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Euro 2008 Drinking Game - Day 4
2008-06-09 20:45:00 We haven’t seen any of this lot yet. Must mean we’re still on the first round of group matches. Enjoy day 4’s drinking game but remember drink sensibly. Put container to lips, open mouth, tilt container and swallow. Anything else could cause injury or, more likely, wet patches and stainage. Spain v Russia Greece v Sweden
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Who Will Be Pulled Off First At The Wankdorf?
2008-06-09 12:57:00 The Swiss may have tried to prevent childish sniggering from the entire English speaking world by changing the name of their main ground to the Stade de Suisse but it’s far too late for that. As any schoolboy football fan knows, the Stade De Suisse was better known for the last 80 years or so ...
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Euro 2008 Drinking Game - Day 3
2008-06-08 20:45:00 It’s day three and the group of non-fatal difficulty kicks off. Romania v France Holland v Italy
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Euro 2008 Drinking Game - Day 2
2008-06-07 20:45:00 It’s day two and the opening day excitement may have worn, but we’ve got a couple of brilliant games … no wait … that’s not right. Well, here’s day 2’s drinking games to spice things up. Austria v Croatia Germany v Poland
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Tips for the European Championship 2008
2008-06-07 14:24:00 Nothing much on the box today so i thought i’d post some vids for you. You’re probably better off betting on the Euros before watching this (tips from Paddy Power staff): Who do you think’s going to win? Comment below in the hope of gaining respect from a bunch of people you don’t really know. Next up ...
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Euro 2008 Drinking Game!
2008-06-06 19:31:00 Far be it from us to advocate drinking alcohol whilst watching Euro 2008 (we’ll be in work for at least one match day each day, making it difficult - but not impossible), but without a team to support a couple of cold cans could ease the heartache. What better way to occupy the dreary neutral ...
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Euro 2008 Betting - Top Goalscorer
2008-06-06 17:45:00 Euro 2008 Top Goalscorer Betting
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Bingo Ham Race
2008-06-06 17:44:00 First there was Cheltenham, then there was Piggy-ham and now there is Bingo-ham (boy oh boy do we love a ham race). To celebrate the launch of the first ever European Bingo Championships on paddypowerbingo.com we decided to race our Bingo Ball Characters the length of Henry Street and give you the chance to pocket some ...
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A Message From Cristiano
2008-06-06 14:37:00 Hello to my sponsors who adopt me on www.adoptafootballer.com First of all thank you all for helping me this summer and make me happy and more better in the footballing contest. But now something strange happened to me, a man from a place called “Madrid” says he can sponsor me even more for better money. This can ...
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Adopt A Footballer
2008-06-06 14:11:00 You’ve probably already heard about our Adopt A Footballer campaign. You may even have adopted one of the poor desperate urchins who will compete this summer without the support of the ‘greatest fans in the world’ - that’s you lot. The great news is that we’ll be able to follow the exploits of our four adoptees ...
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Big Brother Betting - Mikey Favourite!
2008-06-05 23:33:00 Let’s not beat around the bush here, you want to know our Big Brother betting. Well here we are first as ever with the odds… Mikey is the favourite. Who Will Win Big Brother 9 4/1 Mikey 6/1 Luke 8/1 ...
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CASUAL SEXIEST DERBY DABBLE
2008-06-05 09:56:00 By the law of taking out your red pen and putting a line through everything in the Derby you?re left with Casual Conquest. The only worry is that this is only his third race so the hustle and bustle could find him out. But take that chance - he?s the diamond in the ...
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GAA Betting: Some Ref Justice?
2008-06-04 16:00:00 Thankfully, in many respects, the All-Ireland Championships have been less predictable than first thought. A spirited Wexford beat Leinster hopefuls Meath, Wicklow shocked Kildare and almost undeservedly beat Laois in the Leinster Football Championship while Clare were victorious over Waterford in the Munster Hurling Championship (was it really a shock?). They have all given colour ...
