Free Bet Special
2010 Indian Premier League
Place an Outright bet of £/€20 on the Indian Premier League today and we will give you a free £/€10 bet to use in-running on any of this weekend’s IPL matches. Conditions
Football Matches - Serie A Betting
Catania v Inter Milan - 7.45pm, ESPN/PPTV
Cheltenham Specials
Cheltenham Countdown!
4 Days To Go!
An Irish-trained horse to win the Queen Mother Champion Chase at the 2010 Cheltenham Festival
Enhanced Price of 4/1 ends at 9pm tonight!
Horse Racing Betting - Friday’s Racing
We’ve quite an eclectic assortment of celebrity birthdays today and we couldn’t quite decide who was deserving of Paddy Power’s homage. So we’ll just put them in a list to fill this space and you can make the decision on our behalf. Coleen Nolan, Pete Doherty, Tammy Duckworth (no relation to Jack), Darryl Strawberry and… er… Ron Jeremy will all be blowing out candles on cakes this afternoon. Stan Van Gundy will bet getting a few unwelcome cards too. Unless you know anything about basketball, that joke has gone about five miles over your head. Talking of big lists, we’ve also got a bumper day of quality racing action from Ayr, Leicester, Sandown, Wincanton, Wolverhampton and Dundalk! Don’t forget, we pay out on disqualified winners and official result on all UK & Ireland races.
Money-Back Special - This Banker Won’t Swindle You
Supreme Novices Hurdle
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We’ll refund all losing Win Singles if Dunguib wins the Supreme Novices’ Hurdle.
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Rugby Union Betting - They Talk The Talk
It’s nice to win the 6 Nations Under 20s Championship, but the main function of underage teams is to produce a generation of players who will slot easily into the senior team. We’re not sure if their playing ability can live up to that, but purely in terms of uninteresting banalities, the Wales U20s wouldn’t look out of place at the highest level judging by their previews of the match with the Ireland U20s. “They’re going to a physical challenge, especially on their home patch. They won’t want to lose,” revealed Macauley Cook whilst team-mate, Morgan Allen was equally enlightening with his assertion “going over there is never easy, it should be interesting.” Both sides had good wins last time out, but who’ll have the final say in Athlone? Fri. 7.35pm BBC Wales/Interactive & RTE2/.ie
Premier League Betting - The Future’s Bleak?
As seems to be the fashion of the day, we’re going to do very little talking about football in this story involving a Chelsea player. This time we’re focussing on the private life of Frank Lampard. Lamps has been very coy about his budding relationship with a One Show presenter. If that presenter was Adrian Chiles, then maybe we’d understand, but as his current beau is Christine Bleakley, it’s a bit harder to fathom. Only a sneaky reflection in a window revealed something was going on between the pair and after Frank described himself as single last month, Ms. Bleakley was less than impressed and demanded more commitment. Could Frank get One over on his old club by bagging 2 or more goals @ 11/2 against West Ham? Sat. 3pm Set. Irl - Premier League Betting
Extra Place Special - Five Star Value
Paddy Power Imperial Cup
Sat 3.05pm C4/RUK
Extra Place Special
The always exciting and highly competetive Paddy Power Imperial Cup runs at Sandown and to give you a helping hand we are paying out on the first five places in this race. That’s 1-2-3-4-5 Places at 1/4 odds.
Does not apply to Tote bets. Applies to bets placed after 10am March 11th only/
Football Betting - Dead and Buried?
