BOOKIES SNOWED UNDER WITH FESTIVE BETS – Christmas Countdown
BOOKIES SNOWED UNDER WITH FESTIVE BETS – Christmas Countdown
Bookies Paddy Power were today inundated with bets on a white Christmas as Ireland woke up to bitter temperatures and frost covered grounds.
The odds on a single snowflake falling in Dublin on Christmas Day were cut to 9/2 from 5/1 after an avalanche of bets flooded in on the festive market. Further north, the odds on Belfast waking up to a blanket of snow were also cut to 7/2 from 4/1.
Ireland’s last “official” white Christmas was in 2004. This year, a single snowflake registered in Dublin airport on the 25th December could cost the bookie in excess of €75,000.
Meanwhile, with just twenty-five days left until Christmas Day, Paddy Power have launched a whole host of wacky wagers to kick-start the countdown to Christmas Day.
Punters can bet on everything from who will top the charts, with the unknown X Factor winner heavily tipped at 1/7, which soap will receive the most viewers on Christmas Day with Eastenders the 4/9 favourite to trounce Corrie, to what word the Pope might say first during his Christmas speech. Jedward fans can even avail of 10/1 that the Grimes twins will deliver Channel 4’s alternative Christmas message this year!
And with former Taoiseach Bertie Ahern’s daughter Cecelia expecting her first baby this December it’s just 5/2 that she and partner David Keoghan announce their engagement first. In the eligible Irish bachelor stakes, Colin Farrell is the 11/8 favourite to take himself off the market while Apprentice legend Breffny is 10/1 to find love.
Sharon McHugh, spokesperson for Paddy Power said: “We always witness a flood of bets the minute a bit of ice forms on the ground. It’s been five years since we last saw a white Christmas so punters might just get their wish this year!”
Included are odds on the following:
• White Christmas
• Irish Number 1 Christmas single
• UK Number 1 Christmas single
• Top Selling Christmas Toy
• Christmas No.1 Video Game
• Soap Wars – Top Soap on Christmas Day
• Best Selling Christmas Book
• Best Selling DVD
• Festive Engagements
• First Irish Bachelor to come off the market
• Christmas Speeches – Queen’s / Pope’s / Channel 4
• Number of New Year text messages sent
White Christmas
Evens Chicago
11/10 Boston
11/10 Berlin
13/8 New York
3/1 Glasgow
7/2 Belfast
4/1 London
9/2 Dublin
5/1 Cardiff
11/2 Manchester
6/1 Cork
8/1 Paris
10/1 Madrid
12/1 Barcelona
Christmas Day Temperature Betting
25/1 Record for the warmest Christmas Day on record in England to be beaten. (15.6C, 1920 Kilerton Devon)
25/1 Record for the lowest temperature in Scotland to be beaten on Christmas Day (-27.2C, Jan 10th 1982, Aberdeenshire).
40/1 Record for the lowest recorded temperature in England to be beaten on Christmas Day (-26.1C, Jan 10 1982, Shropshire).
66/1 Big Ben stops working due to frost
150/1 River Thames to freeze over and people to ice-skate on it on Christmas Day
Christmas Chart Toppers
UK Christmas No.1 Single
1/7 2009 X Factor Winner
4/1 Susan Boyle or any other artist
UK Christmas No.1 Single w/o X Factor
6/4 Susan Boyle
6/1 Robbie Williams
8/1 The Muppets
8/1 Leona Lewis
9/1 George Michael
10/1 Michael Jackson
10/1 Take That
14/1 Alexandra Burke
16/1 Cheryl Cole
18/1 Mariah Carey
18/1 Mika
20/1 Rolf Harris/Rick Parfitt
20/1 Coldplay
33/1 The Pope
500/1 Katie Price
UK Christmas No.1 Album
8/11 Susan Boyle
7/4 Leona Lewis
8/1 Rihanna
10/1 Take That
12/1 Alexandra Burke
12/1 Westlife
16/1 Michael Jackson
18/1 Michael Buble
18/1 Robbie Williams
20/1 Cheryl Cole
20/1 Lady GaGa
25/1 JLS
40/1 The Pope
150/1 The Priests
Top Christmas Cracker!
