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On Tuesday the pre-season favourites for the Blue Square Premier host the current odds-on favourites for the title. The majority of a near capacity attendance at Kenilworth Road will be hoping that Luton (12/1 for the Blue Square Premier) can make up ground on opponents Oxford United (leaders and the 8/13 favourites for the title). It may well be too late in terms of winning the league, but The Hatters need to maintain their play-off push at the very least. The gap between the two sides before yesterday’s matches was a huge 13 points. Richard Money will be eyeing up fourth (or fifth spot) for his side as a matter of priority and despite the occasional setback no team has been allowed to make that section of the table their own. Luton are being quoted at 100/30 to gain promotion by any means that roughly equates as just under 3/1 to win the play-off final when we take away their chance of winning the league outright. A genuine three way battle for the title is a minor hope for the rest of the season, but it’s more likely to include the current top three of Oxford, Stevenage and York City. Despite winning only once in five home matches against the top seven in the table, Money’s side are slight favourites for this match. Blue Square go 11/8 for a home win, 9/4 for a draw and offer an Oxford victory at 9/5. It’s safe to say that barring their trip to Stevenage in late March, this is the biggest price that Oxford will be all season. The exception will be if they tie up the league nice and early and decide to play a weak team in one of their last few fixtures. A win here would help that become reality because I think that Chris Wilder’s team have a favourable run-in. The type of fixture you want at the end of the season is a home match against a team in mid-table with little to play for at either end. Between now and the end of the season Oxford have five or six such fixtures starting with Histon next Saturday. The U’s then welcome Kidderminster, Wrexham, Cambridge, Hayes & Yeading and Salisbury to the Kassam before the end of April. Some of them may have outside hopes of the play-offs but I’d expect Wilder’s team to secure at least 12 points from a possible 18 in those matches. Contrast that with Luton who are still to negotiate trips to five of the top eight in the table.

York City are yet to travel to three of the top eight teams, their nine game winning run was ended by Histon last week. The pitfalls of football betting were in stark evidence as I had failed to back them for any of the previous nine matches but thought they were good value to rack up a tenth at the Cambridgeshire outfit. I listened in to the last twenty minutes on BBC York’s online service and it never looked like they would find the extra gear to beat their hosts. All credit to Histon for managing to stop The Minstermen’s runaway train which got back on the rails with a win at Kettering on Saturday. It just goes to show how resilient Stevenage and Oxford have been that there could still be a gap between those teams after such a prolific period for Martin Foyle’s side. York’s midweek game has been postponed due to the FA Trophy giving Stevenage a perfect chance to seize on any slip ups by Oxford just down the road in neighbouring Bedfordshire. Graham Westley was a fully deserving recipient of the January ‘manager of the month’ award and I’ll be looking forward to presenting him with the Champagne and the trophy before his side’s clash with Mansfield. Stevenage are favourites for the game at 8/11 and it’s clear to see why, if anything, that should be a little shorter. Visitors Mansfield have struggled to hit any kind of rhythm and possess very poor statistics when playing away to the better teams in the division. In eight away games against teams in the top half of the table The Stags have won just two, losing the other six. They’ve failed to score in three of those matches and only kept a clean sheet once. Boro’s record at Broadhall Way is almost immaculate and I expect a tough evening for David Holdsworth’s team. A 2-0 home win is available at 6/1 and that would be my call. Stevenage had the tightest defence in the division conceding just 0.72 goals per game, keeping clean-sheets in nearly 50% of their matches.

If results go their way Rushden & Diamonds can move up to fourth in the table. That’s a great achievement from manager Justin Edinburgh and his squad. They’re 8/15 favourites at home to Eastbourne Borough on Tuesday. Amazingly Borough have lost just two of their last ten games in the league but have dropped to 19th in the table because of a so many drawn matches. Rushden are on an unbeaten run of five, but I could fancy the draw here at 13/5 as the pressure could tell on the Diamonds. Hayes & Yeading host hapless Grays and the Middlesex side are the shortest price of the night to win this at 1/2. Ebbsfleet are in superb form and have lifted themselves out of the relegation zone in recent weeks but their price of 6/5 looks restrictive against a tough to beat Histon outfit. I’d favour another draw here at 23/10. Wrexham disappointed again on Saturday as they undone all their recent hard work with a defeat at Eastbourne. They are 4/5 to bounce back at home to Tamworth, who have a few big scalps already this season. There are two games in the FA Trophy and I like the look of extra-time in the Gateshead versus Barrow replay, a draw is 23/10. I’ve saved the best bet for last and I think that Salisbury should confirm their tag as 6/5 home favourites against a Cambridge United side that are in freefall in the league. Martin Ling’s team lost their sixth straight Blue Square Premier match on Saturday and haven’t found the net in over 300 minutes of football.

Bookies Paddy Power have today released odds on the formation of Irish government in power when the controversial Poolbeg incinerator finally becomes operational.

