Pick Your Bet On The BBC Sports Personality Of The Year

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The British have some very strange habits, especially when it comes to gambling. They make a whole range of bizarrely traditional wagers on an annual basis. That’s why online sportsbook sites in the UK like Bet365 have to offer prices on a White Christmas, Strictly Come Dancing and Snooker. Thus whilst you might find the idea of a bet on the BBC Sports Personality of the Year a little odd, in the UK it’s almost mandatory. The perfect novelty wager to end the year on. 

Traditional sporting wagers are, of course, ten a penny in the UK. Just about everyone picks a team in the EFL or backs the lads in the Ashes. It’s so commonplace that even non-gamblers will have ‘a little flutter’ on the big sporting occasions. They’ll bet on the Grand National or Cup Final and just not consider it real gambling. So online bookies in the UK like Bet365 cater to this strange market segment. Which is why you can bet on the BBC Sports Personality of the Year. 

A bet on the BBC Sports Personality of the Year is not a serious wager. Oh you can win serious money alright, but it’s just an award show. Just like a bet on the Oscars or Emmys it doesn’t quite have the same gravitas as a bet on horse racing. Few dyed in the wool gamblers would look upon it as anything but frivolity. However, you can find odds on the BBC Sports Personality of the Year at online betting sites in the UK like Bet365 as easy as odds on the 2022 Qatar World Cup. 

Emma Raducanu Seems Certain To Win In 2021

So, who is in the running for such a hallowed award this year? Well as usual, the likely suspects represent a good variety of sports. The BBC likes to appear as if still dominates sports coverage in the UK, so it isn’t always just footballers. From a boxer to a para-Olympian the top five chances on sites like Bet365 are quite the mixed bag. Although it appears one of them already has it in the bag. But is Emma Raducanu the only bet on the BBC Sports Personality of the Year? 

BBC Sports Personality Of The Year Odds

• Jonathan Rea – 100/1
• Tom Pidcock – 100/1
• Sarah Storey – 50/1
• Lewis Hamilton – 40/1
• Tyson Fury – 40/1
• Adam Peaty – 33/1
• Tom Daley – 12/1
• Emma Raducanu – 1/25 

Well the odds certainly suggest so. She certainly has every bit as good a claim to it as the others on the list. She won the US Open, after all. However whilst she’s a great bet on sports in the UK she’s not such a hot tip as a bet on the BBC Sports Personality of the Year. They’re giving her such short odds the others might as well not turn up at all. Even the most cautious of the bookies like Bet365 is giving her 1/25 to walk off with the award. So, chances are, she probably will.

Bet On The BBC Sports Personality Of The Year At Bet365

However, the BBC are not above confounding expectations. So just because the bookies are convinced doesn’t mean you ought to be too. The other stars are just as accomplished. Tom Daley is hardly an under achiever. Just a shame the 12/1 odds on Tom Daley are just so far adrift. Same can be said of Tyson Fury the boxer, Lewis Hamilton the F1 driver or Sarah Storey the para-Olympian. They’re all entirely worthy of the award. It’s just Emma is by no means as old.

“I truly wasn’t expecting it.”

• Lewis Hamilton – Winner 2020

So the odds on Emma Raducanu aren’t all that attractive, but you can find alternative books. Top three finishers is popular this year. Much as the British enjoy novelty wagers they’re not entirely mad. So you’ll find quite a few take advantage of UK gambling laws to back Lewis Hamilton at 7/2 to get a podium. It might not be the bet on the BBC Sports Personality of the Year you’d want to make, but it definitely the most sensible. At least sensible amongst British novelty wagers.

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We take a look at the rather strange idea of placing a bet on the BBC Sports Personality of the Year award.