MICHAEL VAN GERWEN is the even money favourite to win the 2018 bwin Grand Slam of Darts, but for the first time in almost two years the Dutchman is not odds-on going into a televised event.
Van Gerwen's outright winner odds ahead of a tournament were last priced at evens or odds-against at the 2016/2017 World Championship when he picked up his second World title.
The world number one is aiming for a record-breaking fourth successive Grand Slam title in Wolverhampton next week, with bwin making him favourite to lift the first Eric Bristow Trophy.
UK Open and World Matchplay champion Gary Anderson is second favourite at 5/1, world number two Peter Wright is priced at 9/1, while World Champion Rob Cross is a 14/1 shot.
The 32-player tournament features stars of the PDC and BDO systems from November 10-18 at the Aldersley Leisure Village in Wolverhampton live on Sky Sports, with tickets available from www.ticketmaster.co.uk or by calling 0870 320 7000.
bwin Odds
Tournament Winner
Evens Michael van Gerwen
5/1 Gary Anderson
9/1 Peter Wright
14/1 Rob Cross
18/1 Mensur Suljovic
20/1 James Wade, Michael Smith
33/1 Glen Durrant
40/1 Gerwyn Price
50/1 Dimitri Van den Bergh, Ian White, Raymond van Barneveld, Simon Whitlock
99/1 Krzysztof Ratajski
100/1 Martin Schindler, Max Hopp, Stephen Bunting
150/1 Jonny Clayton, Mark McGeeney, Ryan Searle, Scott Mitchell
200/1 Josh Payne, Keegan Brown, Mark Webster, Michael Unterbuchner
250/1 Andrew Gilding, Jim Williams, Wesley Harms
500/1 Adam Smith-Neale, Gary Robson, Joe Murnan, Steve Hine
Nationality of Winner
4/5 Dutch
333/100 Scottish, England
11/1 Any Other Nationality
Saturday Match Odds
Afternoon Session
31/50 Max Hopp v 5/4 Josh Payne
2/5 Gerwyn Price v 19/10 Andrew Gilding
11/20 Dimitri Van den Bergh v 7/5 Ryan Searle
4/5 Stephen Bunting v Evens Martin Schindler
19/20 Simon Whitlock v 83/100 Glen Durrant
9/25 Mensur Suljovic v 21/10 Scott Mitchell
33/100 Rob Cross v 9/4 Mark McGeeney
11/50 Peter Wright v 31/10 Jim Williams
Evening Session
83/100 Keegan Brown v 19/20 Mark Webster
9/25 Jonny Clayton v 21/10 Joe Murnan
3/10 Ian White v 12/5 Steve Hine
13/50 Michael Smith v 27/10 Adam Smith-Neale
21/50 James Wade v 9/5 Wesley Harms
3/4 Raymond van Barneveld v 21/20 Krzysztof Ratajski
19/100 Gary Anderson v 7/2 Michael Unterbuchner
1/20 Michael van Gerwen v 17/2 Gary Robson
Odds courtesy bwin.com and correct at time of writing. Subject to fluctuation.