Punters Tip Royal Baby to Have Family Name

Wednesday, 24 July 2013
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Punters Tip Royal Baby to Have Family Name  
 
Punter interest in the name of the royal baby has shown no signs of slowing down now that the world has had its first glimpse of the future king, with the number of bets with online bookmaker sportsbet.com.au quadrupling since the birth.

Over $50,000 has been bet on the market to date, with approximately 30 bets coming in every hour.

And while George is still the $2.80 favourite, James has actually received more bets than any other name and is second favourite at $5.00.

Alexander ($10), Louis ($11) and Arthur ($13) have also been well backed, while Spencer has been one of the biggest movers, in from $21 to $13.

“With Spencer being Princess Diana’s maiden name, James the name of Kate’s brother and George being Will’s great grandfather, punters are certainly tipping that it will be a family name,” said sportsbet.com.au’s Shaun Anderson.

Several new names have been added to the market including Joffrey ($501), Elvis ($501) and Charming ($501).

Markets courtesy of sportsbet.com.au
Royal Baby Name
(Prices in brackets from Tuesday 23 July)
$2.80   George                        (steady)                       
$5.00   James                          (out from $3.50)                         
$10      Alexander                    (out from $9.00)                   
$11      Louis                            (in from $12)                           
$13      Arthur                          (steady)                          
$13      Spencer                       (in from $21)                          
$15      Phillip, Henry              (out from $13)                          
$21      Richard                        (out from $15)                      
$26      Albert                          (out from $15)                      
$26      David                           (out from $19)
$26      Francis                         (in from $34)
$34      Thomas (out from $21), Edward (out from $26), John (in from $41), Carlos
$41      Alfred (out from $34), Michael, Andrew
$51      William (out from $34), Fredrick (out from $41), Lilith, Charles (out from $34)
$67      Daniel, Oliver (out from $41), Christian (out from $34), Theodore (out from $41), Wilfred, Robert (in from $81)
$81      Harold (out from $34), Christopher, Victor (out from $51), Archie/Archibald, Joseph, Stephen (out from $67), Patrick (out from $51), Edgar, Benjamin (in from $101), Rupert (in from $101)
$101    Justin (in from $501), Mark (in from $501), Alistair (out from $41), Leopold (out from $51), Nelson (out from $67), Stuart, Kenneth, Joshua (in from $501), Hugh, Edmund, Nicholas (out from $81), Cormac, Rory, Eric (out from $81), Rhys, Peter, Ferdinand (out from $67), Jonathan, Luke, Anthony, Matthew, Sebastian
$146    Jeremy (out from $101), Samuel (out from $101), Howard (out from $67), Aidan, Donald, Oscar (out from $101)
$171    Kevin (out from $101), Lionel (out from $101), Otto, Maximillian, Herbert, Lloyd (out from $146), Ruprecht, Stanley, Greg, Lewis (out from $101), August (out from $101), Simon (out from $146), Duncan, Boris (out from $101), Toby (out from $101), Scott (in from $501),
$221    Ethelred, Winston (out from $101), Montgomery, Jason, Constantin, Aeneas, Geoffrey, Bradley (in from $501), Solomon
$271    Wayne, Kai, Alfonso, Barack, Conrad
$501    Joffrey, Rumpelstiltskin, Tyler, Charming, Kong, Jaffe Joffer, Hashtag, Gavin, Elvis

ENDS

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