| | |  | Last Updated: Tuesday, June 19, 2007 |  | | | Gambling on the Winter Olympics
- Monday, 13 Feb 2006
Americans love gambling on sporting events and the Winter Olympics are no different. This year at the 20th Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy countries from all over the globe are gambling on their favorite athletics. And the American's are making sure to support their players over all others. The mostly hotly contended medals at the Olympics are skiing and hockey - Olympic gold that online gambling sportsbook players expect to be brought back to America. SportingbetUSA.com, "where America bets" is offering a list of Olympics props. Predictably, SportingbetUSA players feel strongest about sports they see as America's turf.
"I don't care about ladies figure skating... let the French have that one!" said one gambling fan. "But I definitely want to see the Men's Hockey Gold back in America where it belongs!" Online gambling odds makers think Czech Republic has a better chance of beating Canada for the gold in Men's Hockey. But it seems that American gambling fans are more patriotic than that; the sportsbook is seeing a lot of money on the U.S. team. American downhill star Bode Miller isn't the favorite to win gold in Men's downhill either. Odds on Miller to win one gold medal currently sit at 7-4, two gold at 9-2, and three gold at 20-1.
The favorite at the online gambling sportsbook is that Miller will be shut out of a gold medal, with 4-7. Nevertheless, SportingbetUSA bettors seem to think this is another Olympic gold medal that belongs in America and are putting their bucks on Bode. The most medals the US has ever won in one Winter Olympic Games was 34 in 2002 at the Salt Lake City games, including 10 gold medals. SportingbetUSA odds makers have set 28.5 as the over/under number of total medals for the U.S. delegation. Odds on the U.S. leading the medal count in Turin are 9-5, behind only Germany at 5-9. So make your picks and head on over to your favorite online gambling site to place your bets.
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