It’s one of the most anticipated series of awards on the BBC and now you can make your selection right here at 888sport!

Betting on football is slowly eroding into betting on horses as the nation’s favourite sport on which to gamble. There are over 9,000 betting shops across Britain and betting on horse racing is the number one sport for amount of money bet and actual number of bets placed. But online betting is a different story. Typically, turnover on horse racing represents about 40-45% of total turnover, the same as football among internet betting companies.

The 2011 World Aquatics Championships presents a unique opportunity for sports betting fans to make some good betting predictions and knowledge of previous results, standings, dates and fixtures is a definite advantage.

At this point in the live 2011 World Aquatics Championships betting campaign, winning or losing big money all depends on knowing which swimmers and divers are in good recent form!

The most popular category of betting favoured by most sports bettors is ‘fixed odds betting’. Due to the popularity of the internet and the rise of the online bookmaker, this type of betting is more popular than ever.

Fixed odds simply means that in any game, race, event etc, bookmakers will calculate the potential result or outcome and offer ‘fixed’ odds or definite prices on them at any certain time.

And although, the ‘Fixed’ odds can change depending on the bet is placed, this type of betting where a definite prediction is being wagered on is known as ‘fixed odds betting’.