Poor Oscar Betting reports Bookies

With the annual event that is the Oscars taking place this Sunday in Hollywood, Coral bookmakers are reporting that turnover has been particularly poor by comparison this year, mainly due to the number of certainties in the six categories that they offer betting on. And the little interest they have seen has been for the favourites only.

Gary Burton of Coral told us "The Hurt Locker has been well backed to turnover the original favourite, Avatar, for Best Picture, but apart from that, all the other awards had an odds-on favourite from the outset, and as we only accept single bets, the majority of punters aren't interested in placing bets for minimum return"

Coral have further trimmed the price of Jeff Bridges and Sandra Bullock for Best Actor and Actress today, Bridges is now 1-8, while Bullock is into 4-7, making it only 11-4 that all six favourites oblige on the night.

Oscar Betting odds at Coral
Best Picture
4-6 (from 13-8) The Hurt Locker, 11-10 Avatar, 14-1 Inglourious Basterds, 25-1 Up In The Air, 40-1 Precious, 50-1 Up, 66-1 An Education, 100-1 The Blind Side, A Serious Man, District 9

Best Director
1-5 (from 4-7) Kathryn Bigelow (The Hurt Locker), 10-3 James Cameron (Avatar) 33-1 Quentin Tarantino (Inglourious Basterds, 50-1 Jason Reitman (Up in the Air), 80-1 Lee Daniels (Precious)

Best Actor
1-8 (from 1-5) Jeff Bridges (Crazy Heart), 13-2 George Clooney (Up in the Air), 9-1 (from 14-1) Colin Firth (A Single Man), 20-1 Morgan Freeman (Invictus), 25-1 Jeremy Renner (The Hurt Locker)
 
Best Actress
4-7 (from 8-11) Sandra Bullock (The Blind Side), 15-8 Meryl Streep (Julie & Julia), 6-1 Carey Mulligan (An Education), 14-1 Gabourey Sidibe (Precious), 66-1 Helen Mirren (The Last Station)

Best Supporting Actor
1-40 (from 1-10) Christoph Waltz (Inglourious Basterds), 14-1 Woody Harrelson (The Messenger), 20-1 Stanley Tucci (The Lovely Bones), 25-1 Matt Damon (Invictus) 33-1 Christopher Plummer (The Last Station) 

Best Supporting Actress
1-20 (from 1-10) Mo'Nique (Precious), 14-1 Penelope Cruz (Nine), 16-1 Anna Kendrick (Up In The Air), 20-1 Vera Farmiga (Up in the Air), 40-1 Maggie Gyllenhaal (Crazy Heart)