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Hills have laid a bet to proud grandfather John Moore, from Great Yarmouth who will win £100,000 if his grandson Bobby, born in November, 2003, follows in his famous namesake's footsteps and grows up to captain England after staking £20 at 5000/1.

EVERYONE has an opinion on the World Cup - even the gentleman in our photograph above who, we must hope, will be backing England, rather than Italy, to win the tournament!

As World Cup Fever strikes, here are a few key facts about betting on the tournament:.

William Hill predict that industry turnover will top £1 Billion.
William Hill expect to take 3/4 Million bets online during the World Cup.
William Hill expect to accept online bets from punters in 188 countries worldwide.
William Hill : 25% of our total tournament betting turnover will be internet.
Best result for us would be a Honduras victory, with a total of just £304 staked on them so far.
Best For Turnover... England to make the final and lose on penalties!
Worst Case Scenario... England or Spain victory.
Biggest Single Bet to date £15,000 @ 7/1 on Argentina....Payout of £120,000 .
Biggest bet on England £6,500 @ 8/1 placed in a London betting shop.
Another client has £10,000 on Italy at 16/1... payout £170,000.
Biggest accumulative bet so far - $85,000 on six team Group qualification accumulator returning almost $200,000.
England Stage Of Elimination : 8/1 Group Stage, 5/2 Second Phase, 3/1 Quarter Final, 10/3 Semi Final, 6/1 Runner up, 8/1 Winner

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The biggest sporting event on the planet - FIFA World Cup 2010 is here again. This world Football Championship is taking place in South Africa starting 11th June and will end with final match on 11th July. This will be the first time the tournament is hosted by an African nation. Qualification involved 204 of the 208 FIFA national teams making FIFA World Cup along with 2008 summer olympics sports event with the most competing nations.

World Cup 2010 betting odds are hotter than hot after many surprises in past tournaments. The biggest surprise happened in European Championship in 2004 where Greece arrived as 150-1 outsiders who had never won a single match at a major tournament and in the end Greece became European Champions after beating Portugal in the final match.