We here at Paddy Power love a bit of controversy. Especially if it gets our name in the papers. You could say we’re the Lindsay Lohan of bookmaking. It may seem like we’re just wandering around in a stupor getting in to trouble and allowing paparazzi to take up-skirt pictures of our leafless kooch. But […]
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[VIDEO] Watch Kim Jong-un pledge allegiance to Sunderland FC
Kim Jong Un has pledged his allegiance to Paolo Di Canio to help Sunderland avoid the drop. In a public statement Chairman Kim announced the Black Cats’ controversial plans to beat relegation and how he is going to ‘light up’ Sunderland. The tiny North Korean leader took over from his old man Kim Jong-Il in December […]
How we made Paddy Power’s Lucky Pants fly at the Cheltenham Festival
Cheltenham Festival 2013 | Paddy Power’s Lucky Pants When it comes to adding a cheeky bit of mischief to the greatest racing Festival of the year Paddy Power is the man to turn too. There’s nothing Paddy enjoys more than a cheeky bit of fun and the result was the largest pair of flying Lucky Pants the […]
Listen to our hidden mic: Rafa needs to guard against John Terry and Eden Hazard
By Josh Powell | Hidden Mic Chelsea entertain – and we use that term loosely – Brentford in their fourth-round FA Cup replay at noon today. They’ve won it four times in the last six years and Rafa Benitez would love to get his hands on a fifth trophy on the off-chance he keeps his job until […]
The best Pope jokes on Twitter
The Pope is hanging up his pointy hat and Twitter has been typically quick to react. Here’s some of the best jokes floating around cyberspace about the pontiff’s resignation. Irish president, Michael D. Higgins (or his parody account at least) tells Saint Bono his chance is nigh: Ah Bono, your day has finally come. Get […]
Holy moly: Pope Benedict retires! Bet on who will succeed him with Paddy Power
By Josh Powell | Pope Idol Pope Benedict XVI has announced he will retire on February 28 and Paddy Power has already opened a book over who will take his place in Rome. Pope Benedict is reportedly retiring “due to advanced age” which is just Vatican talk for “pretty damn old”. The 85-year-old’s papacy began on […]
Over €900k refunded on Saturday Money-Back Special all losers from Paddy Power
Paddy Power refunded on all losers in the 1.15 Cheltenham and the 3.10 Lingfield today. Paddy has now refunded over €900k to punters this January on this special alone. Paddy Power’s generosity in refunding all losers in two races on every Saturday in January ended up with the universe’s most popular bookie giving back a grand total […]
Paddy smashes €700k mark with January Money-Back Special All losers bonanza
Paddy Power’s at it again – refunding 13,000 customers and smashing through the €700,00 mark on Money-Back Special all losers in the 1.45 Kempton and the 2.45 Naas on Saturday January 19. So far this year, Paddy has refunded €715k to punters and will continue the Money-Back madness in two races on Saturday, January 26 to go along with all the Saturdays […]
C4 racing enters new dawn as Paddy gets ready for Money-Back Special on all losers in two races on Jan 1
By Sean Goff Channel 4 rings in the new on January 1 as horse racing on terrestrial TV gets a major overhaul for 2013 and beyond with the new-look show fronted by the brilliant Clare Balding. The team’s racing coverage comes under orders from Musselburgh on New Year’s Day after Cheltenham’s first meeting of 2013 […]
The weirdest club shop Christmas presents of the year – International edition
By Aidan Elder | Chief sports writer It’s that time of the year again when we give our loved ones a load of stuff they don’t really want. The Paddy Power Blog has trawled through some of the world’s biggest club shops to pick out some of the weirdest club merchandise you can give to […]
CUNNING STUNTS: It’s Saint Nicklas and 12 of Paddy Power’s greatest controversies
Aside from taking to the skies above Medinah, Paddy Power has a history of cunning stunts. This includes our Uffington White Horse for Cheltenham and Euro 2012′s Roy the Redeemer. We love a bit of mischief, which sometimes involves paying heavy fines for footballers. Here’s a recap of some of our finest – and most controversial […]
Paddy Power wins top industry awards…rightly so
Last night at the eighth annual eGaming Review Operator Awards, the most prestigious egaming review operator awards in the world by the way, Paddy Power picked up four awards. The event was hosted by Jimmy Carr, everyone’s favourite non-tax paying, plastic-Paddy comedian. After yet another year of being amazing and humble, we won heavy gongs for […]
X Factor exclusive: My outside tip to beat Ella Henderson
Eoin Murphy | Entertainment Editor Irish Daily Mail / Mail on Sunday This weekend’s X Factor is already gearing up for more tears, tantrums and face-offs than a Christmas party in Eastenders. Thanks to Louis Walsh’s histrionics last weekend, Gary Barlow is on the warpath. Not even a slap-up meal at the posh Arts Club […]
Ask Not Big Sam: Your problems answered on Downton Abbey, hot office girls, and Americans
Step forward to my cauldron of wisdom When I was a teenager, my Uncle Charlie came to live with us for a while. He said it was because the communists were after him, but my friend Wesley LaForge said it was actually because he was caught trying to make love to a donkey at a […]
Paddy Power’s Lucky Pants get the Italian job done
We don’t often find ourselves rummaging around in the undergrowth of Serie A - namely Serie B - but for this we will make an exception. The Paddy Power-sponsored Juve Stabia put four past Pro Vercelli in a 4-1 hiding at the weekend with Lithuanian star man Tomas Danilevicius bagging a hat-trick. It was no surprise really as Danilevicius - just like […]
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