The first of the festive hurdles has been successfully traversed and Friday night has the second in the nation's sights and with it comes a whole host of betting opportunities from online bookmaker Paddy Power. Amongst their raft of 'New Years Specials Odds' are books on ' The First Band To Officially Split in 2011' and the 'First Celebrity Hair Transplant'!
The world of novelty betting is an expanding market which all the bookmakers are valuing more and more highly. The Autumn months, especially with the cold snap that has pervaded the country, has seen huge captive markets in excess of any football matches or horse races consuming hours of reality TV that can now be enjoyed even more with a flutter on a variety of markets. As the New Year eases its way in, 'Dancing On Ice' will be pulling folk back to their sofas and enticing them to place a little wager on the outcome and soon the film award season will be in full flow but during the lull in proceedings Paddy Power who have become the leader in the specials market have come up with some real novelty novelties to amuse.
Girls Aloud are 8/11 favourite to split and whilst Cheryl Cole and the rest of the group have protested that they are still an item it looks entirely possible that their days are numbered , could well be where the safe money goes. The most frivolous of the options is the award that will go to the most orange fake tan in 2011 which could be a safe bet with Katie Price at 9/2!
The Specials market also covers political betting on a far less frivoulous note and having a punt on the first world leader to leave in 2011 could be as viable as betting on this years' ashes. The economic chaos in Ireland at present, really gives Brian Cowen no option but to hand over the mantle of government in 2011, which makes him favourite at 1/2 in this field. However, with the well publicized demise of Italy's premier Silvio Berlusconi it looks as if the ever tolerant Italians have had just about enough of his antics and may be about to call time on the playboy politician so he sits just behind Cowen at 11/4. David Cameron will be relieved that he is well down the list at 1/12 having endured a troubled few weeks with student protests, although he should note that this market is not about who may leave office in 2011 but who will leave first !
Celebrity drug busts, the top grossing movie in 2011 and the biggest rise in GDP are all areas that Paddy Power is covering for the coming year, proving , if proof were necessary, that the novelty betting market is here to stay and there is something for everyone.
Odds plus a host of Novelty Betting Opportunities courtesy of Paddy Power
FIRST POP GROUP TO SPLIT IN 2011
Girls Aloud 8/11
Sugababes 4/1
Kings of Leon 4/1
McFly 8/1
Arctic Monkeys 8/1
Take That 12/1
Westlife 20/1
JLS 25/1
Kasabian 33/1
U2 66/1
FIRST WORLD LEADER TO LEAVE IN 2011
Brian Cowen - Ireland 1/2
Silvio Berlusconi - Italy 11/4
Jose Zapatero - Spain 5/1
Kim Jong Il - North Korea 8/1
Donald Tusk - Poland 8/1
Vladimir Putin - Russia 10/1
David Cameron - UK 12/1
Julia Gillard - Australia 12/1
Nicolas Sarkozy 14/1
Barack Obama - USA 20/1
Angela Merkel - Germany 33/1
OTHER MARKETS
11/11/11 Betting
First Celebrity Hair Transplant
Most Orange Fake Tan 2011
Top Grossing Film
The biggest rise in GDP in 2011?
First celebrity drug bust 2011
Baby Names
Posted: Thursday, 30th December 2010
Author: Suzi Flute
Tags: tv, cheryl cole, david cameron, girls aloud, paddypower,
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