PADDY POWER PRESS RELEASE
04 JAN 2008. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
FIRST BLOOD TO BARACK AS BETTING FRENZY BEGINS
Senator Barack Obama has blasted the ball into the back of the net with an emphatic victory in the Iowa Democratic Caucus. While Hillary Clinton remains the Bookies favourite to become next President, the gap is beginning to narrow between the two front runners. Bookmaking firm Paddy Power have cut the odds on Obama to become Next President from 3/1 to 2/1 while Hillary Clinton has eased in the betting from odds-on 10/11 to odds-against 11/8.
All eyes now turn to New Hampshire next Tuesday for the first of the Primaries where Hillary Clinton remains the narrow favourite at odds of 4/5 ahead of Barack Ohama at 10/11 to top the Democratic vote. In the Republican camp Senator John McCain is the man the beat in New Hampshire and has been installed as Paddy Power’s red hot 8/11 favourite.
Ken Robertson, Communications Manger for Paddy Power said “We’ve been literally knocked over with the volume of traffic already through our new website If betting around the Iowa caucuses is anything to go by we predict the 2008 US Presidential Election will be the biggest non-sporting betting event of all time”
LATEST 2008 U.S. PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION BETTING
New Hampshire Democratic Primary
4/5Hilary Clinton
10/11Barack Obama
16/1John Edwards
33/1Any Other Democratic candidate
New Hampshire Republican Primary
8/11John McCain
5/4Mitt Romney
8/1 Any Other
Michigan Democratic Primary
1/4 Hilary Clinton
5/2 Barack Obama
12/1 John Edwards
33/1 Any other Democratic candidate
Michigan Republican Primary
6/4John McCain
15/8 Mitt Romney
2/1 Rudy Giuliani
9/2 Mike Huckabee
50/1 Any other Republican candidate
Democratic Nominee for President 2008
4/6Hillary Clinton
5/4Barack Obama
14/1John Edwards
25/1Al Gore
100/1Evan Bayh
100/1Bill Richardson
100/1Tom Daschle
Republican Nominee for President 2008
9/4Rudolph Giuliani
5/2John McCain
10/3Mitt Romney
7/2Mike Huckabee
10/1Ron Paul
20/1Fred Thompson
100/1Sam Brownback
Next President?
11/8Hillary Clinton
2/1 Barack Obama
6/1Rudolph Giuliani
13/2John McCain
10/1 Mitt Romney
11/1 Mike Huckabee
16/1 John Edwards
22/1 Ron Paul
331 Al Gore
40/1 Fred Thompson
125/1Evan Bayh
125/1 Bill Richardson
125/1 Tom Daschle
Winning Party
2/5 Democrats
7/4 Republicans
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Communication Manager
Paddy Power plc
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