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It is thought to be the few places to do well in a recession (no doubt thanks to the E80 million that government put in the prize kitty every year) but your local bookie might be hurting. If they happen to be Celtic Bookmakers here are some of the more interesting politics bets you will get over the Christmas as you get bored of Uncle Paudie.
Ley us know if any of these are good value – the full doc of sports and celeb bets is here (apologies it is a docx file – I will PDF it the morning if someone doesnt beat me to it).
Politics
Lisbon Treaty Second Referendum Result:
Yes 4/6 No Evens
European Elections 2009
Who will win more seats Fine Gael or Fianna Fail?
FG 4/5 FF 2/1
Same number of seats each 11/8
Labour party to win two seats or more 5/1
Sinn Fein to win two seats or more 2/1
The Green party to win a seat 10/1
Libertas to win a seat 9/4
Local Elections 2009
Who will win more seats fine Gael or Fianna Fail?
(Total number of County Councillors plus City Borough Councillors)
FG 4/6 FF Evens
The Year of the next General Election
2009 7/4 2010 7/4
2011 11/4 2012 5/1
Next Taoiseach
Brian Cowen 11/10 Enda Kenny 8/13
Next Government
F G/ Labour (alone) 6/4 FG/Labour/Green 7/4
FF/Labour 3/1 FF/Green 8/1
FF/Sinn Fein 8/1 FF Minority or Majority 12/1
(Others on request)
To lead Fine Gael into next election
1/5 Enda Kenny 3/1 Richard Bruton Bar 14/1
Mary Harney to be Minister for Health 1st January 2010 4/1
The Green Party to leave Government in 2009 7/4
The next Irish President:
Bertie Ahern 5/2 Brian Crowley 7/2
Mairead McGuinness 8/1 John Bruton 10/1
Eamonn Ryan 20/1 Gerry Adams 25/1
(others on request)
UK general election – next prime minister
Gordon Brown 9/4 David Cameron 2/5
Next Labour Leader
David Milliband 2/1 Harriet Harmon 7/2 Bar 6/1
Special Irish Bets
Obama to visit Ireland 2009 2/1
Ireland to win the Eurovision 2009 25/1
Dunnes Stores to be sold in 2009 7/4
Ryanair to take over Aer Lingus in 2009 7/4
Denis O’Brien to take over Independent Newspapers Group in 2009 9/4
5/1 for Labour to win two Euro seats seems like good value. They have a decent chance in Dublin, East and South.
Lads, I’ve an account with betfair and I plan on opening/creating some markets for the locals and Euros in the New Year. Let me know what you think people might be interested in. I think upper/lower bounds for seats, provincial breakdowns, most seats in DCC and so on might be too small for Celtic but would suit something like betfair. Especially, if candidates decide to back themselves!