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Have you bet the Academy Awards yet? For those of you living outside the United States, Sportingbet.com is offering a huge variety of Academy Awards betting opportunities.
One of the biggest prop betting events of the year takes place Sunday when the 81st Academy Awards are held in Los Angeles, and Sportingbet.com has betting odds for all the major Oscar categories.
Slumdog Millionaire is the overwhelming favorite to win the Oscar for Best Picture, at -1600 odds.
Sportingbet.com Oscar Betting Odds have The Curious Case of Benjamin Button next at +350. Milk is at +1600, followed by The Reader at +2000 and Frost/Nixon at +2800.
Mickey Rourke, whose comeback performance in The Wrestler has already won him awards and critical acclaim, is the top pick to win the Best Actor Oscar at -250 odds at Sportingbet.com.
Sean Penn, for his portrayal of California politician Harvey Milk in Milk, is next at +175, Frank Langella, for Frost/Nixon, is +800, Brad Pitt (The Curious Case of Benjamin Button) is +1400, and Richard Jenkins (The Reader) +2200.
Kate Winslet, for her performance in The Reader, is the favorite to win the Best Actress Oscar, at -275 odds.
Meryl Streep is at +280 for Doubt while Anne Hathaway is at +450 for her performance in Rachel Getting Married. Angelina Jolie, for Changeling, is at +1200 and Melissa Leo, for Frozen River, is +2500.
Perhaps the most anticipated category is Best Supporting Actor, with the late Heath Ledger the overwhelming favorite to win the Oscar at -20000 odds, for his portrayal of The Joker in The Dark Knight.
Other nominees are Philip Seymour Hoffman (+800), Josh Brolin (+1100), and Michael Shannon and Robert Downey Jr. (both +1800).
Sportingbet.com also has Oscar Betting Odds for Best Supporting Actress and Best Director.
Please note that Sportingbet tends to offer odds that are a better value than their US-facing counterparts as they are normally not as up to speed with US entertainment affairs. Sportingbet is a British based betting firm.
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Ean Lamb, Gambling911.com
