Bets are still flowing just a few days away from the anticipated ceremony; the Oscar awards in Hollywood is the perfect event to gamble: Forest Whitaker, Jackie Earle Haley, Helen Mirren, Jennifer Huston and Martin Scorsese are some of the strongest names when we talk Oscars.

According to the bets made on Internet by movie fans and aficionados, Penelope Cruz has low chances of winning the valued award. According to the bets, Helen Mirren would be the winner and for each euro bet for her, people would gain €1,07. Mirren shares the nomination for Best Actress with Meryl Streep (25 to 1), Judi Dench (30 to 1), Kate Winslet (48 to 1) and Penelope Cruz (65 to 1).

The Best Actor category has also its favorite, Forest Whitaker in “The Last King of Scotland” with 1,3 euro for each euro bet. The rest of the nominees are Peter O’toole (8,2 to 1), Leonardo Di Caprio (15 to 1), Will Smith (50 to 1) and Ryan Gosling (110 to 1).

The most important category of the event is the “Best Movie”, and the favorite movie according to bettors is “The Departed” (2,2 to 1) followed by “Little Miss Sunshine” (4 to 1), “Babel” (5,3 to 1), “Letters from Iwo Jima” (11 to 1) and “The Queen” (15 to 1).

The favorite Best Director is Martin Scorsese (1,25 to 1) followed by Clint Eastwood (11 to 1) and Alejandro Gonzalez-Iñarritu (12 to 1).