There are 100 days until Christmas and popular bookmaker Paddy Power has opened its Christmas 2011 betting markets, including Christmas No.1 and White Christmas.
We haven't even got past Halloween but already the bookies are counting the days to Christmas. With exactly one hundred days left from tomorrow until Christmas Day,
Paddy Power have come up with some cracking Christmas specials to get everyone in the festive mood!
After last year’s cold front, snow betting is top of their list with odds of just 7/2 that Dublin will wake up to a winter wonderland on Christmas Day.
Paddy Power are also taking bets on which Irish store will launch their Christmas window displays first. Brown Thomas is the 11/10 favourite to don their windows with tinsel first followed by Dublin's longest serving retailer Clerys on O'Connell Street at 5/4 and Dublin's oldest department store Arnotts at 7/2.
Punters can also have a bet on who will top the Christmas charts, with the unknown X Factor winner heavily tipped at 2/7, and which soap will receive the most viewers on Christmas Day. And if that isn’t enough to tickle your fancy Paddy Power are also offering betting on which famous faces will fall head over heels this festive season.
In the Irish bachelor stakes Colin Farrell is 3/1 to take himself off the market while former Miss World Rosanna Davison and her long term beau Wesley Quirke are 10/11 to get engaged!
Sharon McHugh, spokesperson for Paddy Power told Bettingpro:
“It’s hard to believe there are just 100 days left until Christmas Day. Just like shopping our punters like to get in early and get the best prices!”
Christmas Betting currently available on:
• White Christmas
• First Christmas Shop Window Display
• UK Number 1 Christmas single
• Irish Number 1 Christmas single
• Soap Wars - Top Soap on Christmas Day
• Top Selling Christmas Toy
• Christmas No.1 Video Game
• Best Selling Christmas Book
• Best Selling DVD
• Festive Engagements
• First Irish Bachelor to come off the market
• First Irish couple to split
• First Irish couple to announce a Xmas baby
• Christmas Speeches – Queen’s speech / Pope’s speech / Channel 4
• ISEQ End
White Christmas
5/6 Chicago
5/4 Boston
5/4 Berlin
7/4 New York
3/1 Glasgow
7/2 Belfast
3/1 London
7/2 Dublin
6/1 Cardiff
6/1 Manchester
6/1 Cork
10/1 Paris
10/1 Madrid
10/1 Barcelona
Weather Specials
25/1 Record for the warmest Christmas Day in England to be broken (15.6C, 1920 Kilerton Devon)
50/1 Record for the lowest temperature in Scotland to be broken on Christmas Day (-27.2C, Jan 10th 1982, Aberdeenshire)
66/1 Record for the lowest temperature in Ireland to be broken on Christmas Day (-19.1ºC, 16th Jan 1881, Sligo)
66/1 Record for the lowest temperature in England to be broken on Christmas Day (-26.1C, Jan 10 1982, Shropshire)
100/1 Big Ben to stop due to frost on Christmas Day
200/1 River Thames to freeze over & people to ice skate on it on Christmas Day
First Department Store to Launch their Christmas Window Display
11/10 Brown Thomas
5/4 Clerys
7/2 Arnotts
UK Christmas No 1
2/7 X Factor Winner's Single
9/4 Any Other
UK Christmas No 1 Without X Factor Winner
11/4 Adele
8/1 Rihanna
8/1 Take That
8/1 Pixie Lott
16/1 The Saturdays
16/1 Katy Perry
16/1 Lady GaGa
20/1 JLS
20/1 Ellie Goulding
20/1 N-Dubz
33/1 Coldplay
33/1 Jedward
33/1 Cheryl Cole
40/1 Matt Cardle
40/1 Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds
40/1 Beady Eye
40/1 Leona Lewis
40/1 Olly Murs
50/1 Cliff Richard
50/1 Jai McDowell
Top Christmas Cracker (BBC Radio One Chart)
1/20 The Pogues (Fairytale of New York)
7/1 Mariah Carey (All I Want For Christmas)
16/1 Wham (Last Christmas)
16/1 Wizzard (I Wish it Could Be Christmas)
16/1 Slade (Merry Xmas Everyone)
25/1 Band Aid (Do They Know It's Christmas)
40/1 Jona Lewie (Stop The Cavalry)
50/1 Paul McCartney (Wonderful Christmas Time)
50/1 Perry Como (It's Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas)
66/1 David Bowie & Bing Crosby (Peace On Earth/Little Drummer Boy)
100/1 Cliff Richard (Mistletoe & Wine)
Irish Christmas No 1 Single
1/5 X Factor Winner's Single
3/1 Any Other
Irish Christmas No 1 Without X Factor Winner
3/1 Adele
8/1 Rihanna
8/1 Take That
10/1 Pixie Lott
12/1 Jedward
14/1 Westlife
16/1 The Saturdays
16/1 Katy Perry
16/1 Lady GaGa
16/1 Mary Byrne
20/1 JLS
20/1 Ellie Goulding
20/1 N-Dubz
33/1 Coldplay
33/1 Cheryl Cole
40/1 Matt Cardle
40/1 Leona Lewis
40/1 Olly Murs
40/1 Cliff Richard
Soap Wars
Which soap will have the most viewers on Christmas Day?
