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CALL OF DUTY LEADS CHRISTMAS VIDEO GAMES WAR

Call of Duty: World at War has emerged as the frontrunner with Paddy Power to be crowned this year’s No.1 Christmas Video game.The Irish bookie installed Call of Duty, which is released on the 14th November, at 3/1 into the betting, closely followed by FIFA Soccer 09 at 4/1 and old favourite Need for Speed Undercover at 5/1. Other games on the list include Pro Evolution Soccer 2009, Gears of War 2 and Resistance 2, all at 8/1.EA’s Need for Speed, the game which commanded the video game charts as far back as 2003 was knocked off its perch last year when Call of Duty proved to be the more popular choice with consumers. Whether or not Need f...
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SNOW JOKE! – BOOKIES SLASH ODDS ON A WHITE CHRISTMAS!

Bookies Paddy Power today slashed the odds on a white Christmas as temperatures plummeted and snow fell across the capital this afternoon. It took just a few snowflakes to fall today before punters piled into the 6/1 on offer for snow to fall on Christmas Day. The odds on a single snow flake falling in Dublin on Christmas Day are now just 4/1!With just eight weeks to go to Christmas the cold chill is already beginning to creep in with Met Eireann forecasting icy conditions and freezing temperatures. The last time Paddy Power paid out on a White Christmas was back in 2004 when Dublin woke up to a blanket of snow.Sharon McHugh, spokesperson for...
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ADAMS GOES ODDS ON FOR POMPEY

Paddy Power Portsmouth & Spurs Latest Tony Adams is the man almost every punter wants to back to be next manager of Portsmouth with bookie Paddy Power cutting his odds in the first 36 hours of betting from 9/4 to 1/2. Sam Allardyce remains second favourite, although his odds have eased from 4/1 to 9/2 whilst almost all other contenders have seen a significant drift in their odds. The most noticeable exceptions to this that are seeing some levels of interest are Avram Grant, whose Portsmouth connections have seen his odds slashed from 14/1 to 9/2, and Kevin Keegan who came into the betting today after some small interest at 20/1. Joe Jorda...
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BOOKIE BETS ON STANFORD DROPPED CATCHES

Stanford Twenty20 Betting Preview England go into Saturday’s $20million Twenty20 shootout as the 8/13 favourites, according to bookie Paddy Power.However the biggest talking point of the Stanford Twenty20 this week hasn’t been the megabucks on offer but the outrageous number of dropped catches at Antigua’s Stanford Cricket Ground. Paddy Power are betting on how many catches are dropped in the main game between England and the Stanford Superstars, making it just 9/4 that seven or more are spilled.Four and five dropped catches are on offer at 5/2 whilst the unlikely scenario of all chances being held is 25/1. However despite home advantag...
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NFL Football Betting in BetGameDay Sports book

Many sports fans rely on that the only way to place a bet on an NFL game is to hop a flying to Vegas and pay a official visit to the Sportsbook room at one of the casinos on the Strip. That is not the case. There are a number of wired Sports book sites that submission a kind of gamble options for beach ball, basketball, baseball, and much more.When engaging in real-time NFL gambling there are some issues you need to lecture before choosing a site. First and principal, you want to be sure that you are using a licensed site that provides bettors with dependable transactions. You then want to look for sites that give bettors the best viable unin...
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