Online bookmaker sportsbet is taking wagers on over 250 markets on tomorrow night’s Origin decider, with Man of the Match betting again proving popular with punters.
$250 STATE OF ORIGIN GAME 3 FREE BET
Jonathan Thurston is the $5.50 favourite, ahead of Robbie Farah ($6.00), Cooper Cronk, Cameron Smith (both $7.00) and Greg Inglis ($11), and it’s Farah who punters have warmed to, with the Blues’ skipper the best backed player, ahead of Queensland prop Matt Scott, who’s at $14.
Sportsbet.com.au is also offering odds on the total TV audience for the clash, with over 4 million viewers the short priced favourite at $1.40 and has framed a head to head market on the New South Wales Representatives ($1.18) versus Queensland Residents ($4.85) clash.
“There’s a fair bit of interest in the Man of the Match and first try scorer markets. It could be the New South Wales fans looking elsewhere as money continues to flood in for the Maroons on match eve,” sportsbet.com.au’s Ben Hawes said.
Queensland remain at $1.57 in head to head betting, with New South Wales at $2.45. Should the final margin in game three be decided by less than ten points, sportsbet.com.au will refund punters their first head to head bet on the clash.
Markets courtesy of sportsbet.com.au
2013 State of Origin Game 3 head-to-head
$1.57 Queensland (steady)
$2.45 New South Wales (steady)
Line
$1.92 Queensland -4.5
$1.92 New South Wales +4.5
Margin
$2.60 Queensland 1-12
$3.10 New South Wales 1-12
$3.75 Queensland 13+
$9.50 New South Wales 13+
$23 Draw
Game 3 TV viewers
$1.40 Over 4 Million
$4.00 3,500,001 – 4,000,000
$6.00 3,000,001 – 3,500,000
$13 Under 3 Million
Man of the Match
$5.50 Jonathan Thurston
$6.00 Robbie Farah
$7.00 Cooper Cronk, Cameron Smith
$11 Corey Parker, Billy Slater, Greg Inglis
$12 Greg Bird
$13 Luke Lewis
Others quoted
First try scorer
$10 Greg Inglis, Darius Boyd
$12 Brett Morris, James McManus
$13 Michael Jennings, Billy Slater
$15 Josh Dugan, Josh Morris, Justin Hodges, Brent Tate
$21 Cooper Cronk
Others quoted
NSW Representatives v QLD Residents
$1.18 NSW Representatives
$4.85 QLD Residents