Punters Saying Yes To Lisbon

It's obviously too early to call considering the number of undecided, but if betting is a barometer - and it usually is, the big money so far has been on a Yes verdict

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Donegal Tipped To Vote No To Lisbon

A ‘yes’ vote might be the bookies 1/12 favourite for the Lisbon referendum re-run on the 2nd October but it’s less clear cut in some constituencies with both Donegal North East and Donegal South West tipped to vote ‘No’.

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North West Tipped To Vote Yes To Lisbon

A swing in favour of the Lisbon Treaty looks set to be reflected in the North West with bookies Paddy Power quoting just 1/6 that the constituency of Sligo North Leitrim and 1/7 that Roscommon South Leitrim vote ‘yes’ in the upcoming Lisbon Treaty referendum re-run.

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Touch And Go For Lisbon In Mayo

Enda Kenny has a big job on his hands to win on home turf ahead of this year’s Lisbon Treaty referendum re-run according to Paddy Power who make it a very tight contest indeed with the ‘yes’ vote priced at 4/7 and a rejection of the treaty at 5/4.

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Bookie Tightens Odds On No Vote In Galway

Bookies Paddy Power have tightened the odds on a No vote in Galway East to 7/4, and a no vote in Galway West to 3/1 ahead of the Lisbon Treaty referendum re-run on the 2nd October.

A ‘No’ vote in Galway East had been as big as 5/1 with Paddy Power before Libertas front man Declan Ganley re-emerged from the woodwork and announced his intention to campaign against the treaty for a second time.





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Meath Fav To Give A Royal Nod To Lisbon

Bookies Paddy Power have chalked up odds on how all 30+ constituencies are likely to vote in the second Lisbon Treaty referendum on 2nd October.

Meath East is one of those hotly tipped to pass the treaty with Paddy Power quoting odds of 1/20. Meath West on the other hand, while still odds-on at 1/5 to vote ‘Yes’, is not as clear cut. 

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Kildare Tipped To Vote Yes To Lisbon

Bookies Paddy Power have chalked up odds on how all 30+ constituencies are likely to vote in the second Lisbon Treaty referendum on 2nd October.

Both Kildare North and Kildare South are hotly tipped to pass the treaty with Paddy Power quoting odds of 1/25 and 1/14.

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Garden County Tipped To Vote Yes To Lisbon

Wicklow is on course to vote yes to Lisbon when the polls open on the 2nd October if the bookies odds are to be believed. Paddy Power are quoting 1/12 that the Garden County says ‘yes’ in the referendum re-run.

Even though Wicklow voted ‘no’ last time out, at 49.8% the ‘yes’ vote was 3% above the national average.



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Too Close To Call In Cork North Central - Latest Lisbon Betting

Bookies Paddy Power have chalked up odds on how all 30+ constituencies are likely to vote in the second Lisbon Treaty referendum on 2nd October.

With the exception of Cork North Central, the rebel county looks likely to produce a comfortable ‘yes’ vote overall. Cork East is just 1/7 to vote yes, Cork North West is 1/8, Cork South West is 1/5 while Cork South Central is 1/10.

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Kerry Tipped To Vote Yes - Latest Lisbon Betting

Bookies Paddy Power have chalked up odds on how all 30+ constituencies are likely to vote in the second Lisbon Treaty referendum on 2nd October.

The constituency of North Kerry produced the second lowest turnout of the thirteen Munster constituencies in the 2008 Lisbon referendum and could prove to be a tough nut for the ‘yes’ camp to crack with Paddy Power quoting touch and go odds of 4/11.

South Kerry on the other hand looks more likely to give the Lisbon the green light with Paddy Power making the ‘yes’ side their 1/6 favourite.



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Limerick Tipped to Vote Yes - Latest Lisbon Betting

Bookies Paddy Power have chalked up odds on how all 30+ constituencies are likely to vote in the second Lisbon Treaty referendum on 2nd October.

Both Limerick East and Limerick West are tipped to give Lisbon the green light with Paddy Power quoting 1/8 that the ‘yes’ camp emerges victorious.



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Premier County Tipped To Vote Yes - Latest Lisbon Betting

Bookies Paddy Power have chalked up odds on how all 30+ constituencies are likely to vote in the second Lisbon Treaty referendum on 2nd October.

Both Tipperary North and Tipperary South are tipped to give Lisbon the green light with Paddy Power quoting 1/14 and 1/10 that the ‘yes’ camp emerges victorious. 

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Waterford Tipped To Vote Yes - Latest Lisbon Betting

Bookies Paddy Power have chalked up odds on how all 30+ constituencies are likely to vote in the second Lisbon Treaty referendum on 2nd October.

