Oscars 2011 Betting: Colin Firth backed to win Best Actor for the King's Speech Visit Ladbrokes Save For Later Posted by Bettingpro Staff 19 Jan 2011 Tweet Colin Firth is a certainty for a BAFTA and an Oscar this year Related Articles See all Oscars news Share it Pin It Colin Firth is the subject of huge support for Best Actor at both the Oscars and the BAFTA awards with Ladbrokes.Get a free £25 bet on the 2011 Oscars at Ladbrokes when opening a new account using bonus code MAXIMUMBONUSDespite being prohibitively short odds-on punters are piling in and striking several four and five figure bets as they believe the King’s Speech star is the biggest certainty in the history of awards betting. Even at 1/25 several bets were registered where punters are due to win just £4 for every £100 staked prompting the bookies to cut him to 1/50.This leaves main gong rival The Social Network’s chances of best actor success relying on Jesse Eisenberg (20/1 BAFTA & 9/1 Oscars)The King’s Speech is also 100/1 to complete a clean sweep and win all 14 BAFTA awards it has been nominated for.Alex Donohue of Ladbrokes told Bettingpro: “Firth’s fans are seeing this as an opportunity to buy money. In some cases they are risking a thousand pounds to win a pair of cinema tickets but it doesn’t seem to have put them off as he looks a nailed on certainty.”Ladbrokes latest bettingThe BAFTA Film AwardsBest Film The King's Speech - 4/7 The Social Network - 6/4 Inception - 50/1 True Grit - 33/1 Black Swan - 33/1 Leading ActorColin Firth - 1/50 James Franco - 20/1 Jesse Eisenberg - 20/1 Jeff Bridges - 33/1 Javier Bardem - 33/1 The King’s Speech to win all 14 BAFTAS – 100/1The OscarsBest ActorColin Firth - The King's Speech - 1/9 James Franco - 127 Hours - 9/1 Jesse Eisenberg - The Social Network - 9/1 Robert Duval - Get Low - 20/1 Read our Ladbrokes review Use code MAXIMUMBONUS to get £50 free at Ladbrokes Like Like Post to wall 465 Reads All Entertainment News Recent Entertainment Articles Oscars 2013 Betting – The Hunger Games an early runner25 Mar 2012The Hunger Games is an early runner to win the Best Picture award at next year's Oscars, according Oscars 2012 Betting – The Artist fancied for clean sweep25 Feb 2012‘The Artist’ is just 2/1 to pick up more than five Oscars on Sunday night, according to Ladbrokes. Oscars 2012 Betting – Bookies suspend Beckham betting25 Feb 2012Bookmakers William Hill have been forced to suspended the betting on the winner of the Best Actress Oscars 2012 betting - The Artist huge favourite to win Best Picture24 Feb 2012Sky Bet make The Artist just 1/16 to win Best Picture at the Oscars with Jean Dujardin leading the Oscars 2012 odds - The Artist set to sweep the 2012 Oscars23 Feb 2012The bookmakers odds indicate that The Artist will be the big winner at the 2012 Oscars with the fil 2012 Oscars Betting – Meryl Streep odds continue to drift22 Feb 2012Meryl Streep may not have as iron a grip on the Oscar for Best Actress as first thought, bookmakers More Stories Recent Articles Eurovision Song Contest 2012 Guide - Russia25 May 2012Russia are this year's novelty act at the Eurovision Song Contest but the odds suggest that the sin Eurovision Song Contest 2012 Guide - Sweden25 May 2012Loreen is singing for Sweden at Eurovision 2012 and is the red hot favourite to win the much covete Eurovision Song Contest 2012 Guide - UK entry Engelbert Humperdinck25 May 2012Engelbert Humperdinck is singing for the UK and his song Love Will Set You Free is one of the best Argentinos Juniors v Banfield live streaming25 May 2012Argentinos Juniors take on lowly Banfield in Argentina's top flight on Saturday evening. Jeonbuk v Suwon Live Streaming - K-League25 May 2012Suwon Samsung Blue Wings will be looking to extend their lead at the top of the K-League when they BMW PGA Championship scores - Luke Donald 5/2 as James Morrison leads by 425 May 2012James Morrison leads the BMW PGA Championship at Wentworth by four shots after two rounds – but is More Stories Tags Bafta 2011, Colin Firth, Ladbrokes, Oscars 2011 Betting, The King's Speech
