Sportingbet believes Hawthorn’s Jordan Lewis has polled between 13 to 14 Brownlow Medal votes this season but one punter clearly disagrees with the online bookie.
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The punter stands to collect $105,000 should Lewis win this year’s Brownlow Medal after placing an each-way bet of $3,000 by $2,000 on him at odds of $31.
“We think Lewis is at least 10 votes behind the leaders at the moment but this is a pretty smart punter,” Sportingbet’s Andrew Brown said.
“The same bloke put $1,000 on Dyson Heppell at $51 a few weeks back and he’s now a $9 third favourite.”
Joel Selwood is Sportingbet’s $3 favourite in front of Gary Ablett at $3.50.
Sportingbet’s running Brownlow Medal vote tally (below) shows the ineligible Nathan Fyfe level with Ablett on 24.5 votes after Round 21.
Sportingbet’s analysts award half votes when they can’t split certain player performances, a system that has proven to balance out over the course of the season and provide a more accurate prediction of a player’s final vote numbers.
2014 Brownlow Medal
Votes according to Sportingbet’s AFL analysts. Odds from Sportingbet.com.au
| Player | Round 21 Votes | Overall | Odds |
| Gary Ablett [GC] | 0 | 24.5 | $3.50 |
| Nathan Fyfe [FRE] | 0 | 24.5 | Ineligible |
| Joel Selwood [GEE] | 1 | 22.5 | $3.00 |
| Josh Kennedy [SYD] | 0 | 21 | $10.00 |
| Matthew Priddis [WCE] | 0 | 20 | $9.00 |
| Steve Johnson [GEE] | 0 | 19 | Ineligible |
| Scott Pendlebury [COL] | 0 | 18.5 | $13.00 |
| Trent Cotchin [RIC] | 2.5 | 17.5 | $23.00 |
| Lance Franklin [SYD] | 3 | 17 | $13.00 |
| Dayne Beams [COL] | 0 | 16 | $67.00 |
| Brent Harvey [NTH] | 0 | 16 | $26.00 |
| Travis Boak [PTA] | 0 | 15 | $31.00 |
| Dyson Heppell [ESS] | 3 | 15 | $9.00 |
| Nathan Jones [MEL] | 0 | 14.5 | $151.00 |
| Rory Sloane [ADE] | 0 | 14.5 | $101.00 |
| Aaron Sandilands [FRE] | 0 | 14 | $101.00 |
| Patrick Dangerfield [ADE] | 0 | 13.5 | $34.00 |
| Jordan Lewis [HAW] | 0.5 | 13.5 | $21.00 |
| Tom Rockliff [BRI] | 1 | 13.5 | Ineligible |
| Robbie Gray [PTA] | 2 | 13 | $41.00 |
| Michael Barlow [FRE] | 0.5 | 12.5 | $101.00 |