The constituency of Waterford is tipped to give Lisbon the green light with Paddy Power quoting 1/8 that the ‘yes’ camp emerges victorious, compared to 9/2 for a ‘no’ vote. 

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Clare Tipped to Vote Yes - Latest Lisbon Betting

With national opinion polls showing a significant swing to the ‘yes’ side  and the support of four local deputies, it is looking likely that the treaty will be passed in The Banner County

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Touch And Go For Lisbon In Louth

Bookies Paddy Power have chalked up odds on how all 30+ constituencies are likely to vote in the second Lisbon Treaty referendum on 2nd October.

While most of Ireland are tipped to give Lisbon the green light it’s slightly less clear cut in the Wee County with Paddy Power quoting just 2/9 that the ‘yes’ camp emerges victorious, compared to 11/4 for a ‘no’ vote.

The constituency of Louth has been trending towards the ‘no’ side in recent EU referenda, culminating in a 58.1% ‘no’ vote in the 2008 Lisbon referendum. This figure was well above the national average of 53.4% for the ‘no’ side.



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Carlow/Kilkenny Tipped to Vote Yes - Latest Lisbon Betting

The constituency of Carlow/Kilkenny produced the closest vote of all 43 constituencies in the 2008 Lisbon vote. The "yes" side had an advantage of four votes out of a total valid poll of 52,416! However with national opinion polls showing a swing in support for the ‘yes’ side it’s unlikely there’ll be a photo finish this time around!

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Laois/Offaly Tipped to Vote Yes Again - Latest Lisbon Betting

Bookies Paddy Power have chalked up odds on how all 30+ constituencies are likely to vote in the second Lisbon Treaty referendum on 2nd October.

Laois / Offaly is hotly tipped to get behind Cowen and give Lisbon the green light for a second time with Paddy Power quoting just 1/33 that the ‘yes’ camp emerges victorious, compared to 14/1 for a ‘no’ vote.

The constituency certainly surprised observers with a strong ‘yes’ vote on the first Lisbon Treaty vote. Clearly the arrival of Brian Cowen as Taoiseach made a significant difference to the result.





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Lisbon Treaty - Betting Update

Despite recent support for the NO campaign by Libertas front man Declan Ganley and Irish pop star Jim Corr, current betting trends continue to point towards a landslide for YES with practically un-backable odds of 1/12.

Attached are the latest odds including Constituency betting 

Lisbon 'No Vote' Gains Momentum With Punters

The second Lisbon Treaty referendum scheduled for Friday the 2nd October could be a lot closer than initially thought if the latest betting from Paddy Power is anything to go by.

The bookmaker slashed the odds on the ‘no side’ from 5/1 to just 5/2 after a constant flow of betting. The lack of polls and the shift in opinion of punters is raising some concerns that a yes vote is far from guaranteed.  



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Will NAMA be passed?

With Fine Gael confirming they will not be backing NAMA and the Green Party wavering somewhat, bookies Paddy Power have opened betting on whether or not the National Asset Management Agency will get the green light when it comes before the Dáil next month.

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Punters Put Bruton Closer To FG Hotseat

Paddy Power have further cut the odds on Richard Bruton replacing Enda Kenny as the next leader of Fine Gael.  The FG spokesperson on finance had been the bookies even-money favourite but following sustained betting in support of the Northside Dubliner including one four figure bet resulted in the odds being cut further to 4/6.

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Mandy 10/1 After Labour Leadership Push

As Peter Mandelson makes himself comfortable running the country in Gordon Brown’s absence bookie Paddy Power has cut the odds of the Business Secretary being the next Labour leader from 16/1 to 10/1. 

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Punters Scream "Yes" to Lisbon

Punters continue to back a successful Yes vote in the forthcoming Lisbon Treaty referendum re-run which was today confirmed for October 2nd. Paddy Power have reported “significant” levels of betting from punters across Europe through their online betting site paddypower.com on a successful Yes vote being carried by the Irish people second time around.

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European Losers Live To Fight Another Day!

Some of this year’s European losers suffered a severe blow to their confidence by either failing to get elected or failing to retain their seats at this year’s European elections, but bookie Paddy Power’s latest odds should come as some comfort to them that there is life after defeat.



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Punters On A Hat-Trick For Ministerial Exit Betting

Ministers have been leaving the Government almost as quickly as we can re-price the market, it’s not over yet for Gordon Brown and there could be more surprises to come.

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Cowen Odds-On To Still Be Taoiseach Next Year

Taoiseach Brian Cowen is still the odds-on favourite to be Taoiseach on the 1st July next year. As far as the betting goes you could say there’s been a complete u-turn. The Green Party came out worst of all in the European and local elections but pulling out of Government could make things a whole lot worse!

