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2012 BID NEWS: PARIS 'AHEAD OF THE PACK'

Centrebet, Australia’s leading online sports bookmaker, believes Paris is the frontrunner in the race for the 2012 Summer Olympic Games.

Mark Worwood, of Centrebet, told GamesBids.com “your BidIndex rates it well ahead of the pack and so do I”.

Centebet has Paris winning the 2012 Games at 1-2, London second at 11-4, Madrid 5-1, New York 8-1 and Moscow 25-1.

GamesBids.com’s BidIndex – a mathematical model developed by the site that produces a number used to rate a bid relative to past successful bids - has Paris in first place, but differs from Centrebet with Madrid edging ahead of London.

New York and Moscow are also in fourth and fifth place according to BidIndex.