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A right kick in the Bolgers
2008-06-03 17:39:00 We don?t like being messed around and therefore we don?t like when you are messed around. The latest antics with Jim Bolgers ?clerical error? stops short of the unbelievable. We are offering causalities of this latest episode and a 20% bonus on any winning Derby ante-post bets placed during a certain time period ...
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Euro 2008 Betting
2008-06-03 15:23:00 Every Little Alps Great plan alert: Inspired by the union of Trinidad & Tobago into one poor footballing nation as opposed to two mediocre ones, I would like to announce the birth of Ireland & Brazil* - the future winners of the 2010 World Cup. *Brazilian approval pending. The Trinis (not the lads that fat Ronaldo was caught ...
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That Joke Isn?t Funny Anymore
2008-06-03 15:08:00 There’s a serious schism in the Paddy Power marketing department. Half the team think Carlsberg’s latest little advert is hilarious. The rest, including me, think it’s pretty tedious. Aside from anything else, it’s not realistic. Those don’t look like your typical lady footballers to me, and the idea that Johnny Giles could get a top ...
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IAN WRIGHT, RAY HOUGHTON, TALKSPORT & A WONDER GOAL
2008-05-30 15:44:00 Yesterday was the pinnacle of my sporting career - my first medal since the egg and spoon race in 1985, and I cheated that day cos we used potatoes instead of eggs and I stuck my spoon into the potato. Anyway, what an honour…I was picked by Talksport to play for their Drivetime show against their ...
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800 FAGS, 80 MATCHES
2008-05-29 15:32:00 Ladies and Gentlemen set your gaydar to scrum as the Paddy Power Gay Rugby World Cup is almost upon us. There is no need for a (ahem) ethnic dictionary to understand this event, it does exactly what it says on the tin ? three days of no-holes barred gay rugby or as the organisers ...
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Big Brother 9 - The Countdown is On!
2008-05-28 17:09:00 I may as well kiss goodbye to the long evenings, say adios to my life and say hello to sleepless nights, because the mother of all reality shows is returning next Thursday which means I’m gonna be house bound and glued to the box for the summer! You’ve guessed it - Big Brother is back and ...
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Announcing the all new Betslip?
2008-05-27 18:07:00 It?s been a long time coming but we?ve finally released our new Bet Slip Version 1.999999 (Beta). Thanks to everyone that commented on our previous blog post with suggestions. We tried to take on board everyone?s ideas but some just weren?t possible. For example one smart arse wanted the winners before the ...
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Big Brother 9 - The Countdown is On!
2008-05-27 17:09:00 I may as well kiss goodbye to the long evenings, say adios to my life and say hello to sleepless nights, because the mother of all reality shows is returning next Thursday which means I’m gonna be house bound and glued to the box for the summer! You’ve guessed it - Big Brother is back and ...
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Munster?s Heineken Cup Win
2008-05-26 12:49:00 The last fifteen minutes were tedious. Magnificent monotony and beautiful boredom intertwined with the most gut-wrenching tension. One mistake, one handling error, one over-eager forward could have brought the fragile foundations of victory crashing down, but Munster have run through the script so many times in the past that a mistake never looked likely. If ...
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Eurovision Song Contest : Allez Les Bleus!
2008-05-23 17:54:00 Ok, let’s get serious about the most important betting event of the year. Ronaldo has done us all out of our bonus and at this stage in Paddy Power Towers it’s every man for himself. We need money and if it means the novelty traders taking a hit so be it. The turkey is out of ...
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Celtic?s SPL Win
2008-05-23 15:18:00 Gord Almighty Only weeks ago his time was up. He knew it too. Whilst we all have a brief glance at the jobs section just to see what’s out there, Gordon Strachan would have been grasping the newspaper a little more forcefully than a man who knows he’s got job security. But as the final whistle ...
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Toulouse or not Toulouse, that. Is the question.
2008-05-22 14:01:00 Whether ’tis nobler in the mind to……… The Prince of Denmark’s vacillations have resonance here and the idea that Munster have been made favourites makes for a loaded 4/5. My Irish Times colleague GT is always muttering darkly, whatever about backing Munster ‘don’t back against Munster’. Certainly, their seven post-Pool defeats since 2000 have been loosely ...
