#8211; The 78th Oscar Award ceremony is soon to be celebrated and as the anticipation grows, thousands of people have gone online to bet on their favorites to win an award on the
different categories.
Betmaker.com - Online Sportsbook, Poker and Casino- is now offering an extensive amount of updated odds for the event. Names like Phillip Seymour Hoffman stand out as the heavy public
favorites to win the Award to the Best Actor in a Leading Role at -1000 (Bet $1000 to win $100), but many movie-goers are taking their chances for an eventual upset and are looking to
cash their tickets with much juicier comebacks betting on Joaquin Phoenix (Walk the Line) at +875 and heath Ledger (Brokeback Mountain) at +625.
"Winning an Academy Award is arguably the most renown distinction for a professional entertainer in the film industry and is undoubtedly one of the most popular events on which people bet
online outside of the sports world. Millions of movie fans around the world will be watching and millions are now betting on their favourites to take home an Oscar." Says Larry Mac,
headline odds-maker and line manager for Betmaker.com.
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Among the many odds available to bet on the Oscar, you can find:
Odds to win the best actress award
> odds to win the best actress award reese witherspoon (walk the line) -600
> odds to win the best actress award charlize theron (north county) +3000
> odds to win the best actress award judi dench (mrs henderson presents) +3500
> odds to win the best actress award keira knightley (pride and prejudice) +3500
> odds to win the best actress award felicity huffman (transamerica) +265
Odds to win the best picture award
> odds to win the best picture award munich +1400
> odds to win the best picture award good night and good luck +1900
> odds to win the best picture award brokeback mountain -550
> odds to win the best picture award capote +1800
> odds to win the best picture award crash +450
Odds to win the best director award
> odds to win the best director award ang lee -1000
> odds to win the best director award george clooney +850
> odds to win the best director award stephen spielberg +1200
> odds to win the best director award bennett miller +1600
> odds to win the best director award paul haggis +2800
The 78th Annual Academy Awards take place at 8:00 p.m. (EST) on Sunday, March 5, 2006 at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood.
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