Online World Cup Betting
2010 Fifa World Cup Betting — 11th June to 11th July, 2010 in South Africa
The Fifa World Cup is football’s most exciting event and, with so many teams gearing up to compete in the prestigious tournament, there’s also a lot of action for punters to get in on as well. With the beginning of the 2010 World Cup drawing ever closer, we’ve outlined some of the basic information and betting types related to the games.
The 2010 Fifa World Cup will take place across a number of South Africa’s major cities (including Cape Town, Johannesburg, Durban and others) at a variety of world class stadiums (such as Johannesburg’s Ellis Park Stadium and Soccer City or Cape Town’s Green Point Stadium).
Teams from across the world will arrive in the nation to prove themselves in front of an international crowd. 2010 kicks off with South Africa playing Mexico on Friday, 11th June and, after a solid month of competition, the World Cup will draw to a close in an adrenaline-fuelled showdown on Sunday, 11th July.
Betting at the 2010 Fifa World Cup allows for a large number of options, covering nearly every type of wager available in sports gambling. The most popular format is single game betting (where a punter simply places a wager on which team they predict to win — or draw — a given game) but other bets like wagering on the winner of the entire World Cup (a difficult but lucrative choice) and many other formats are also available.
With so little time left before the games begin, eager punters are advised to begin brushing up on competition odds, team rosters and national performance histories before the 2010 Fifa World Cup gets underway.
Latest World Cup Betting News
Anelka says camp "was as one"
Nicolas Anelka speaks for the first time since he was sent home from the World Cup, describing the tensions inside the France camp as a "timebomb".
Posted on 15 July 2010 | 11:54 am
Maradona offered new deal
Diego Maradona is to be offered a new deal that would keep him in charge of Argentina through to the summer of 2014 - when Brazil stages the World Cup.
Posted on 15 July 2010 | 8:14 am
Ballack warns captain Lahm
Injured Germany captain Michael Ballack warns World Cup skipper Philipp Lahm he expects to take back the armband on his return to fitness.
Posted on 14 July 2010 | 9:02 pm
Fabregas defends shirt joke
Arsenal captain Cesc Fabregas plays down being pictured in a Barcelona shirt during Spain's World Cup-winning celebrations.
Posted on 14 July 2010 | 10:30 am
Cup flops England climb rankings
England rise one place to seventh in Fifa's world rankings, despite an early World Cup exit, while Spain replace Brazil at number one.
Posted on 14 July 2010 | 9:17 am
Uruguay hails its football heroes
Uruguay's national footballers are given a rapturous welcome back home after their World Cup success.
Posted on 14 July 2010 | 8:54 am
Ref Webb defends display in final
Howard Webb says he has no regrets over his handling of Sunday's ill-tempered World Cup final between Spain and the Netherlands.
Posted on 13 July 2010 | 9:40 pm
SA to make Olympic bid for 2020
South Africa hopes to follow up its hosting of the football World Cup by staging the Olympics after confirming it plans to bid for the 2020 Games.
Posted on 13 July 2010 | 4:53 pm
Heroes' welcome for beaten Dutch
World Cup runners-up the Netherlands are given a heroes' welcome by fans as they go on an open-top boat tour of Amsterdam on Tuesday.
Posted on 13 July 2010 | 3:39 pm
Worst Cup ranking for England
England's performance at South Africa 2010 is officially their worst at a World Cup finals, according to Fifa.
Posted on 13 July 2010 | 11:10 am
Alonso critical of De Jong tackle
Spain midfielder Xabi Alonso calls Nigel de Jong's 'Kung-Fu' kick on him in Sunday's World Cup final one of the worst tackles he has ever received.
Posted on 13 July 2010 | 10:09 am
Spain return to rapturous welcome
Spain's victorious World Cup squad return to Madrid amid scenes of joyous celebration in the capital city.
Posted on 13 July 2010 | 7:30 am
Netherlands tactics upset Cruyff
Dutch football legend Johan Cruyff launches a scathing attack on Netherlands' display in the World Cup final, deriding it as "anti-football".
Posted on 12 July 2010 | 6:11 pm
Webb had hard task - Blatter
Fifa president Sepp Blatter believes English referee Howard Webb had a "very hard task" in controlling Spain's World Cup final win over Netherlands.
Posted on 12 July 2010 | 5:33 pm
Dutch coach criticises Webb
Netherlands coach Bert van Marwijk criticises referee Howard Webb after his side suffer a 1-0 defeat by Spain in the World Cup final.
Posted on 12 July 2010 | 5:23 pm
