The main market for the visit of Obama to Ireland is where he will visit first when he arrives in the country and all the indications are that he will head to Aras an Uachtarain to visit the President. Paddy Power are offering a short looking 1/8 that he will arrive in Dublin and head straight to the official residence of the President which looks like the obvious choice. Other contenders include Trinity College which is always a popular destination for visitors to the country and the popular Guinness Factory which can be backed at 16/1 also with Paddy Power.

As well as visiting Dublin, Obama will also head to Moneygall to visit his Ancestral homestead and punters can have a go at picking which pub he will visit for a pint of Guinness in the area. The hot favourite is Ollie Hayes which is as short as 1/20 while Joe Hayes is the outsider at 7/1 with Paddy Power to be the venue for the all important pint of Guinness picture in Moneygall on Tuesday.

Barack Obama Irish Viit Betting with Paddy Power

First Place Obama will visit Betting

• 1/8 – Aras an Uachtarain
• 7/1 – Dublin Castle
• 8/1 – Trinity College
• 16/1 – Guinness Brewery
• 20/1 – Famine Memorial
• 20/1 – O’Connell Street
• 25/1 – Croke Park
• 40/1 – Fagan’s

Which Pub Will Obama have a pint of Guinness in during his strip to Moneygall

• 1/20 – Ollie Hayes
• 7/1 – Joe Hayes

All markest supplied by Paddy Power.com

The referendum will take place on May 5th and this will be the only time you will here government colleagues like Prime Minister David Cameron and Deputy Prime minister Nick Clegg disagree on a major policy issue. David cameron and the large majority of Tories will be pushing to keep the current fast past the post system and they will be pleased to read that Victor Chandler are offering odds of 4/7 about the majority of voters being against AV. That will be a confidence boost to Cameron as he looks to keep the Tory strongholds in the rural areas in the south as they build towards another General Election in 2014.

The way that an Alternative Vote system would work is that voters would be asked to rank potential MP’s in order rather than just selecting one preferred candidate, any person with more than 50% of the votes would be elected and if no one reaches that amount during the first count, a second count will take place where voters second choices would be used. Nick Clegg and the Liberals will know that they are most voters second choice and in theory that should give them more MP’s when the Election comes around making them the driving force behind the potential change. According to the bookies though they face a tough task to persuade voters to back AV and punters can get 5/4 with VC Bet about the majority of voters backing the move towards AV. It is an issue that splits the three main parties and over the next few weeks voters can expect strong campaigns from both sides of the argument, with many who are more used to arguing across the house of commons forming unlikely alliances.

Alternative Vote Referendum Odds – 05/05/11

• 4/7 – Majority Against AV
• 5/4 – Majority For AV

All markets supplied by Victor Chandler

One of the big betting specials each year on budget day is the colour of the tie that the Chancellor shall wear, this year the favourite is Blue at odds of 2/1, but is that too conservative for the coalition, he wont wear yellow that’s for the sure which is out at 16/1 a mix of the two colours would indicate a green tie which is at odds of 5/1

What colour will Osbornes tie be during the budget speech?

Other colours are available pop over to the Paddy Power website to check out the other options.

• 2/1 – Blue
• 3/1 – Navy
• 4/1 – Grey
• 4/1 – Purple
• 5/1 – Green
• 10/1 – Orange
• 12/1 – Pink

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Length of the Budget Speech

Another market to bet on today is the actual length of the speech, will it be all over in 15 minutes or are we looking at hours and hours highlighting all the tax increases and cuts to public spending that we will all have to endure?

• 56 mins or more – evens
• 51 – 55 mins – 7/4
• 50 mins or less – 5/2

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The current Mayor and Boris Johnson has announced that he wants to stand for a second term on behalf of the Conservative Party, for Labour the ex Mayor Ken Livingstone emerged as the Labour nomination after defeating former MP Oona King in a vote amongst party members, gaining over 68% of the votes. Whilst the Liberal Democrats have postponed their nomination process until later this year but it is thought that former MP Lembit Opik will emerge as the candidate.

