Since it began to offer odds on who will play the next James Bond in early September, online bookmaker BetEmpire.com has been leading the pack in setting the odds for the entire industry on this important casting decision.

"It is a little known fact that in recent years the center for odds setting on US sports is no longer Las Vegas but Costa Rica. Now we at BetEmpire.com are happy to continue this trend with betting on James Bond. The undisputed center of betting on this most English of secret agents is no longer London, but BetEmpire.com in Costa Rica," explained Frederick Gray, spokesperson for BetEmpire.com

"Fan Websites and national newspapers continue to run rampant with speculation about who will star as the next James Bond," continued Gray.

"Throughout this storm of publicity we have continually provided our customers with accurate, up to the minute odds on who will star as the next Bond. Now we are happy to announce twenty-one new James Bond-related bets on other aspects of upcoming Bond movie Casino Royale," explained a delighted Gray.

Due for release to bettors worldwide over the coming days at site BetEmpire.com are twenty-one unique bets from BetEmpire's linemakers under the guidance of the Bond fan community including:

* Who will play Bond villain Le Chiffre? Might it be Donald Sutherland, Gulshan Grover, Hrithik Roshan, or Gunnar Schäferr... or one of the other twelve choices?
* Will Samuel L. Jackson play a bad guy?
* Who will play the two main Bond girls in Casino Royale?
* Who will play femme fatale Vesper Lynd?
* Who will play CIA officer Felix Leiter?
* Who will play secretary Miss Moneypenny?
* What car will Bond drive?

"The first four of these bets have already been released at BetEmpire.com, with one new bet to be released once a day for the following seventeen days. We look forward to serving an excited audience eager to wager on all aspects of the upcoming Casino Royale production," explained Gray.

"We have listened to the Bond fan community and we hope that they and the public at large will enjoy these unique bets and the excitement offered by leveraging their knowledge of the Bond series of books and films to win their wagers," finished Gray.

The big six contenders to play Bond (and their odds at the time of this release) are as follows: