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Paddy Power shouldn’t play ball with Kim Jong-Un
Paddy Power pulling marketing stunts is nothing new but there’s something about their plan to stage a basketball match in North Korea that makes Emmet Ryan feel rather uneasy. Better get the full disclosure out of the way already. For three and a half years I worked in the online betting industry. Paddy Power were […]
Betting on basketball: Riffing on reassessed Eurobasket outright winner odds
We’re down to the final eight in Eurobasket 2009 and so now might be a good time to, um, reassess those investments made at the beginning of the tournament – which is to say, start covering on some still-shaky (or straight-up *gone*) wagers made before the tourney tipped off…
Betting on basketball: What will Ricky do?
Paddy Power, ever priding itself on its status as “the cheeky bookmaker,” is offering (through tomorrow only!) some neat little proposition bets for Eurobasket 2009 based on everyone’s favorite Minnesota un-Timberwolf. Cleverly titled the “Ricky Rubio Specials,” the Paddy asks you to punt on the young stud’s performance in the big tournament.