90 Minute Football Betting

If you look at our football markets you will often see ‘90 minutes only‘.

The 90 minutes referred to is inclusive of all additional time played by the referee due to injuries and delays during the match, but not any extra-time played (for example in some cup matches that are tied at full time). The full time result is the result for these markets irrelevant of the number of minutes added on. (more…)

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Tote Betting Explained

If you’re looking to place a Tote bet through the Paddy Power site, then never fear, the instructions are here!

Click ‘Horse Racing’ on the left hand navigational bar, and you will see a series of options open in a sub-menu. Choose ‘Tote Pools’ here. The page which opens next is a list of all the types of Tote bet and which meetings they are available at. Select your preferred bet type underneath your favoured meeting. (more…)

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American Horse Racing - What you need to know!

The first thing to remember when you are betting with us on US Racing is that dividends reported from US tracks are to a $2 stake. What this essentially means is that to get your returns you need to divide the reported dividend by two and then multiply it by your stake.

A Handy Example:

You place £10 on Paddy’s Boy in Race 10 at Santa Anita and it romps home. (more…)

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Betting In Running

Not content with just letting you bet on nearly any event conceivable, we’ve also introduced live betting, so you can bet on a wide-range of sporting events while they’re on. We call this ‘live betting’. Our live betting calendar, which contains details of upcoming live betting events, is available here.

If you’re new to live betting, it’s worth noting that there’s a few fundamental differences to normal betting. They are, as follows: (more…)

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Related Contingency in Betting

You are trying to place a double and the website won’t let you. What could be wrong?

One thing it might be is a related contingency - you cannot combine two or more events in the one bet when one outcome could affect the price of the other outcome.
This is explained below: (more…)

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