1/10 Eastenders
5/1 Coronation St
20/1 Emmerdale
50/1 Hollyoaks
Top Selling Toy Christmas 2011
5/2 The Fijit
3/1 Transformers 3 Optimus Prime
3/1 Kidizoom Twist Camera
5/1 Bopit XT
8/1 LeapFrogLeapPad
8/1 Rock on Elmo
8/1 Bob The Builder Construction Tower
12/1 Moshi Monsters Talking Plush
16/1 Monopoly Banking
16/1 Nerf N Strike Night Finder
20/1 Baby Annabell
20/1 iball3
25/1 Barbie Doggie Water Park
25/1 Lego City Police Station
Christmas No 1 Video Game
1/20 Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 3
8/1 FIFA 12
10/1 Gears Of War 3
33/1 Pro Evolution Soccer 2011
40/1 Mario Kart 7
66/1 Final Fantasy Versus XIII
Top Celebrity Book For Christmas
15/8 The Book That's More Than Just A Book by Peter Kay
3/1 Rafa: My Story by Rafa Nadal
3/1 The Inbetweeners Yearbook by Damon Beesley & Iain Morris
12/1 Red: My Autobiography by Gary Neville
12/1 The Necessary Aptitude: A Memoir by Pam Ayres
12/1 Confessions of a Conjuror by Derren Brown
16/1 Things I Couldn't Tell My Mother by Sue Johnston
20/1 Dare to Dream: Our Story by One Direction
20/1 Billy Connolly's Route 66 by Billy Connolly
25/1 The Life of Lee by Lee Evans
40/1 Twisting My Melon by Shaun Ryder
Christmas No. 1 DVD
4/7 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
3/1 Doctor Who: The Complete Sixth Series
7/2 Cars 2
4/1 Bridesmaids
6/1 Inbetweeners Movie
8/1 Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
10/1 Transformers: Dark of the Moon
12/1 Horrible Bosses
12/1 Christine Bleakley's fitness DVD
16/1 Super 8
16/1 X Men: First Class
20/1 Crazy Stupid Love
25/1 Scream 4
40/1 Ries of the Planet of the Apes
Christmas engagement
10/11 Rosanna Davison & Wes Quirke
5/4 Bernard Brogan & Lesley Walsh
11/8 Rob Kearney & Susie Amy
2/1 Andrea Roche & Rob White
9/4 Sara Kavanagh & Alan Byrne
7/2 Una Healy & Ben Foden
8/1 Brian McFadden & Vogue Williams
10/1 Nadia Forde & Luke Fitzgerald
16/1 Calum Best & Georgia Salpa
20/1 Rory McIlroy & Carolina Wozniaki
28/1 Bill Cullen & Jackie Lavin
First Irish bachelor to get engaged
5/2 Ryan Tubridy
3/1 Colin Farrell
7/2 Niall Breslin
5/1 Aidan Power
6/1 PJ Mansfield
8/1 Paul Galvin
10/1 Jonathan Rhys Meyers
10/1 Marty Morrissey
12/1 Leo Varadkar
12/1 Jim Corr
16/1 Karl Spain
20/1 Bertie Ahern
25/1 Podge or Rodge
40/1 Jedward
100/1 Louis Walsh
First to split
13/8 Ronan & Yvonne Keating
7/4 Marcus Feehily & Kevin McDaid
7/2 Brian McFadden & Vogue
5/1 Glenda Gilson & Rob McNaughton
6/1 Rosanna Davison & Wes Quirke
