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PaddyPower Tips Liberals to take Aussie Fed Election

PaddyPower Tips Liberals to take Aussie Fed Election

Ever since the fiery haired Julia Gillard ousted Kevin Rudd for control of the Australian Labor Party, speculation has been rife over the results of the upcoming Australian Federal Election. The date has been set for 21st August 2010 and the big issues are going to be mining taxes, carbon emissions and controversial plans to [...]

White Christmas Bets

White Christmas Bets

Too soon? Not for Paddy Power, who are already offering bets on where snow will fall on Christmas 2009. Settled using official Weather station data from main International Airports of each city. 1mm of snowfall must be recorded as falling between 00:00 and 23:59 on Dec 25th 2009. PP decision is final in settlement of [...]

Date of the Next General Election

Date of the Next General Election

General Elections in the UK are often held in May, but with the government under fire for the state of the economy will Gordon Brown swing a curve ball and try to catch the Tories on the back foot with an unusual date? With PaddyPower you can bet on the date of the next general [...]

Nobel Prize for Literature 2009 Betting Odds

Nobel Prize for Literature 2009 Betting Odds

A lot of you have been coming in looking for the Nobel Prize for Literature betting odds and leaving comments on last year’s competition – so we’ve decided to show you the odds available for the 2009 Nobel Prize for Literature. The announcement of the 2009 Nobel Prize for Literature will be made at 1pm [...]

X Factor 2009: Who will win?

X Factor 2009: Who will win?

X Factor 2009 is truly under way and the markets are hotting up across all the bookmakers. On Betfair Kandy Rain are current favourites for elimination with John & Edward close behind. Across all the bookies including Boylesports, Lucie is the favourite to win across all the bookies with a current best price of 7/2 [...]

Eurovision Song Contest 2009

Eurovision Song Contest 2009

Eurovision is here again, this time with Lord Andrew Lloyd Webber taking on the continent’s best efforts in Moscow with his song sung by Jade. The king of musicals himself will play piano on stage against a backdrop of commentary by Graham Norton. Norway is the favourite, but Graham has his own tips: I’ve always [...]

Oxford v Cambridge Boat Race 2009

Oxford v Cambridge Boat Race 2009

While you’re waiting for the Grand National next Saturday, you can amuse yourself with the Oxford v Cambridge Boat Race markets being offered by Paddy Power. The race will be shown on ITV from 2pm on Sunday 28th March 2009. The race takes place between Putney bridge and Chiswick bridge on the Thames – so [...]

Bet on Barack Obama's Inauguration

Bet on Barack Obama’s Inauguration

Everyone knows the score for tomorrow’s Presidential inauguration – but would you put money on it? Paddy Power is offering odds on phrases that may be used by US president-elect Barack Obama in his inauguration speech. Punters can place bets on the duration of Obama’s speech, the TV ratings and what “cliche” he will first [...]

X Factor – The Final – Betting Odds

Who will it be? Eoghan, Alexandra or JLS? Will Simon be richer than last year and will Danii and Cheryl have a mud-fight? After the high emotion of Diana singing her way out of the competition with “White Flag” is there any hope for the fame hungry finalists? The finalists and the odds are as [...]

Latest Bets on Christmas Number 1

Latest Bets on Christmas Number 1

BetFred, BetDirect, Skybet and Stan James are all offering odds on the Christmas Number 1 single including whoever wins X Factor. Winner Of X Factor 2008 BetFred: 1/7 BetDirect: 1/6 Skybet: 1/6 Stan James: 1/6 The X Factor is gearing up to its semi-final, but do you think that the buzz will be enough to [...]