The Odds
August 25th, 2014… it’s not a major date on the sports calendar but it is for TV buffs. The primetime Emmy awards provide opportunity for bettors to line their pockets with a couple of extra pesos only a few short days before football season starts. Earlier today Bovada released a variety of betting markets for the biggest award show in primetime television where Breaking Bad is an overwhelming favorite in the outstanding drama series. While these limits are low at most offshore books, the influx of locals and other secondary markets actually yields opportunity for some. No one says you should be running to bet any of these since they’re as much about entertainment value…but with perfect information out there you’d be foolish not trying to capitalize on an edge.
66th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards – Outstanding Drama Series
Breaking Bad 2/7
True Detective 5/1
Game of Thrones 8/1
House of Cards 9/1
Mad Men 30/1
Downtown Abbey 50/1
66th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards – Outstanding Comedy Series
Veep 2/1
Orange Is The New Black 2/1
Modern Family 4/1
Louie 5/1
The Big Bang Theory 6/1
Silicon Valley 30/1
66th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards – Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series
Matthew McConaughey (True Detective) 4/9
Bryan Cranston (Breaking Bad) 3/1
Kevin Spacey (House of Cards) 8/1
Jeff Daniels (The Newsroom) 12/1
Jon Hamm (Mad Men) 25/1
Woody Harrelson (True Detective) 25/1
66th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards – Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series
Robin Wright (House of Cards) 4/7
Julianna Margulies (The Good Wife) 5/2
Kerry Washington (Scandal) 7/1
Claire Danes (Homeland) 15/1
Michelle Dockery (Downton Abbey) 20/1
Lizzy Caplan (Masters of Sex) 20/1
66th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards – Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series
Jim Parsons (The Big Bang Theory) 1/1
Ricky Gervais (Derek) 3/1
William H. Macy (Shameless) 4/1
Louie C.K. (Louie) 5/1
Matt LeBlanc (Episodes) 18/1
Don Cheadle (House of Lies) 30/1
66th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards – Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series
Julia Louis-Dreyfus (Veep) 1/4
Taylor Schilling (Orange Is The New Black) 9/2
Amy Poehler (Parks and Recreation) 7/1
Lena Dunham (Girls) 30/1
Melissa McCarthy (Mike & Molly) 30/1
Edie Falco (Nurse Jackie) 30/1
66th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards – Outstanding Miniseries
Fargo 2/15
American Horror Story: Coven 7/1
Luther 20/1
Treme 25/1
The White Queen 30/1
Bonnie and Clyde 30/1
66th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards – Outstanding Television Movie
The Normal Heart 2/15
Sherlock: His Last Vow 10/1
The Trip to Bountiful 11/1
Killing Kennedy 11/1
Muhammed Ali’s Greatest Fight 15/1
66th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards – Outstanding Variety Series
The Colbert Report 4/7
The Tonight Show starring Jimmy Fallon 12/5
Jimmy Kimmel Live 10/1
The Daily Show with Jon Stewart 12/1
Saturday Night Live 15/1
Real Time with Bill Maher 20/1
66th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards – Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series
Aaron Paul (Breaking Bad) 1/2
Peter Dinklage (Game of Thrones) 3/1
Josh Charles (The Good Wife) 5/1
Jon Voight (Ray Donovan) 10/1
Jim Carter (Downton Abbey) 50/1
Mandy Patinkin (Homeland) 50/1
66th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards – Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series
Anna Gunn (Breaking Bad) 2/5
Christine Baranski (The Good Wife) 4/1
Joanne Froggatt (Downton Abbey) 9/1
Maggie Smith (Downton Abbey) 10/1
Lena Headly (Game of Thrones) 20/1
Christina Hendricks (Mad Men) 20/1
66th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards – Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series
Andre Braugher (Brooklyn Nine-Nine) 2/3
Tony Hale (Veep) 13/5
Jesse Tyler Ferguson (Modern Family) 11/2
Fred Armisen (Portlandia) 10/1
Ty Burrell (Modern Family) 15/1
Adam Driver (Girls) 50/1
66th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards – Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series
Allison Janney (Mom) 1/2
Kate Mulgrew (Orange Is The New Black) 2/1
Julie Bowen (Modern Family) 15/1
Kate McKinnon (Saturday Night Live) 20/1
Mayim Bialik (The Big Bang Theory) 20/1
Anna Chlumsky (Veep) 20/1
66th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards – Outstanding Actor in a Miniseries / Movie
Billy Bob Thornton (Fargo) 2/3
Mark Ruffalo (The Normal Heart) 1/1
Martin Freeman (Fargo) 25/1
Chiwetel Ejiofor (Dancing on the Edge) 30/1
Idris Elba (Luther) 30/1
Benedict Cumberbatch (Sherlock: His Last Vow) 30/1
66th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards – Outstanding Actress in a Miniseries / Movie
Cicely Tyson (The Trip to Bountiful) 1/5
Jessica Lange (American Horror Story: Coven) 7/1
Sarah Paulson (American Horror Story: Coven) 15/1
Helena Bonham Carter (Burton and Taylor) 15/1
Minnie Driver (Return to Zero) 15/1
Kristen Wiig (The Spoils of Babylon) 15/1