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Champions League: We?re Rumbled By Ronaldo!
2008-05-22 11:08:00 Well, it was a classic encounter, great skills on display, top players, high drama, everything you would want in a cup final, etc etc. It doesn’t mean much to us this morning as Mr. Ronaldo has left us ?1.5 million lighter (for readers in the UK, ?1.5 million is about £1.5 million, or it will be ...
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Dustin the Turkey Gets Stuffed!
2008-05-21 00:59:00 Thank God for Desperate Housewives. A double bill of Wysteria Lane was the only thing that could cheer me up after failing to qualify for the Eurovision. I don’t know whether I’m more upset about the fact that Dustin didn’t make it through to the final or the fact that Rosemary (yawn) Scallon, aka Dana was ...
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Champions League Final - The Final Say
2008-05-20 16:45:00 Final game of the season, final chance at glory, final chance to roll out the usual final rhetoric. It seems no matter how witty or insightful I may be there seems to be no substitute for the inane clichéd chatter of the modern footballer. Here’s a few of the things they’ve blurted out in the ...
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At the end of the day, Brian?
2008-05-20 12:21:00 It?s the one we?ve all been waiting for. Betting?s biggest football match ever, the first all-English final, the mission to Moscow when one team will be left tremblin? in The Kremlin. It?ll be a game of two halves when Manchester United meet Chelsea in the Champions League Final. And if that?s not enough well worn ...
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Champions League Final - Betting Preview
2008-05-20 12:05:00 ~ Or if that fascist IT department of yours has blocked Youtube, watch the video here. Click here for Champions League Final Betting
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European Football - Round Up
2008-05-20 11:56:00 Euro-trashed No lawyers were there to argue against the severity and no governing authority with more than one eye on TV revenues could overturn it. AC Milan have missed out on the Champions League fair and square. Despite being found guilty of being a major player in the Calciopoli match fixing scandal, AC Milan had previously ...
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Champions League Final : It?s Russian Roulette For Us!
2008-05-16 17:58:00 After a fair amount of argument and a spot of desk thumping action we’ve decided to go crazy for the Champions League Final. We’re offering to refund all losing win-draw-win, goalscorer, correct score and half-time/full-time bets if Cristiano Ronaldo scores in normal time! Given that he’s 7/4 to do exactly that, I reckon this must be ...
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FA Cup Final - The Ports Of Europe Await
2008-05-15 10:48:00 When Harry Redknapp was caught making non-committal small talk with an undercover reporter the world suddenly realised that this man could maybe, possibly, perhaps, in theory, if the right set of circumstances were to occur, be a little less than totally honest. As the police frantically rubbed a couple of sticks together and the press ...
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GAA Betting: Looking for Liam McCarthy
2008-05-14 15:03:00 With the exception of Kerry, the All-Ireland Football Championship offers a complex conundrum that requires deciphering in order to find provincial winners and possible challengers to the Kingdom?s crown. In contrast, the All-Ireland Hurling Championship is far less bewildering. The chasm between the levels of the sport is of Grand Canyon proportions. At the top, ...
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Sportsbook Rewards And Bonuses
2008-05-13 19:58:00 Sportsbook Rewards Bonuses and Promotions. Just like all the major casinos in Las Vegas, Lake Tahoe and Atlantic City, you deserve to be rewarded for playing at 5Dimes.They want to reward You with... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
Eurovision Betting - Dustin for the slaughter?
2008-05-12 17:04:00 Is Dustin headin? for the slaughter house or will he be flying high in Belgrade? With just over a week to go until the qualifying show that?s the million dollar question! Or ?5million question if you?re RTE! The good news is Dustin is odds-on at 2/5 to at least qualify for the Euroviosn final ...
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UEFA Cup Final
2008-05-12 15:12:00 Glory’s Within Range! “Don’t worry, it’s just a standard confidentially clause that says if you reveal any secrets about the club, we reserve the right to take you to court and sue you for every penny you have,” the manager explained, before playing the trump card, “it’s the same one Henrik Larsson had to sign when ...
