it is also interesting from a betting perspective with a whole host of new markets and offers available that have never been seen before. Bookies will obviously be pushing this and so expect good value odds and deals if you shop around.

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