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As you all know Paddy Power has a reputation for doing things a bit differently with our betting. From the famous Commentary Cliches to what bug Padraig Harrington’s son wants to put in the USPGA trophy we always like to make things a little more interesting than the norm.
Indeed, such has been the popularity of the special bets over the years that now they’re all doing it, trying to replicate our unique style. But I guess imitation is the sincerest form of flattery and all that…
So as we sat down to dream up some season opening specials it got us thinking why should we have all the fun? Why not call in the big guns and our greatest asset – our loyal army of punters – to have a bit of a laugh with their betting as well?
From today we are launching the weekly Paddy Power Suggest-A-Bet where YOU become the bookie and can suggest a market for our traders to price up.
We’ll then select a winner who will not only have their market priced up and made available for all our punters to bet on via our website but will also receive a free €50/£50 bet for their divine inspiration.
Every Tuesday lunchtime here on the Paddy Power blog we will suggest a few areas you might like to consider and suggestions will be open via the blog until 10am on the Thursday morning. Most weeks this will be football but from time to time when there is a sporting occasion away from the soccer we’ll be asking for other sports too.
To give you an idea of where we are heading on this here’s a few recent examples of some bets we’ve run in the last few weeks…
- How long before Ronaldo is first mentioned in the Charity Shield Final
- 1st Player to be treated for cramp in a mtach
- How many shots will donkey Luca Toni have off target
- Greece v Russia number of letters in longest surname of a goalscorer
- 1st player to be pulled off in the Wankdorf Stadium (1st substitution)
- David James’ Cup Final hairstyle
There aren’t many guidelines really with which to stick to other than it obviously has to have a sporting chance in the outcome and not completely overstep the mark in terms of taste and decency.
This really is your opportunity to have as much fun and creativity with your suggestions as your devilish minds allow – so think outside the box and its over to you!
Areas this week we are looking for could include:
- The start of The Premiership season
- Chelsea v Portsmouth- Scolari’s 1st match v last season’s Cup Finalists
- Man Utd’s Missing Striker Conundrum
August 12th, 2008 at 5:11 pm
how about how many times the name jose mourinho will be said in commentary from start of game to finish
August 12th, 2008 at 5:14 pm
how about how many times jose mourinho name is mentioned from start of game to finish in commentary
August 12th, 2008 at 6:14 pm
i will keep it simple which premiership side will have some one sent off the earliest if any, going by time and this can include all teams whatever day they are playing very sporting sounds good to me.
August 12th, 2008 at 6:47 pm
How about getting together some betting options on the latest reality show: BBC2s Maestro…?
August 12th, 2008 at 7:38 pm
How many times will Eoin Mulligans goal in 05 be mentioned on Saturday.How many times will Darragh Moloney mention brilliant in the same sentence as Ciaran Whelan.
August 12th, 2008 at 9:07 pm
It would be good to be able just to bet on the final score of premiership matches but without choosing which team wins, so for example, instead of betting on a team to win 2-1 you can just bet that the final score to be 2-1 and it would not matter which side wins.
August 12th, 2008 at 10:49 pm
what will scolari’s outfit be on match day, suit or tracksuit or shorts
August 12th, 2008 at 11:41 pm
After all the activity in the transfer market i think a market for the first debutant to score would be an interesting market, with lots of big name signings like keane, deco, nasri, dos santos, modric, bentley, crouch, jo, johnson, diouf, and i’m sure paddy could muster up a special offer of money back if your selection scores in 90mins.
August 13th, 2008 at 8:08 am
How many times will David Beckham be mentioned by the commentators in the Man Utd match?
August 13th, 2008 at 8:11 am
How many times will Paula Radcliffe be mentioned on Match of the day as her marathon race is being shown right after it on Saturday night/sunday morning?
August 13th, 2008 at 9:18 am
As its the first weekend of the premiership a special called “And they’re off” would be appropriate, a market on how many players will be sent off on the first weekend of games?