10/1 Robbie Keane & Claudine
10/1 Gerald Kean & Lisa Murphy
12/1 Michael Flatley & Niamh
20/1 Jodi Albert & Kian Egan
25/1 Pippa & Brian Ormond
40/1 Michelle Heaton & Hugh Hanley
50/1 Nicky Byrne & Georgina
First to announce a pregnancy
6/5 Pippa & Brian Ormond
7/4 Brian O'Driscoll & Amy Huberman
4/1 Andrea Roche & Rob White
6/1 Glenda Gilson & Rob McNaughton
7/1 Rosanna Davison & Wes Quirke
8/1 Una Healy & Ben Foden
10/1 Nadia Forde & Luke Fitzgerald
12/1 Brian McFadden & Vogue Williams
20/1 Rory McIlroy & Carolina Wozniaki
25/1 Calum Best & Georgia Salpa
What will the Queen say first in her Christmas speech?
5/1 David Cameron
6/1 Duchess of Cambridge
6/1 William
7/1 Prime Minister
8/1 Terrorism
8/1 The Pope
12/1 Barack Obama
12/1 Zara
12/1 My husband and I
12/1 Diamond Jubilee
12/1 Olympics
16/1 Osama Bin Laden
16/1 Harry
16/1 Charles
20/1 Nick Clegg
20/1 Libya
25/1 Eurozone
40/1 Camilla
40/1 Rugby World Cup
40/1 China
40/1 Gaddaffi
50/1 X Factor
50/1 Jedward
50/1 Big Brother
66/1 Another annus horribilis
What will the Pope say first during his 'Urbi et Orbi'?
3/1 God
4/1 Holy
5/1 Saviour
6/1 Christmas
6/1 Christ
8/1 Angel
8/1 Solemn
10/1 Shepherd
10/1 Bethlehem
12/1 Love
12/1 Hope
14/1 Mary
16/1 Millenium
16/1 Almighty
16/1 Saint
18/1 Terrorism
18/1 Friendship
20/1 Earth
50/1 Satan
80/1 Nuncio
100/1 Ireland
250/1 Cloyne
500/1 Britney
500/1 Enda Kenny
Who will give Channel 4's alternative Christmas Speech?
6/1 Julian Assange
8/1 David Walliams
10/1 Paddy Doherty
11/1 Mary Portas
12/1 Russell Brand
12/1 Simon Cowell
12/1 Gypsy King
12/1 Sally Bercow
16/1 Katie Price
16/1 Ricky Gervais
16/1 Jonathan Ross
16/1 Jedward
16/1 Warren Buffett
16/1 Amy Childs
20/1 Justin Bieber
20/1 Charlie Sheen
25/1 Cheryl Cole
25/1 Victoria & David Beckham
25/1 Jimmy Carr
25/1 Kerry Katona
33/1 Mark Zuckerberg
33/1 Angela Merkel
33/1 Take That with Robbie Williams
40/1 Take That without Robbie Williams
40/1 Christina Hendricks
40/1 General David Petraeus
40/1 Boris Johnson
40/1 Matt Damon
50/1 Beyonce Knowles
50/1 Peter Andre
50/1 Arianna Huffington
66/1 Tom Ford
80/1 Imogen Thomas
100/1 Mike Tindall
100/1 Tony Blair
100/1 Podge & Rodge
100/1 Ryan Giggs
125/1 Pippa Middleton
125/1 Sarah Palin
200/1 Oprah
250/1 Michelle Obama
250/1 Gordon Brown
250/1 David Cameron
500/1 Barack Obama
ISEQ At Christmas
(Last Closing Before 25th Dec 2011)
20/1 Above €3800
6/1 €3300 - €3800
4/6 €2800 - €3300
13/8 €2300 - €2800
6/1 €1800 - €2300
25/1 Below €1800
