Bookika.com is a free betting odds comparison site targeted to horse racing bettors or traders. It is launched in the past weeks but looks promising, since it is covering not only the major horse racing events but also the less famous racecourses. Raz, the man behind the whole project, has asked me to give him my opinion through my sports blog and also ask for your comments. If online betting on horse racing is your favorite then check his odds comparison site out and let him know what you think.

Following up the post about the Most Gold Medals in Olympics 2008, today’s article was meant to talk about the World Records in Beijing Olympics. However, what surprises me is that there is not a single one website or blog showing record standings! There is no interest either in betting exchanges of bookmakers who do not offer any betting market about world records other than how many world records Michael Phelps holds. We want to know whether USA will break the most world records in Olympics or they will be beat by some other country. Indeed, there have not been many world records that have been broken up to now, but people keep searching for new world records and I’m one of them!

Olympics 2008 in Beijing have already started and more than 60 out of 302 gold medals have been decided. China has currently won most gold medals (17) but USA leads the overall medal standings with 29 medals won. Betting on China to win most gold medals looks like a sure bet but selecting USA is actually a value bet! In fact, there are polls and talks all over internet about this special bet.

2008 US Open starts on 25th August offering about 8 million dollars in prize money. Can Rafa Nadal win the title after the victory over Roger Federer at Wimbledon? The answer may lie in the betting odds which in some cases offer value bets even 20 days before the event. Apparently the interest in the specific men’s tournament is big, considering the liquidity of the betting market. The betting odds are already moving, will you join the betting in this year’s US Open?

I’m a big fan of Formula 1. However, I haven’t placed a single bet on it in my life! Trading or betting on motor sports wasn’t in my plans, so I thought to look into this weekend’s race. There is great free info in the internet which helps in our betting. For instance, Lewis Hamilton dominated during the Hockenheim tests, while Kimi Raikkonen holds the lap record since 2004. Let’s take a look at the betting graphs and Hockenheim’s technical details. I’m sure we can then bet more efficiently.