Amid record betting on Oscars, 'La La Land' is seen as a lock

La La Land" is set to sweep the Oscars, but the race to be crowned Hollywood's leading man is going down to the wire, say bookmakers who are seeing record bets on the Academy Awards this year.

Casey Affleck, star of "Manchester by the Sea," had been the most loved to win the best performer statue for a while. Be that as it may, his chances fixed as a surge of cash streamed to Denzel Washington after he brought home the Screen Actors Guild grant in January for "Wall."

Ladbrokes favors Affleck with 8/15 chances, contrasted and 13/8 for a Washington triumph, however says it will be close.

"This is point of fact the most focused classification of 2017," said Ladbrokes representative Nicola McGeady, who said a surge of wagers on Washington lately had moved the market fundamentally.

Bookmakers, in any case, are overwhelmingly sure that "Fantasy world" will bring home the best picture statuette on Sunday, Feb. 26.

"At 1/7, we figure there is a 87.5 percent chance it will win best picture," said Feilim Mac An Iomaire, representative for Paddy Power Betfair.

The melodic featuring Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling has confronted some current rivalry from "Concealed Figures," the story of dark female mathematicians in the 1960s space race. Yet, at 12/1, it's well behind the top choice.

Turnover on wagers for curiosity occasions, for example, the Academy Awards and different honors demonstrates has multiplied since 2014, said Mac An Iomaire.

"This year, we are hoping to wind up 30 percent over a year ago, taking nearly 250,000 Euro ($270,000) as far as the wagers," he included.

Punters are finding a few approaches to put their cash behind "Fantasy world." Ladbrokes has the film 3/1 to break even with the record for most wins - right now 11 - held by "Titanic," "Ben-Hur" and "Master of the Rings: Return of the King." The chances for "Fantasy world" to beat the record for most wins is 10/1.

Alex, 31, of London, who did not have any desire to give his surname, said he'd upheld "Fantasy world" to win best picture toward the beginning of December at 4/5.

"I likewise sponsored Emma Stone to win best performing artist at 7/4," he said. "Tragically, I was confined to just 70 pounds ($87) on the last mentioned.

"I was enticed to back Denzel Washington for best on-screen character yet chose that would be my feelings making the wager. I attempt to keep my own sentiments on the film well far from my genuine wager."