August 13th, 2008 at 10:34 am
How many red and yellow cards will be shown across all remiership matches?
August 13th, 2008 at 12:22 pm
Why would david beckham be mentioned during united game? If ur goin with this type of bet it would be how many times the absent ronaldo or real madrid(or both) are mentioned.
August 13th, 2008 at 1:37 pm
This will get ur traders busy working researching squad numbers! What will be the highest shirt number worn by any goalscorer in the premiership be this weekend. Give ranges i.e. 20 - 22, 23 - 25, 26 - 28, 29 - 31, 32 - 34 etc
August 13th, 2008 at 3:16 pm
how many goals will be scored in the prem this weekend .or how many will keep a clean sheet … or one for the whole season which striking partnership will score the most goals.
August 13th, 2008 at 3:47 pm
Will padraig harrington reach world #1 in 2009?
August 13th, 2008 at 3:55 pm
how about how many refs in the premership fall over this yeat in live matches ,give me my 50 euro now
August 13th, 2008 at 3:55 pm
year sorry
August 13th, 2008 at 4:50 pm
Do handicap betting except instead of subtracting goals you subtract players.
e.g Chelsea to beat Portsmouth minus Drogba so that any goals scored by Drogba do not count in the handicap
August 13th, 2008 at 5:12 pm
how many occasions will the waterford hurlers shoulder/chest each other in the old clare style in sundays game v tipperary?
August 13th, 2008 at 8:07 pm
wot odds on when liverpool v man u play that keane and berbatov (he will sign) both score? a model to happen!
August 13th, 2008 at 11:44 pm
What will the total number of substitutions made in the premier league on the first weekend be?
or will there be more scores (goals counting as one score) in the dublin-tyrone game than in all the premier league matches combined.
August 14th, 2008 at 12:29 am
Betting on how many tims Fergie puts Chewing Gum into his mouth against Newcastle.
How many packets of Wrigley Fergie goes through in a season. 1-40 (4/6) 40-60 (even) 60 or more (15/8)
August 14th, 2008 at 4:00 am
how many games until stoke earn a point?
August 14th, 2008 at 7:07 am
Which will be the first premier manager to get a red card this season
August 14th, 2008 at 9:32 am
How long will it be until Fabregas comes out of the closet?
August 14th, 2008 at 10:21 am
Who will be the first Premier manager to refuse to give an interview after the match and get their assistant to do it instead? Fergie has to be a big favourite
August 14th, 2008 at 10:37 am
A really good Bet for punters would be predict the whole premiership 1-20 and the winner gets €1 million you’se are loaded and somebody has to get it
August 14th, 2008 at 11:33 am
i am trying to find out if there are prices on winner of failte towers. i looking for the sexy michele heaton to win.
August 14th, 2008 at 1:45 pm
Who will make larger final quarter profit/Loss Ryanair or Aer Lingus
August 14th, 2008 at 2:36 pm
what a bout a blue weekend robbie keane to score and the dubs to win against tyrone
August 14th, 2008 at 5:06 pm
how many meetings to be abandoned due to waterlogging between now and the end of the year !!!!!!
August 14th, 2008 at 6:16 pm
With the new “respect the ref” concept in running this season which of the “big three” Arsenal, Chelsea, and Man Utd, will recieve the most bookings for dissent this season, it can obviously be extended to feature the rest of the premiership but those three have to be the favourites.
August 14th, 2008 at 10:37 pm
Come back to haunt…first player to score against their previous club.
August 15th, 2008 at 2:10 am
with the new “get on with the game” programme aimed at stopping players arguing with referees and giving captains more responsibility of controlling their players how about a market for first player to be booked for dissent and /or the first captain to be booked for dissent
August 15th, 2008 at 9:29 am
How many times will the average age of the Arsenal team be mentioned in Saturdays game with West Brom?