According to the bookies odds the winds of change will have blown across the Irish political landscape with a Fine Gael / Labour coalition the bookies red-hot 1/2 favourite.

A return to power by the incumbents is the 5/2 second favourite followed by a somewhat unlikely, but not completely improbable, partnership between Fianna Fail and Labour at odds of 5/1.

Paddy Power are also offering odds of 4/9 that the incinerator becomes operational in the year 2014 or later.

Paddy Power said, “According to our odds it seems very likely that Enda Kenny will be the man to throw the switch to ignite a new era for Irish waste disposal but exactly when this happens is anyone’s guess!”

Paddy Power have installed Fine Gael and Labour as 5/6 joint-favourites to win the seat in Dublin South which became vacant earlier today after the shock resignation of George Lee.

Success for Fianna Fail in Dublin South is considered less likely according to the bookies odds of 14/1 with both The Green Party and Sinn Fein complete outsiders in the betting at odds of 50/1 and 100/1 respectively.

Paddy Power said, “This could be an excellent opportunity for Labour to get a foothold in Dublin South and early betting trends suggest that punters believe that’s the case.”

Punters are going stir crazy betting on where a meteorite, which crashed to earth in Ireland last Wednesday evening, will be found according to bookmaker Paddy Power.

So far all attempts to find the precious rock have proved fruitless but County Donegal has now entered the race as a hot contender at 5/4 following new reports from Astronomy Ireland that it may have landed further north.

Not only are punters eager to bet on where the precious rock will be found but they’re also keen to put their money on whether or not it will be found at all as well as the chance of traces of primitive life being found on the meteorite.

It’s 2/5 with Paddy Power that the valuable space rock is found and just 7/4 it will remain a lost object forever.

As for what might happen the rock once the public get their hands on it? Paddy Power are betting 13/8 it will go on display in the National Museum, 40/1 it goes on display at the upcoming Meteor Music Awards, 33/1 it gets sold to NASA and 1000/1 it gets positioned on top of the Spire in O’Connell Street. There’s even 33/1 available that it will be snapped up by The Hard Rock Café!

And if that wasn’t enough to fire punters up, the cheeky bookie has also opened betting on what name the meteorite will be given. It’s 8/1 to be nicknamed ‘Shamrock’, 14/1 to be dubbed ‘Dickie Rock’ and 80/1 to be landed with the name ‘Sharon Stone’!

With the widely expected recall of Toyota’s Prius hybrid car this week Irish bookmaking firm Paddy Power are offering odds on the next international car brand, after Toyota, to issue a recall in excess of 100,000 units.

And in even more bad news for the Japanese car giant Paddy Power make Toyota their odds-on 1/3 favourite to be first to announce another recall after the Prius. The luxury vehicle division of Toyota, Lexus, is the 2/1 second favourite followed by Volvo and Audi and longer odds of 12/1 and 14/1 respectively.

Bizarrely punters believe that Czech Republic car manufacturer Skoda is the least likely to be forced to recall their cars and is the 66/1 outsider in the betting.

Paddy Power said, “Ninety per cent of bets placed so far predict that Toyota will come a cropper again but with rumours circulating about a similar braking fault on the new Lexus hybrid I think the 2/1 about Lexus could be the value bet.”

This week’s Euromillions Mega Jackpot is heading for a whopping €129million. There were no winners of last week’s €100million prize sending punters into a betting frenzy ahead of this Friday’s massive rollover!

At 75,275,360/1, the odds on winning the Euromillions are stacked against us according to bookies Paddy Power. In fact there’s more chance of a meteorite hitting your house at odds of 50,000,000/1 (slashed from 500,000,000/1 following the recent meteorite landing in Cavan!) than there is of bagging the cash, but that hasn’t stopped punters fancying their chances!

However, Paddy Power are giving their punters a slightly easier way to make a few bob on this week’s giveaway. As well as offering odds on whether or not the jackpot will be scooped this week, Paddy Power are betting on which country the winning ticket holder will come from. It’s 2/1 the jackpot winner hails from France, 11/4 they come from Spain while it’s 25/1 that an Irish man or woman hits the big time!

The good news for lotto lovers is there’s a good chance that the jackpot will be shared with Paddy Power betting 13/8 that two people will share the prize compared to 4/6 odds that one person will walk away with the lot.

Sharon McHugh, spokesperson for Paddy Power said: “Ever since Dolores McNamara scooped a whopping €115million back in 2005, the Irish have gone crazy for the Euromillions lotto. Queues for the lotto stand in shops will be out the door come Friday but it will take more than a little Irish luck to beat the odds!”

