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World Championship Snooker Betting

The Snooker World Championship is without doubt the biggest Snooker Event of the season and every player wants to progress as far as possible and win this wonderful event. Quite simple a career of a snooker player often hangs on their performance at the World Championships as it is the one they all want to win, it also attracts the biggest TV audience in the sport.

The World Snooker Championship will as always be staged at the crucible and pitches the leading 16 seeds along with the 16 qualifiers against each other for Snookers number one event.

This leads to excellent Snooker World Championship in running betting opportunities as a player can get back after a slow start and if you like to play dangerous you can sometimes pick up some great value backing the come back kids.

As the event is played over so many frames occasionally there are 147's in the event and you can always get a bet on this happening. But equally frame scores and handicap betting are very popular betting markets.

The online bookmakers listed here all offer Snooker World Championship free bets offers for people opening a new account.

The snooker is played alomost all day at the Crucible theatre, but all the bookmakers listed on the Betting Directory have live betting in-running so you can get a bet on a match or the outright winner market at any time.

Previous World Snooker Championship Finals

 Year Winner Runner Up Final Score
 2001 Ronnie O'Sullivan John Higgins 18-14
 2002 Peter Ebdon Stephen Hendry 18-17
 2003 Mark Williams Ken Doherty 18-16
 2004 Ronnie O'Sullivan Graeme Dott 18-8
 2005 Shaun Murphy Matthew Stevens 18-16
 2006 Graeme Dott Peter Ebdon 18-14
 2007 John Higgins Mark Selby 18-13
 2008 Ronnie O'Sullivan Ali Carter 18-8
 2009 John Higgins Shaun Murphy 18-9
 2010 Neil Robertson Graeme Dott 18-13
 2011 John Higgins Judd Trump 18-15

2011 World Snooker Championship Result

John Higgins continued his remarkable comeback to the sport after a ban in 2010 as he added another World Snooker Championship title to his impressive career. The Scot overcame surprise package and up-and-coming star Judd Trump in an exciting final. Trump had dominated the first day to lead 10-7 but Higgins stormed back on the Monday to clinically wrap up an 18-15 win, but Trump is surely going to be competing in more finals judging by his Crucible performances.

World Championship Final

  • John Higgins beat Judd Trump 18-15 (Best of 35 frames)

2012 World Championship Snooker Odds

The latest odds will appear here as soon as they are available.....

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Masters Betting

In the run up to the World Championships the biggest tournament is the Masters at Wembley Arena where the worlds top 16 players gather to fight it out, it is unique as there are no ranking points on offer for the players.

It is still one of the best tournaments to win for a player as every match is a tough one and it does get live TV coverage from the BBC during the whole week of the tournament.

This ensures that there is big betting interest in the event and there is some excellent value on offer for snooker punters...

Masters Snooker

BRAND NEW £200 free bets offer.

  • Paddy Power will match your first bet with a free bet of the same value, up to a maximum of £50.
  • Place a further 4 bets and get another free bet for your average stake up to a maximum of £50.
  • This is repeated until you have claimed the maximum of £200 with your new account.

Open Account - Free £200 Bets With Paddypower

£25 free bet with William Hill.

  • Open an account at William Hill and and use the promotion code F25.
  • Deposit funds and place your first bet
  • William Hill match your first bet with a free bet up to a maximum of £25.

Open Account - Claim £25 Free With William Hill

Ladbrokes are offering a brand new £50 free bet for new customers

  • Open an account and place an initial bet of £5 and £50
  • Ladbrokes will match this with a free bet to the same stake unit
  • Bet £50 and get £50 free

Open Account - Free £50 Bet at Ladbrokes

The UK based bookmaker Betfred is now offering a £50 free bet for new clients.

  • Place a bet and they will match the stake of that with a free bet up to a maximum of £50
  • Place a risk free first bet at Betfred

Open Account - Free £50 Bet With Betfred

Up to £200 worth of free bets with Bet365.

  • Bet365 match your first deposit with a 100% bonus
  • Deposit anywhere between £10 and £200 to claim this massive offer

Open Account - Claim £200 Free With Bet365

Victor Chandler's new site, BetVictor, offers a massive £100 in free bets to new clients via our exclusive signup offer:

  • Bet £25 and get a £25 free bet
  • Further £25 free bets on your next three stakes per new account
  • Visit BetVictor for more information.

Open Account - Claim £100 in free bets with BetVictor

Online bookmaker Stan James offer up to £150 in free bets per new account.

  • Bet £10 and get a free £10 bet
  • After this first bet you can then claim further free bets of £20, £30, £40 and also a £50 final offer.
  • Visit Stan James for full details

Open Account - Free £150 Bets With Stan James

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