Paddy Power and the Pope: Paddy Power has always proactively courted controversy and has consistently pushed the limits of public acceptability. This was the controversial "Pope" advert that was launched in 1995. It shows Pope John Paul II waving and odds of 100,000 to 1 that JP would sign for Rangers. The company...
Racing Post Trophy betting tips (today!): Irish trainer Aidan O'Brien has sent out the winner of the Racing Post Trophy four times in the last decade and he has an extremely string contender and worthy favourite for this year's renewal in the shape of Eagle Mountain. The son of crack miler Rock of Gibraltar has gone from strength to...
Wasps v Castres and Leicester v Munster Betting special offer: Legs Eleven!! - Heineken Cup 2006 If any Number 11 scores the last try in the above matches then Paddy Power will refund all losing first try scorer, to score a try, winning margin, double result bets on that match.Applies to single bets placed before kick off only. Applies to 1st tryscorer,winning...
Aussies odds-on to inflict further pain to England: Australia are 2-7 favourites with bookmaker PaddyPower to win their ICC Trophy match against England tomorrow, with Andrew Flintoff's team 12-5 outsiders.In a match bet between the two skippers, Ricky Ponting is 4-6 to outscore Flintoff, who is 11-10 to get more runs.Although England are outsiders...
Poker news - the state of play in online poker rooms: So, what do you suppose happened after Black Friday? After the US became the DMZ of the poker world, and various poker rooms started to bail out of America? Considering that the bulk of the players come from the States, you might guess that they would flock to those poker rooms that stuck around....
What odds Farrell?: Hills are quoting Saracens' convert from rugby league to union, Andy Farrell at 2/1 to play any part in the 6 Nations tournament - and quote him at 5/6 to play and 5/6 not to play in the Rugby Union World Cup in 2007.'Controversy is raging over Farrell's fast-tracking into the sport and about his...
Heineken Cup Betting / French Sides In Ascendancy: The rise of French Rugby continues with the top three teams in betting for the Heineken Cup coming from France. Hills offer 8/11 that a French side will be victorious in this years cup and offer 5/2 that an English side wins and 4/1 that an Irish side follows up on Munster's victory last year....
Chelsea are the new Champions League Favourites.: After beating Barcelona, the former favourites, Chelsea have been installed as 100/30 favourites to win the Champions League by William Hill who also offer 7/2 Barcelona; 8 Lyon, Man U; 9 AC; Real M; 12 Bayern; Liverpool;; 14 Arsenal; Valencia;16 Inter; 22 Roma; 33 PSV; 50 CSKA; 66 Celtic; Lille; W...
Champions League results cost British bookies a whopping £10 million.: A staggering 14 favourites in the 16 fixtures won their matches including British sides Manchester United, Chelsea, Liverpool and Celtic.Thousands of accumulator bets in which backers select more than one team also came in, including one at Ladbrokes for nearly £115,000, thanks to the fact there...
Manchester United vs Liverpool Betting Tips: Man Utd entertain Liverpool in one of the clashes of the season so far at Old Trafford on Sunday and both sides will approach the game in the right frame of mind following their respective midweek Champions League victories. In the overall head to head record between these two sides, the Red Devils...