Meat has been cured and hung out to dry, barley is being milled, malted and hopsed, and new AAs are snugly in the remote. Let the games begin. Many of us have gone off rugger lately due to the tedious Super 20-something-plus-conferences competition. But interest in the oval ball is being rekindled - thanks to the World Cup. This shindig we understand, love and sometimes even win.The racing gang are thoroughgoing sporting souls and generally maintain a lively interest in all manifestations of the athletic muse. And, as a tribe who love to punt, they'll have plenty of interest beyond the purely sporting. There's money to be made, bro.Perhaps we could even teach the non-racing folk how to benefit from their armchair wisdom.Online betting sites are doing brisk trade in all manner of World Cup betting permutations.Let's start with the simplest bet; predicting the outright winner. Here are the current odds offered by bettingworld.co.za:12/10 New Zealand, 9/2 England, 6/1 South Africa, 7/1 Australia, 10/1 Ireland, 15/1 France, 25/1 Wales, 66/1 Argentina, 150/1 Scotland, 250/1 Samoa, 1000/1 Italy, Fiji, Tonga, Canada and the US, 2000/1 Georgia, Japan, Romania, Namibia and Uruguay.The Boks, the Wallabies, Les Bleus and the Dragons look decent value bets.But one might want to finesse the wagering by venturing into other markets - like who'll be the tournament's leading try scorer. The All Blacks' favouritism is plain here too, with bookies including no fewer than seven of them in the top 10 on their boards: 4/1 Julian Savea (NZ), 10/1 Ben Smith (NZ), Waisake Naholo (NZ) and Bryan Habana (SA), 12/1 Ma'a Nonu (NZ) and Nehe Milner-Skudder (NZ), 16/1 Israel Folau (Aus) and Willie le Roux (SA), 22/1 Aaron Smith (NZ) and Conrad Smith (NZ).One of my favourites, Lwazi Mvovo, is available at 25/1.You might prefer to stick to the Boks and select the top try scorer among them. Habana tops that list at 7/2, while Francois Louw, Duane Vermeulen and Pat Lambie are tempting at 25/1. Trevor Nyakane offers zero value at 125/1 - though Lood de Jager might at the same odds.You can also bet on who'll win pool stages, who'll reach quarter and semifinals, who won't get to final stages, who'll be the first scorer in each game, which game will have the least points, who'll be chosen to ref the final, and a lot more. Big overseas bookmakers offer up to 80 different markets on the one tournament.One New Zealander has had a big bet on the All Blacks not to win the cup: NZ$130000, at odds of 155/100, standing to clear NZ$71500.He'll be called a traitor, but there might be logic in his thinking.Stock exchange tipsters tell us to never let emotions get in the way of investing. And, looking at the World Cup statistically, you might conclude the All Blacks aren't racing certainties.They've never won the trophy away from their own islands, they've been disastrous favourites in northern hemisphere tournaments to date, and there have never been back-to-back winners.There's plenty of racing to lose our money on too and we can even combine racing with rugby in multiple wagers.How about South Africa to reach the final (3/1), Bryan Habana to score the most tries (10/1) and Ultimate Dollar to win next week's Supreme Cup at the Vaal (about 5/1) - a product of 150/1?Or you could keep it simple and just go for Victor Matfield to be the Boks' leading try scorer at 125/1...