August 15th, 2008 at 1:22 pm
1st player to score an own goal this season
August 15th, 2008 at 1:36 pm
How about a spread on the total number of premiership goals scored could even be a weekly feature
August 15th, 2008 at 1:43 pm
Howabout in horse or dog racing..to accomodate those that wish to bet place only, at sp
or board prices ?
August 15th, 2008 at 1:45 pm
1)The number of managers that use the phrase ‘I didn’t see it’ in post match interviews throughout the first premiership weekend.
2)Or perhaps the manager that uses it most throughout the season.
3)Then the winner w/o the big 4 (Wenger, Benitez, Ferguson and old ‘arry Redknap (probably in relation to his bank account…allegedly…)
August 15th, 2008 at 1:53 pm
How about how many times Jamie Redknapp talks about how “great” Frank Lampard (not a bit bias :P) is, or how many times he calls a good footballer a “Top Top Player”?
August 15th, 2008 at 2:03 pm
1st Player to get Red Card this season ???????????
August 15th, 2008 at 6:32 pm
How about guessing which colour football boots / make of boots will be the most popular for the first game of the season? This can be based on all premiership teams’ starting 11.
August 15th, 2008 at 9:43 pm
which player will become a father first during the season and celebrate it after scoring?
August 15th, 2008 at 9:57 pm
Warrabout an on-going spread of how many times in the Prem that a player is booked for having some stupid statement printed on his vest under his shirt which he proudly shows after forcing in a crap goal??
August 15th, 2008 at 10:13 pm
How about “Rope-A-Dope”
How many failed drug tests during the Olympics?
August 15th, 2008 at 10:58 pm
1st goalkeeper to save a penalty
August 16th, 2008 at 9:15 am
How about :-
1) Which game will contain the highest Scrabble score of the scorers’ surnames (treble scores for a hat-trick);
2) Which Premiership game will have the latest timed goal (e.g. 93rd minute);
3) Which game will have the highest total of Goal Minutes;
4) Over / Under on the above market, with PP setting base level for each match;
August 16th, 2008 at 11:18 am
What player will score the first own goal this season?
August 22nd, 2008 at 3:58 am
How about bets on who the US Presidential Democratic and Republican nominees are going to pick for their respective Vice Presidential Candidates?
August 24th, 2008 at 11:37 pm
Spreadbet each week with an irish flavour.
No of Ruby Walsh Winners
No of McManus Green/Gold Winners
My favourite bet is a 4-0 correct score - rarely comes, in so Guarantee Best Price on 4-0 Correct Score in live games using racing post correct score guide.
August 26th, 2008 at 2:25 pm
I’d like to be able to bet on a promotion / relegation accumulator from premier league to conference, and even include the scottish and perhaps spanish top leagues as possible bets that can get cross-bet under one stake!!!??? Is this a possibility on paddy power, because i have seen it on my friends online account with another company??
September 23rd, 2008 at 2:57 pm
how about how meny wrong desisions will referees / linesmen give this weekend ??
September 29th, 2008 at 10:53 am
which newspaper group will be the first to go bust.
September 30th, 2008 at 3:11 am
The next banks to crash or be nationlised has to one to consider? go on.
September 30th, 2008 at 3:14 am
The winner/runner up in the new TV3 show The Apprentice, its a certain hit and the English version has shown the odds on favorites are by no means a dead cert.
September 30th, 2008 at 3:20 am
Accumulators in English premiership is a must. What about a mix of accumulators over a range of sports, fron Rugby to Soccer, to Golf. That would be fantastic.
I’d love to blend Arsenal to trash Porto, with Harrington to lift the winners trophy in the UK.
October 21st, 2008 at 9:28 pm
bet on who will recieve most red cards in rest ov season
October 30th, 2008 at 9:05 pm
Where will be the next bomb blast
1, pakistan
2, india
3, indonesia
4, srilanka
5, burma
October 31st, 2008 at 6:55 pm
what colour tie will jamie redknapp wear on motd or will he wear a tie?
October 31st, 2008 at 6:55 pm
What colour will be the first team to score in the premiership?