1/2 The Pogues – Fairytale of New York
6/4 Mariah Carey – All I Want For Christmas
14/1 Wham – Last Christmas
20/1 Wizzard – I Wish It Could Be Christmas
25/1 Slade – Merry Xmas Everybody
25/1 Band Aid – Do They Know It’s Christmas
25/1 David Bowie and Bing Crosby – Peace On Earth/Little Drummer Boy
25/1 Paul McCartney – Wonderful Christmas Time
Irish Christmas No.1 Single
1/8 2009 X Factor Winner
9/2 Any Other
Irish Christmas No 1 W/O X Factor
7/4 Susan Boyle
4/1 Leona Lewis
5/1 Robbie Williams
6/1 Alexandra Burke
6/1 The Muppets
8/1 Michael Jackson
8/1 George Michael
10/1 Cheryl Cole
10/1 Coldplay
10/1 Ronan Keating
18/1 Teletubbies
20/1 Lady GaGa
20/1 The Pope
25/1 Westlife
33/1 The Saturdays
33/1 Peter Andre
500/1 Katie Price
Irish Number 1 Album
10/11 Susan Boyle
7/2 Leona Lewis
4/1 Westlife
6/1 The Priests
10/1 Rihanna
12/1 Take That
12/1 The Pope
14/1 Ronan Keating
14/1 Alexandra Burke
16/1 Michael Jackson
20/1 Lady GaGa
20/1 Robbie Williams
25/1 Michael Buble
25/1 Cheryl Cole
25/1 JLS
Top Selling Toy for Christmas 2009
3/1 Battle Strikers Tournament Set
4/1 Transformers Bumblebee Helmet
5/1 Bop It
6/1 Go Go Hampsters
8/1 LuLu My Cuddlin’ Kitten
8/1 Vtech Vmotion System
10/1 Vtech Kiddizoom Camera
10/1 Rocky The Robot Truck
Christmas No.1 Video Game
1/6 Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
9/2 Mario & Sonic At The Olympic Winter Games
6/1 FIFA 10
8/1 Assassin’s Creed II
12/1 New Super Mario Bros Wii
25/1 HALO 3: ODST
25/1 Wii Fit Plus
Soap Wars
Which soap will have the most viewers on Christmas Day?
4/9 Eastenders
13/8 Coronation Street
33/1 Emmerdale
100/1 Hollyoaks
Best Xmas Read
Top celebrity Book this Christmas
3/1 My Championship Year by Jenson Button
4/1 My Comeback: Up Close and Personal by Lance Armstrong
5/1 Ooh! What a Lovely Pair: Our Story (Ant & Dec) by Ant McPartlin & Declan Donnelly
6/1 Driven to Distraction by Jeremy Clarkson
8/1 My Shit Life So Far by Frankie Boyle
10/1 Saturday Night Peter by Peter Kay
10/1 JLS: Our Story So Far by JLS
12/1 Jamie’s America by Jamie Oliver
14/1 Going Rogue: An American Life by Sarah Palin
16/1 It’s Not What You Think by Chris Evans
18/1 Standing Out by Katie Price
20/1 The Time of My Life by Patrick Swayze & Lisa Niemi
25/1 Look Back in Hunger: The Autobiography by Jo Brand
25/1 Open: An Autobiography by Andre Agassi
33/1 Thanks for Nothing by Jack Dee
Film Favourite
Christmas No. 1 DVD
2/5 Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince
9/4 Transformers 2: Revenge of the Fallen
8/1 Ice Age 3: Dawn Of The Dinosaurs
12/1 Star Trek
14/1 The Hangover
16/1 Inglorious Basterds
18/1 Take That: Circus Live
25/1 Monsters Vs Aliens
33/1 Michael McIntyre: Hello Wembley
40/1 Cliff Richard & The Shadows: Final Reunion
40/1 Xmen Origins: Wolverine
50/1 Night At The Museum 2: Battle of the Smithsonian
50/1 Public Enemies
80/1 Angels and Demons
100/1 The Proposal
Festive Engagements
Who will get engaged at Christmas?
