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Ireland’s biggest bookmaker Paddy Power said Thursday it would pay out early more than $1.35 million on bets that Barack Obama will be the next U.S. president, three weeks ahead of the election.
The Dublin-based bookmaker said it made the “unprecedented decision” to pay on bets taken so far, following Wednesday’s final campaign debate between Obama and his Republican rival John McCain, which polls judged the Democrat to have won.
“We declare this race well and truly over and congratulate all those who backed Obama,” Power said…
In June a wager of 100,000 euros was placed on Obama to win at odds of 1-2, yielding a payout of 150,000 euros, it added.
BTW – You can still place bets on the margin of victory for Obama over McCain.
# 29 slowth
“Sorry Joe, maybe you’ll be rich in the future!”
Yeah because Obama is going to be Presidnet and give him, a middle class employee, the tax breaks to get there.
Sorry J, you missed the point. Communicating on the internet is difficult. Dvorak, we need emoticons, the universal translator.
http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2008/0613/breaking60.htm
Paddy Power paid out on the Lisbon Treaty being passed. Just saying.
But Fraggle, it was a Friday the 13th that made Paddy Pay Out !!!
# 32 slowth
Just in case I wasn’t been sarcastic in my post.
#32 – Slowth
>>. Dvorak, we need emoticons, the universal >>ranslator.
Thanks to the interenet’s growth, slowth we HAVE emoticons.
🙂 😉 🙁
Here’s an unexpected emotion from McCain
http://delawareway.blogspot.com/2008/10/in-charge.html
this probably should be a caption this, thing huh ?