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Landslide Victory For Obama?

As America takes to the polls, Irish bookmaker Paddy Power takes a look at the final betting odds on today’s US Presidential race.

Obama continues to lead the polls by as much as 7 points in the latest average of National polls and if money talks it looks like it could be a landslide victory for the Democratic Senator.

Will McCain Surrender or Put Up A Fight?

In the last few days we’ve seen a lot of late support for McCain but with just four days to go until this year’s election, it might be too late. We’ve already paid out on Obama to be the next President and we’re sticking to our guns. We think it’s only a matter of time before McCain is forced to admit defeat however being a former PoW McCain is unlikely to go down without a fight!

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Bookies Braced For Election Betting Late Late Show

Irish betting firm Paddy Power are planning to offer live betting in-running for the full duration of tomorrow’s US Presidential Election.  The bookmaker, who famously paid out over €1,000,000 on Obama as next President three weeks ago, has pledged to offer betting on their website www.padddypower.com until the fat lady sings and a winner is declared.

To date a staggering €2,500,000 has been wagered on the US election with Paddy Power and the bookmaker is expecting this figure to grow “a lot more” before the election is called on Wednesday morning. 

Irish Bookmaker pays out on Obama as next US President

Following the concluding presidential debate in New York last night Ireland’s largest bookmaker, Paddy Power, has decided to pay out on Barack Obama as the forty-fourth President of the United States of America.  

McCain gallups ahead of Obama

Irish bookmaker Paddy Power took a major U-turn today and slashed the odds on John McCain becoming the next US President, after the Republican nominee soared past Barack Obama in the latest polls. 

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PUNTERS TURN A WHITER SHADE OF PALIN!

Support for Republican Presidential hopeful John McCain has waned slightly according to bookmakers Paddy Power who today pushed his odds slightly to 13/8 from 6/4.

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Obama Biden His Time - US Election Betting

Presidential favourite Barack Obama is expected to announce his running mate this weekend and all the chat is about Delaware Senator Joe Biden. Once a 33/1 shot with Paddy Power, Biden is now commanding odds of 15/8 with the bookmaker and is the red hot favourite to assist Obama in his quest to conquer the White House. 

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Hillary Claws Back In Ohio and Texas

Hillary Clinton last night clawed her way back in Ohio and Texas to defeat her fellow Democratic candidate Barack Obama.

The former First Lady now looks to be back in the race and bookies Paddy Power are already looking ahead to the next big Primary in April – Pennsylvania.

Gore Blimey, Al for President?

Al Gore could still successfully run for US Presidency according to Bookies Paddy Power.

The Irish bookmaker slashed the odds on Gore becoming the next US President after one customer wanted to place £2000/€2700 on him at 50/1.

Sharon McHugh, spokesperson for Paddy Power said: "The odds are certainly stacked against him but there are obviously still people out there who think Gore has a chance. With Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama continuing to tear strips off each other perhaps the Democrats will decide to back Al after-all!"

HILLARY’S SHOW MOVES TO VEGAS

Famous Cities like Las Vegas, Reno and Carson will go to the vote when Nevada’s caucus kicks off on January 19.

THE COMEBACK KID IS BACK WITH A BANG!

Hillary’s unexpected win over Barack Obama in New Hampshire has seen the former first lady bounce back into favourite position to become the next US President.

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BLOOMING HELL – WILL HE OR WON’T HE?

Despite several public statements by Bloomberg denying plans for a Presidential run speculation has been mounting that the American businessman plans to enter the race as a late candidate, and punters are still willing to back the Boston born Mayor to be the next President at odds as big as 50/1.

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ALWAYS BET ON BARACK!

Ireland’s largest bookmaker, Paddy Power, are today claiming that the Democratic Nomination race is well and truly over and are already paying out on Barack Obama to be the successful Democratic nominee. The early payout signals a massive €50,000 payday to lucky punters who backed Obama over the recent number of weeks at various odds ranging from 4/1 to 4/9.

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FIRST BLOOD TO BARACK AS BETTING FRENZY BEGINS

Senator Barack Obama has blasted the ball into the back of the net with an emphatic victory in the Iowa Democratic Caucus. 

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OBAMA LEADS IOWA CAUCUS BETTING

Paddy Power are tipping Barack Obama at odds of 1/2 to win the most delegates in tomorrow’s Iowa Caucus. Recent polls show both Obama and Hilary Clinton neck and neck but the majority of betting support continues to be for the Illinois Senator. Barack Obama is also the 8/11 favourite with Paddy Power to win next Tuesday’s New Hampshire Democratic Primary.

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