€100k WINNER COMES SO CLOSE TO A MAGIC MILLION

Four out of five winners leaves punter one zero short of a millionOne Athenry punter came agonisingly close to becoming bookie Paddy Power’s biggest ever winner.The inspired ‘Super Yankee’ bet which cost €130 produced 4 out of 5 winners and returned a whopping €107,550.However, had his fifth horse come in, the Athenry man would have pocketed a cool €1,077,705.A Super Yankee consists of 26 bets covering every possible combination from five horses and the anonymous punter, who has yet to collect his winnings, staked €5 per combination. All five of his selections were very appropriately running at the Paddy Power sponsored meeting ...
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KILLJOY KILROY FAVOURITE FOR THE JUNGLE BOOT

I’m a Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here Betting Odds Only one show has been aired so far but already bookies Paddy Power have picked their favourite to get axed first from this year’s ‘I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here’.Politician and former chat show host Robert Kilroy Silk, otherwise known as ‘Killjoy Kilroy’ with Paddy Power, is the 6/4 red hot favourite to be the first celebrity voted out of the jungle.On entering the jungle Kilroy, who was sacked from the BBC in 2004, appeared to take an instant dislike to WAG Carly Zucker. His bully boy tactics with Chelsea star Joe Cole’s fiancé were caught on camera and could prove to ...
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Betting NFL Games Highlight at SportFanatik Sports Betting

Betting NFL cup is always more fun if you are on the attractive side.If you want to be a positive NFLparticipant then you had better come to the grasp that you have to pay the price. The humorless performer that is gambling NFL sports regularly has to put in some final time in neatness to make money.Betting NFL sports event for many nationality is the highlight of the year. The unruly for many NFL betting players is that they be unable to remember that the sportsbooks know what they are doing. They are putting up lines that are designed to any get money on both sides of a game or to charm money to what they be certain of is a losing side. The...
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PENNANT FAVOURITE TO BE FIRST VICTIM OF LIVERPOOL CREDIT CRUNCH

Paddy Power Bets On First Liverpool Player Sold Jermaine Pennant is the evens money favourite with bookie Paddy Power to be the first player sold by Liverpool FC as the global credit crunch begins to bite.With suggestions from football finance expert Keith Harris that a number of clubs, including Liverpool, are coming under pressure from growing debts and cash-starved Banks wanting their money back, speculation is mounting on who might be sacrificed to meet costs at Liverpool. However, one man often said to be a target for the likes of Chelsea and now Manchester City - Spanish striker Fernando Torres – is rated a 22/1 outsider by Paddy Powe...
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Ireland V New Zealand Betting Preview

With Paddy Power offering odds of 4/6 on New Zealand winning all their matches in the Guinness Series, Ireland would appear to be up against it this weekend when they take on the All Blacks at Croke Park.Brian O’Driscoll is on course to pick up his 50th cap as captain of the Ireland side on Saturday.O’Driscoll has form when it comes to rising to big occasions and is 20/1 with Paddy Power to score the first try.Paddy Power said; ‘I believe that the chances for both Ireland and Munster to beat the All Blacks is a little more likely than our odds of 45/1 suggest.Even as a bookmaker, nothing would make me happier than paying our on this his...
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