IT COULD BE YOU
Odds of YOU winning the Euromillions Jackpot 75,275,360/1

BUT IT’S MORE LIKELY…
500,000/1 You’ll get struck by lightning
2,500,000/1 You’ll be killed by lightning
3,000,000/1 You’ll spot a UFO today
50,000,000/1 Your house will be hit by a meteorite

During my daily newspaper review I noticed a trend from football journalists and ex-players who are paid a pretty penny to put their thoughts in black and white. There seems to be no need to construct a full article these days and most get away with five quick bullet points and just a few words – usually under the guise of “five things I learned this weekend” or “five things the weekend told us”. I understand that this style of writing appeals to people who browse through newspapers as a brief respite from their very busy lives. Perhaps they’re the same people who complained that Tesco’s have banned people wearing pyjamas in their stores to which one such reply was “don’t they realise it’s hard to get yourself dressed when you have five kids to get ready for school in the morning”. Anyway just to prove I’m not adverse to trends I’ve come up with five of my own from the weekend with a gambling twist – I hope you have the time to read them. I’m off on the afternoon school run, fully dressed I might add.

1. Wednesday night’s trip to The Emirates is a massive match for Liverpool as they look to salvage their season. If they can beat Arsenal they will become strong favourites to claim a top four finish after playing second fiddle in that particular market to Manchester City in recent months. If anything the Merseysiders will just be grateful to be playing against the so called lightweights from North London who surely won’t resort to the tactics that neighbours Everton did on Saturday – Liverpool to finish in the Barclays Premier League ‘top four’ 6/5 from 7/4

2. Arsenal’s lack of silverware has stoked up the heat on the once untouchable Arsene Wenger and the pressure seems to be getting to the Frenchman. His post match excuses and comments have had the occasional strange diversions but Sunday’s excuse after the London derby with Chelsea was one of his best. After stating the well beaten Gunners were the better side he suggested that his team struggled towards the end of the game because “the Chelsea fans were keeping the ball in the stand and not releasing it to Manuel Almunia quick enough for goal kicks”. Maybe they were afraid of throwing it to him in case he dropped it Arsene? – Arsenal to win ‘No Trophies’ this season 1/25 from 1/10

3. England manager Fabio Capello has tried his best to learn our native tongue but may need help with his hearing. When the erstwhile Italian was cornered after the Euro 2012 qualifying draw and asked by a reporter what Rio Ferdinand will bring to the role of England captain, Capello responded by saying “no questions about John Terry!”. – BBC Sports Personality of the Year 2010, John Terry 25/1 out from 14/1.

4. Ever since Crystal Palace’s amazing leap from 15^th to sixth spot in The Championship’s 2005/06 season, promotion from the second tier of English football has always been deemed a close run thing. Indeed today’s table shows the 19^th placed side Scunthorpe just three wins (nine points) off the final play-off place. Is there a closer league in the country? Well how about the Blue Square South where second place to 15^th place shows a gap of just four wins (twelve points). Last season was the same as nine clubs entered the final day with a chance of reaching the play-offs. – Blue Square South promotion Dover Athletic 100/30 to Welling United at 22/1

5. My pre-season tip for the Blue Square Premier title, Mansfield Town, tried a novel experiment on Saturday as they let fans pay as much as they wanted for the match with lowly Gateshead. The experiment had the desired effect with a near capacity crowd paying amounts ranging from 3p to £50. Unfortunately a shock 2-0 defeat put David Holdsworth’s side 10 points of the pace and left me wondering if I could introduce a novel scheme in which I pay what I want for losing title bets on The Stags! – Mansfield Town to win the Blue Square Premier 40/1 out from 33/1.

Arsenal host Liverpool on Wednesday(kick-0ff 7.45m, Sky Sports 1).  Paddy Power have a money-back special for this match they call ‘The Dirk Knight!’

If Dirk Kuyt scores the last goal Paddy Power will refund(maximum £100 per customer/bet) all losing 1st/last goalscorer, correct score & scorecast singles on the match.

- Applies to singles placed before kick off only.
- Applies to win part of each-way goalscorer bets only.
- Own goals do not count.
- If Dirk Kuyt plays no part in game special will revert to last goal direct from a free kick.
- Further terms & conditions apply.

Following the New Orleans Saints 31-17 victory over the Indianapolis Colts to claim Super Bowl XLIV, Sky Bet are offering 9/1 for the Saints to successfully defend their title. The Colts, who went into this year’s Super Bowl with high expectations, are 8/1 to go one better next year with the San Diego Chargers 10/1 and New England Patriots 12/1.

Wembley bound San Francisco 49ers are 40/1 to grab their first Super Bowl in 16 years and their opponents at Wembley, the Denver Broncos, who started this season strongly, but blew a 6-0 winning start to the season and missed the playoffs, are 50/1.

Sky Bet’s NFL spokesman Ben Wright said: “Looking at next year’s potential winners, Indianapolis and New Orleans look the teams to beat once again. A team we are keen to oppose is the New England Patriots, whose years of dominating the league seem to be over. The NY Jets and Miami have reduced the gap in quality in their division, so the Patriots face a battle to even reach the playoffs.”