(With the usual acknowledgement that gambling is bad and not everyone's thing, when the fun stops, stop)
Winners:
France are favourites at 9/2, followed by, ridiculously, England at 5/1 - 16/1 would better reflect their chances I feel but there's the usual weight of patriotic and optimistic bets.
Belgium have edged into third favouritism at around 6/1, and then there's a solid block of four at around 8/1 - Germany, Italy (my bet), Portugal and Spain.
The value bets are led by the Netherlands at around 14/1, then Denmark and Croatia at around 33/1.
Turkey's much vaunted dark horse status has trimmed them to 50/1, ahead of Switzerland (66/1) and Poland (about 80).
The Outsiders in the 100-200/1 bracket are Ukraine, Sweden, Austria, Czechia and Wales, while the no-hopers at 200-500/1 are Scotland, Finland, Hungary, N Macedonia and Slovakia.
Huge variations between the firms, even at the top of the market so worth shopping around.
Top Goalscorer:
Harry Kane and Romelu Lukaku head the market at between 5/1 and 6/1, with Mbappe about 8, and Cristiano Ronaldo surprisingly skinny at 12/1.
Then two very good shouts at around 16/1 in Benzema and Depay, but my money is going on Lewandowski at a great price of 25/1. I've got a feeling Poland are due to outperform their expectations, and Lewa could hardly be said to be out of form.
I'll add some of the more niche markets later.
Winners:
France are favourites at 9/2, followed by, ridiculously, England at 5/1 - 16/1 would better reflect their chances I feel but there's the usual weight of patriotic and optimistic bets.
Belgium have edged into third favouritism at around 6/1, and then there's a solid block of four at around 8/1 - Germany, Italy (my bet), Portugal and Spain.
The value bets are led by the Netherlands at around 14/1, then Denmark and Croatia at around 33/1.
Turkey's much vaunted dark horse status has trimmed them to 50/1, ahead of Switzerland (66/1) and Poland (about 80).
The Outsiders in the 100-200/1 bracket are Ukraine, Sweden, Austria, Czechia and Wales, while the no-hopers at 200-500/1 are Scotland, Finland, Hungary, N Macedonia and Slovakia.
Huge variations between the firms, even at the top of the market so worth shopping around.
Top Goalscorer:
Harry Kane and Romelu Lukaku head the market at between 5/1 and 6/1, with Mbappe about 8, and Cristiano Ronaldo surprisingly skinny at 12/1.
Then two very good shouts at around 16/1 in Benzema and Depay, but my money is going on Lewandowski at a great price of 25/1. I've got a feeling Poland are due to outperform their expectations, and Lewa could hardly be said to be out of form.
I'll add some of the more niche markets later.
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