In most cases, Jose Mourinho manages to rub people up the wrong way and we don’t mean that in a ‘how your dog might greet a guest in your house’ kind of way. Down Fido! Italians particularly don’t find him endearing and that’s not very helpful given that he manages Inter Milan. Pietro Lo Monaco, a director at Catania, reckons he’ll give the Portuguese coach a good send off when he leaves Europe’s boot. “I must say he has attracted widespread ridicule from the people. If Mourinho leaves at the end of the season we are ready to plan his funeral,” he said, with just a hint of Don Corleone in his voice, before not adding “he’ll be sleeping with the fishes.” For Piet’s sake don’t miss backing Inter to beat Catania! Fri 7.45pm ESPN/PPTV
Rugby Union Odds - A Puzzling Cite
Nuef-onze was an inside job! Le lune landings were faked! That’s never Bruce ForsythÃ’s real cheveux! The conspiracy theories were flying around Perpignan thick and fast during the week after news broke that Gregory Le Corvec is to be cited for alleged eye area contact in a game last weekend. The absence of video evidence and the fact Le Corvec had his nose broken on TV from a punch early in the game has irked the Top 14 champions. Spokesperson for the club, Paul Goze went to town with his accusations. “We have the distinct impression that we are not been treated as other teams. We will use every means in our power to fight against this farce and the bias involved,” he said, not holding back. Could Biarritz conspire to claim a surprise win in Catalonia? Fri. 7.45pm Set.
Super 14 Betting - A Squad Point Of View
Rugby is all about perception these days. One man’s spear-tackle is another man’s friendly welcome to the game. One out-half’s booting the ball down the field ceaselessly is another manÃ’s cure for insomnia. So when Brumbies coach, Andy Friend was able to announce the exact same match-day squad for the team’s fourth Super 14 match in a row he painted it as a good thing rather than a warning sign he’s got a real lack of depth and competition for places in his panel. “It is a luxury to name the same 22 players for four matches in a row,” he chirped, choosing to ignore our pessimistic outlook in favour of some top class looking on the bright side. Will the Brumbies be afforded the luxury of a handy win when they host the Sharks? Sat. 8.40am SS4 - Super 14 Matches
Money-Back Special - Half Time Saver!
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Until the end of March, Paddy Power will refund all losing 4 folds and upwards if the bet is winning at half time but not at full time. We just keep finding new ways to give you your money back!
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Dancing On Ice - Fire Starter
Amid rumours that that recently seperated Chirstopher Dean is, let’s say, breaking the ice with Dancing On Ice judge Karen Barber, her fellow judge has gotten himself back in the papers by suggesting there may be some truth to the rumours. “There is no smoke without fire, is there?” he coyly questioned. Though we’re not sure we’d call them flaming. Gardiner still had some column inches to fill though: “I’d heard talk but I couldn’t say either way. All I know is that she is very much there for Torvill and Dean, probably above and beyond what you’d consider normal. Maybe she is just in awe of them. If it’s true, the implications are unbelievable. But the skating world is very bizarre.” You said it. Who’ll be making the stories out on the ice this Sunday? Outright Betting Next Elimination
6 Nations Odds - Court Wanting?
So Declan, is there anything you’d like to say to France? “Well, I wish them all the best and they do good cheese.” Sadly there was no Keegan-esque “I’ll tell you what, we’re still fighting for this title” breakdown from Declan Kidney after he saw his Ireland side bounce back from a hammering in Paris with a pulsating win in Twickenham. He has rarely put a foot wrong since taking the helm, but Kidney’s mind-games need some work because although Ireland have a chance of defending the 6 Nations Championship, the coach didn’t of heap the pressure on the French. “The ball is in France’s court,” was the summary, not exactly making the most of the nation’s history of surrender. Les Bleus haven’t always been the most reliable, so is it worth giving Ireland to win the 6 Nations @ 14/1 a try?
Euro 2012 Betting - A Helping Hand?
There’s a feeling amongst certain fans - the ones that can really hold a grudge mainly - that even if the Republic of Ireland were to top their qualifying group for Euro 2012 by some distance, football’s powers that be would do something fiendish like implement the little known ‘first is the worst, second is the best’ rule to deny them their trip to Poland and possibly the Ukraine [if they get their arses in gear and build all those stadiums they promised]. For once the wide grins on the faces of the FAI contingent had more to do with a favourable draw rather than the words ‘free bar’ being mentioned. Russia and Slovakia certainly won’t be pushovers, but could Ireland finally get the green light to go to a major tournament? To Qualify Odds - Euro 2012 Group Betting
