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Boylesports Payout on Michael D Higgins?

  • 21-10-2011 9:16am
    #1
    alexiszamboglou
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8 ✭


    Placed a bet about two months ago on Michael D Higgins and forgot all about it. Out of the blue this morning I get an email saying that Boyles are already paying out on Higgins and my bets a winner.. Anyone else get this or is it a mistake? If it's true then I have 60 bucks to add to my beer fund at the weekend


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  • #2
    cardwizzard
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,385 ✭✭✭cardwizzard


    Yeah,heard it on the news. Well done, nice to have a winner. Good bet.


  • #3
    alexiszamboglou
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8 ✭alexiszamboglou


    cardwizzard wrote: »
    Yeah,heard it on the news. Well done, nice to have a winner. Good bet.

    What news you hear it on? So it must be true then happy days


  • #4
    cardwizzard
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,385 ✭✭✭cardwizzard


    alexiszamboglou wrote: »
    What news you hear it on? So it must be true then happy days


    Today FM,


  • #5
    raymon
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,774 ✭✭✭raymon


    cardwizzard wrote: »
    Today FM,


    http://www.examiner.ie/breakingnews/ireland/boylesports-pay-out-on-higgins-presidency-bid-525271.html


    If it true I am very happy ...... I really don't want a liar in the office .....it didn't sit well with me ...


  • #6
    COYW
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,930 ✭✭✭COYW


    The payout will cost them €125,000. Nice bit of cheap advertising there. Far cheaper than a sequence of adverts on prime time tv.


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  • #7
    cardwizzard
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,385 ✭✭✭cardwizzard


    COYW wrote: »
    The payout will cost them €125,000. Nice bit of cheap advertising there. Far cheaper than a sequence of adverts on prime time tv.


    That is the smart part about it. It won't cost them a penny unless another candidate wins, as they would have to payout twice if that happens.

    Its true that they will get good publicity and advertising out of it, but it wont cost a penny. This is a Paddy Power move normally, beat to the punch this time around.


  • #8
    ILikeBananas
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 785 ✭✭✭ILikeBananas


    Last time I checked a few days ago MDH was 11/8 and SG was 4/5 with Paddy Power. Now MDH is the 1/3 favouriite and SG has dropped back to 2/1. What has happened? Was a new poll released or what?


  • #9
    mikemac
    Closed Accounts Posts: 19,986 ✭✭✭✭mikemac


    Anyone remember Dome bookmakers who paid out on Arsenal and then Man Utd won the league. Or maybe it was the other way around
    Well they got so much advertising out of it that mistake probably ended up not being a mistake after all

    Yes, Michael D has been slashed to 1/3
    The final Red C poll is in the Sunday Business Post this weekend, maybe it was leaked to the bookies
    Or they saw an avalanche of money piling in so they just paid out and closed the book


  • #10
    Mr.Micro
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,336 ✭✭✭Mr.Micro


    ILikeBananas wrote: »
    Last time I checked a few days ago MDH was 11/8 and SG was 4/5 with Paddy Power. Now MDH is the 1/3 favouriite and SG has dropped back to 2/1. What has happened? Was a new poll released or what?

    People probably sobered up and realized that that SG is really a cardboard cut out made from old FF placards and posters.


  • #11
    Manach
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 9,768 Mod ✭✭✭✭Manach


    Perhaps people might recognise that MDH is a creature of the public sector unions given the Labour links.


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