October 31st, 2008 at 6:57 pm
who will be the first player/team to be stetchered off
October 31st, 2008 at 6:59 pm
what team will have a player runout in cricket?
November 2nd, 2008 at 11:43 am
who will make the biggest mistke on the ecommy alister darlling or george osborne
November 2nd, 2008 at 4:22 pm
just watched the derby forest game.having bet on derby i aint happy.how long will the ref be demoted for?
November 2nd, 2008 at 4:25 pm
what about a mid season handicap on winning the premiership.hull plus ten or villa plus six points
November 3rd, 2008 at 12:36 pm
in which game david beckham score the first goal with ac milan
November 3rd, 2008 at 12:45 pm
carlos tevez will stay with utd?
in which match will spurs lose the first game
November 4th, 2008 at 2:40 pm
refund on bets if jockey gets a ban.its hard enough to pick a winner but when the jockey doesnt try its not too fair.
November 11th, 2008 at 2:45 pm
who will score most in december kris (mas) boyd noel hunt carol (os) tevez or any other christmasy names
November 11th, 2008 at 6:38 pm
WHO WILL BE FIRST MANAGER SACK NEXT YEAR
November 11th, 2008 at 6:39 pm
WHO WILL BE NEXT FOOTBALLER TO CHEAT
November 12th, 2008 at 11:46 am
how many darts will phil taylor take to win his first match in any tournament?
eg. 9darts-100/1, 10darts-33/1, 11darts-4/1, 12darts-2/1, 13darts-5/2, 14darts-3/1,15+ darts-3/1. - book profit 36% what do you think paddy will i make a good bookmaker?
November 12th, 2008 at 4:50 pm
which team in scottish prem and top two english leagues will score most goals this season
November 13th, 2008 at 10:11 pm
name 3 matches both teams must score in each game @ 5/1
4 matches @ 8/1
5 matches @ 13/1
6 matches @ 28/1
i dont know who lays this and if the prices are right or what the name is but i think a lot of
new punters would be interested .
November 13th, 2008 at 10:12 pm
Laura to be re-instated on x-factor this weekend?
November 20th, 2008 at 6:20 pm
How about some enhanced prices on tennis accas. you could enhance the price for the more selections a customer adds..
November 23rd, 2008 at 2:23 am
In horseracing handicaps, where 16 runners are declared, offer to pay out on first 4 for each-way bets if only 15 run - i.e. if there’s one non-runner. The number of non-runner declarations these days makes many punters reluctant to bet each way if they think they’re likely to be betting on the first 3 out of 15.
November 23rd, 2008 at 6:33 pm
A Horse Racing Meeting with winners names being spelt with scrabble pieces i.e
Denman = D=2 E=1 N=1 M=3 A=1 N=1 so total score is 9
and have a total like there are total distances and favourites how about name scores??
or maybe keep it simple how many letters in all the winners name??
maybe the same with all the goalscorers in a football game
so cisse = C=3 etc
would be an interesting conundrum!!!
November 23rd, 2008 at 6:35 pm
Maybe a goals match bet between leagues e.g premiership v championship v league 1 v league 2 on a certain weekend
November 24th, 2008 at 1:03 pm
Give an option for first miss of each game. I.e will the ball be put left of the post, right of the post, over the bar, will the keeper save it or for a bit of fun, will the player miss the ball completely!! Or how about who will score their next goal first? Gary Neville or Jamie Carragher.
December 8th, 2008 at 8:29 pm
How about George Michael for xmas No.1 or xmas no.1 w/o x-factor?
December 10th, 2008 at 7:57 pm
When Rosicky returns from injury after a year, will he be injured during his first match?!
How many times will Adeabyor be offside in one match?!
December 23rd, 2008 at 11:14 pm
Who will be next to be knighted e.g. Bruce Forsythe surely is a favourite?
or who will get certain honours in new years list (we will all get one eventually methinks)
March 25th, 2009 at 12:43 am
oh no !! i like chrihanna soo much !!