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Premier League Final Day - How Will It Go?
2008-05-11 11:17:00 Okay it’s the final day and though Man Utd have the title within their reach there’s plenty of time for things to go horribly wrong. Will Steve Bruce rip up his invitation for a post match tipple with his former boss and give Avram Grant the opportunity to prove us all wrong? Should United fail ...
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Supremely Good
2008-05-10 14:31:00 I may be a huge Grandstand nerd, but I think this is brilliant.
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Promoted Teams - Will They Survive?
2008-05-09 09:57:00 Already Playing Ketchup! I’m not going to rain on West Brom’s parade, but that’s only because they won’t be having one. The Baggies have turned down the football’s finest cliché that is the bus through the town centre in favour of letting their players break up for holidays. “We regard this as only the start of ...
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AscotSports Stops Operating As An Online Sportsbook
2008-05-08 22:13:00 Today May 8th 2008, owner of AscotSports.com Tan Sri Vincent Tan announced that he was ceasing operations with immediate effect. Ascot Sports had obtained a retail sports betting licence in mid-2003 during the tenure of former Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad. The annual licence fee payable to the government was RM1million. The company even paid the ...
GAA Betting: In Search of Sam Maguire
2008-05-07 17:52:00 Like whispering in a night club, the All-Ireland Football Championship will start with a barely audible meow as opposed to a loud, imposing bark this weekend. It?s a long, hard road to Croke Park, but who?ll be holding aloft the precious Sam Maguire Trophy this September? Apart from the melee and tea throwing incidents at Parnell ...
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Summer 2008 set to be a Scorcher!
2008-05-07 17:20:00 Ah yes, summer is upon us. The sun is shining?the weather is sweet and according to Met Eireann and Met Check it?s just the beginning of things to come! In fact, forget Budget travel trips abroad, hit the shops for a new bikini/mankini and head for your nearest beach because this summer could be the ...
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Golf Betting: The Daly Grind!
2008-05-06 15:43:00 It’s tough being a golfer, especially if your coach, sponsors and wife have all dumped you. Although attention for most golf fans will be squarely focused on the prestigious Players Championship at Sawgrass, there’s some serious value to be had at the Italian Open. Below is a video of John Daly?s preparation for the event ...
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We?re Paying Out On Boris!!
2008-05-02 15:39:00 As of today we are paying out early on Boris Johnson as the winner of the London Mayor Election. Although London?s official results declaration seems to take almost as long as a Zimbabwean election, Labour?s kick in the ballots overnight suggests Boris will be on his way to City Hall. So we figure why wait ...
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Slogan Showdown Winner!
2008-05-02 13:51:00 The high calibre of entries made it very difficult to choose a winner in our far more cynical version of UEFA’s Bus Slogan competition. Many thanks to every one who entered, but there can be but one winner. And that is gary Says: May 1st, 2008 at 1:33 am POLISH TEAM BUS Red And White Eagles !!!!!! we also ...
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Trapattoni Here At Last!
2008-05-02 13:33:00 Certain bookmakers were waiting until yesterday to pay out on Trapattoni as Ireland manager, something we did roughly three months ago. If you’re still having trouble getting paid out, cut out this picture and hand it to your less generous bookie. The Italian made his long awaited appearance in front of the Irish media yesterday. He ...
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Boris Backs Himself For London Mayor With Paddy Power!
2008-05-01 18:14:00 Boris Johnson is sensing victory in the race to be London Mayor at today’s election - so much so he’s backing himself with your very own Paddy Power! At least, I’m fairly sure Boris is backing himself but looking more closely at the picture I’m not so sure he isn’t actually going for 50/1 rank outsider ...
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Ronaldo?s Transvestite Shock - That?s Just Ron-g
2008-04-30 16:17:00 As the bible says, he who has not picked up a transvestite hooker thinking it was just a regular one shall cast the first stone. The news that the formerly bald and buck-toothed Brazilian Ronaldo was caught with not one but three transvestite prostitutes has us lining up the knob related puns. Back in his home ...
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