£10,000 Oscars Wager To Win Just £200
William Hill have this week taken a quite extraordinary Oscars wager with a punter from London placing a whopping £10,000 on Viola Davis to win the Best Supporting Actress at this year’s ceremony. Davis, however is 1/50 to win the award which means the gutsy punter would receive a profit of just £200.
“On paper Viola Davis is the biggest certainty of this year’s Oscars and she is the same price to win her award this year as Colin Firth was to win for The King’s Speech,” said William Hill spokesman Joe Crilly. “This big punter obviously thinks that they are buying money by backing her to win at such a price.”
La La Land also looks set to win big this weekend. William Hill make Emma Stone and Damien Chazelle 1/6 and 1/20 respectively to win Best Actress and Best Director. It is also 1/9 to win the Best Picture award.
William Hill Oscars prices:
Best Picture: 1/9 La La Land; 7/1 Moonlight; 12/1 Hidden Figures; 20/1 Manchester By The Sea; 66/1 Lion; 80/1 Fences; 80/1 Hacksaw Ridge; 100/1 Arrival; 100/1 Hell Or High Water
Best Actor: 4/7 Casey Affleck; 11/8 Denzel Washington; 14/1 Ryan Gosling; 40/1 Andrew Garfield; 100/1 Viggo Mortensen
Best Actress: 1/6 Emma Stone; 5/1 Natalie Portman; 10/1 Isabelle Huppert; 40/1 Ruth Negga; 50/1 Meryl Streep
Best Supporting Actor: 1/7 Mahershala Ali; 7/1 Dev Patel; 16/1 Jeff Bridges; 20/1 Lucas Hedges; 20/1 Michael Shannon
Best Supporting Actress: 1/50 Viola Davis; 14/1 Michelle Williams; 20/1 Naomie Harris; 40/1 Nicole Kidman; 80/1 Octavia Spencer
Best Director: 1/20 Damien Chazelle; 10/1 Barry Jenkins; 14/1 Kenneth Lonergan; 40/1 Mel Gibson; 66/1 Denis Villeneuve
Best animated feature: 1/6 Zootopia; 7/2 Kubo and the Two Strings; 20/1 Moana; 40/1 The Red Turtle; 50/1 My Life As A Zucchini
Best foreign language film: 8/11 Tony Erdmann; 6/5 The Salesman; 8/1 A Man Called Ove; 40/1 Land Of Mine; 50/1 Tanna
Best documentary film: 1/7 OJ: Made In America; 4/1 13th; 16/1 I Am Not Your Negro; 33/1 Fire At Sea; 40/1 Life, Animated
Best documentary short: 4/7 Extremis; 10/3 Joe’s Violin; 7/2 The White Helmets; 16/1 Watani: My Homeland; 25/1 4.1 Miles
Best Cinematography: 1/7 La La Land; 9/1 Lion; 12/1 Arrival; 16/1 Moonlight; 25/1 Silence
Best film editing: 1/7 La La Land; 9/2 Hacksaw Ridge; 16/1 Arrival; 20/1 Moonlight; 50/1 Hell or High Water
Best live action short: 8/11 Ennemis inteieurs; 9/4 Timecode; 9/2 Sing; 16/1 Silent Night; 20/1 La Femme et le TGV
Best original score: 1/8 La La Land; 8/1 Moonlight; 10/1 Jackie; 14/1 Lion; 50/1 Passengers
Best costume design: 8/13 La La Land; 5/4 Jackie; 16/1 Florence Foster Jenkins; 33/1 Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them; 50/1 Allied
Best Makeup and Hairstyling: 1/3 Star Trek Beyond; 4/1 Suicide Squad; 11/2 A Man Called Ove
Best sound editing: 8/15 Hacksaw Ridge; 5/2 La La Land; 7/2 Arrival; 33/1 Deepwater Horizon; 50/1 Sully
Best sound mixing: 1/7 La La Land; 7/1 Arrival; 7/1 Hacksaw Ridge; 33/1 Rogue One; 50/1 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi
Best Production design: 1/16 La La Land; 8/1 Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them; 12/1 Arrival; 16/1 Hail, Caesar; 50/1 Passengers
Best Animated Short Film: 2/9 Piper; 4/1 Blind Vaysha; 12/1 Pearl; 16/1 Borrowed Time; 16/1 Pear Cider and Cigarrettes
Best Original Screenplay: 8/13 Manchester By The Sea; 11/8 La La Land; 20/1 Hell or High Water; 33/1 The Lobster; 50/1 Twentieth Century Woman
Best Visual Effects: 1/5 The Jungle Book; 4/1 Rogue One; 12/1 Doctor Strange; 25/1 Deep Water Horizon; 33/1 Kubo And The Two Strings
Best Adapted Screenplay: 1/5 Moonlight; 7/1 Hidden Figures; 8/1 Lion; 12/1 Arrival; 20/1 Fences
Best Original Song: 1/5 City of Stars (La La Land); 7/1 How Far I’ll Go (Moana); 8/1 Audition (La La Land); 8/1 Can’t Stop The Feeling (Trolls); 66/1 The Empty Chair (Jim: The James Foley)