2/1 Colin Farrell & Alicja Curus-Bachleda
5/2 Cecilia Ahern & David Keoghan
3/1 Rosanna Davison & Wes Quirke
6/1 Ryan Tubridy & Aoibhinn Ni Shuilleabhain
8/1 Nadine Coyle & Jason Bell
12/1 Una Healy & Ben Foden
14/1 Nadia Forde & Mark Noble
14/1 Mark Feehily & Kevin McDaid
18/1 Breff & Geraldine
First to pull a cracker!
First eligible bachelor to get engaged?
11/8 Colin Farrell
2/1 Ryan Tubridy
4/1 Jonathan Rhys Meyers
8/1 Kenny Egan
10/1 Breffny
14/1 John and Edward
50/1 Louis Walsh
100/1 Podge & Rodge
Christmas Messages
What will the Pope say first during his ‘Urbi et Orbi’?
3/1 God
4/1 Holy
5/1 Saviour
6/1 Christmas
6/1 Christ
8/1 Angel
8/1 Solemn
10/1 Shepherd
10/1 Bethlehem
12/1 Love
12/1 Hope
14/1 Mary
16/1 Millenium
16/1 Almighty
16/1 Saint
18/1 Terrorism
18/1 Friendship
20/1 Earth
25/1 Satan
100/1 Britney
What will the Queen say first in her Christmas Speech?
5/1 Afghanistan
7/1 Gordon Brown
7/1 David Cameron
8/1 Environment
8/1 Prime Minister
8/1 Iraq
8/1 Barack Obama
10/1 World Peace
12/1 Middle East
12/1 Terrorism
12/1 Lisbon Treaty
14/1 Peace in Northern Ireland
14/1 Charles
14/1 William
14/1 Harry
18/1 Olympics
20/1 Spirit of the people
20/1 Threat to the world
20/1 Old Age
25/1 Step Down
25/1 Camilla
33/1 Zara
40/1 The X Factor
50/1 David Beckham
50/1 Kate
66/1 Big Brother
66/1 Simon Cowell
100/1 Another Annus Horribilis
200/1 Jedward
Who will give Channel 4′s alternative Christmas Speech?
8/1 Alan Carr & Justin Lee Collins
10/1 Russell Brand
10/1 Jedward
12/1 David Walliams
14/1 Jimmy Carr
14/1 Katie Price
14/1 Davina McCall
16/1 Amy Winehouse
16/1 Paris Hilton
16/1 Gordon Ramsay
18/1 Peter Andre
20/1 Larry Sanders & Jerry Seinfeld
20/1 Ricky Gervais
20/1 Cheryl Cole
20/1 Posh & Becks
25/1 Ken Livingstone
25/1 Take That
25/1 Robbie Williams
33/1 Jose Manuel Barroso
40/1 Spice Girls
40/1 Jonathan Ross
40/1 The Osbourne Family
40/1 Simon Cowell
40/1 Kerry Katona
80/1 Boris Johnson
80/1 Leona Lewis
100/1 Tony Blair
100/1 Ashton Kutcher & Demi Moore
150/1 Hillary Clinton
150/1 Podge & Rodge
200/1 Oprah
250/1 Gordon Brown
250/1 David Cameron
500/1 Barack Obama
New Year Madness
Number of Text Messages sent in Ire at New Years
8/1 Under 30 Million
3/1 30,000,000 – 40,000,000
2/1 40,000,001 – 50,000,000
7/4 50,000,001 – 60,000,000
3/1 Over 60 Million
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