Next Mayor of London odds

All odds for this market come courtesy of bookmakers Bet 365.

• 8/11 – Boris Johnson
• Evens – Ken Livingstone
• 33/1 – Lembit Opik

Ken Livingstone will be hoping to be reinstalled as Mayor having lost out to the surprise winner Boris Johnson in the 2008 election; Livingstone of course was London’s first Mayor winning the 2000 as an independent candidate and was kept on in 2004 after winning for Labour.

Both Mayors have come under scrutiny for the polices during there terms, Livingstone famously brought in the Congestion Charge to the capital whilst Johnson has brought in the “Boris Bike Scheme” which will cost the city over £100 million over 6 years but will help to reduce congestion in the City. Johnson is also known for his off the cuff remarks, when questioned whether he should carry on his £250,000 a year job at the Telegraph writing a column he dismissed the salary as “chicken feed”.

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Prince William and Kate Middleton will tie the knot on 29th April 2011 with the service taking place at Westminster Abbey in front of 1900 close personal friends and a TV audience of millions.

Where will Royal Couple spend their Honeymoon?

Kate may have been given the same engagement ring as Diana but she won’t be able to take the same Honeymoon. Charles and Diana toured the Mediterranean Sea aboard the Royal Yacht Britannia which was decommissioned in 1997.

• 5/4 – Kenya
• 9/2 – Scotland
• 8/1 – Canada
• 8/1 – South Africa
• 10/1 – Mustique
• 14/1 – Maldives
• 14/1 – France

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BBC Royal Wedding Viewers

The world has changed since Charles and Diana were married and the new Royal couple are not expected to have the same viewing figures.

• 4/7 – Less that 26 million
• 4/1 – 26,000,000 to 28,000,000
• 9/2 – 28,000,001 to 30,000,000
• 5/1 – 30,000,001 to 32,000,000
• 6/1 – 32,000,001 to 34,000,000
• 8/1 – 34,000,001 to 36,000,000
• 5/1 – More than 36 million

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The bookmaker Paddy Power has released a list of who they believe is in for a good chance of being nominated and winning the award, one of the frontrunners is Julian Assange the founder and spokesperson for the controversial website Wiki Leaks which has caused uproar in the political community by releasing confidential documents concerning matters such as the cover-ups in Iraq and Afghanistan and cables from the US Embassy containing diplomatic analysis of world leaders. However the current favourite to win is Aung San Suu Kyi the leader of the opposition party in Burma who had spent 15 years under house arrest.

Who will be the 2011 Nobel Peace Prize Winner

All odds come courtesy of bookmakers Paddy Power

• 3/1 – Aung San Suu Kyi
• 5/1 – Morgan Tsvangirai
• 10/1 – Sima Samar
• 12/1 – Vaclav Havel
• 12/1 – Helmut Kohl
• 14/1 – Julian Assange
• 14/1 – Thich Quang Do
• 14/1 – Chen Guangcheng
• 100/1 – Tony Blair

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This is sure to bring embarrassment to the house and to the speaker and could very easily lead to the downfall of John Bercows political career, with columnists in papers such as the Daily Mail saying that he should lock his wife up in the tower to stop these kinds of gaffes. Last year Sally Bercow criticised William Hague for opening talking about his wives miscarriages she said at the time “You don’t need to disclose this level of detail to prove you’re not gay” with reference to Mr Hague’s speculated relationship with his aid Christopher Myers, much to the disgust of the Conservative bank bench.

Bercow Betting odds

All odds for this market come courtesy of the political betting team at Ladbrokes.

• John Bercow to leave post of Speaker in 2011 – 3/1
• John Bercow to remain as speaker until end of 2011 – 1/5
• Sally Bercow to be the next leader of the Labour party – 500/1

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His Holiness is scheduled to tour the country in the infamous Popemobile that will coming out of retirement for the event and Paddy Power are cheekily offering odds of 80/1 that the vehicle will run out of petrol during any of the UK Masses and 250/1 that Top Gears the Stig is the official driver of the Popemobile.

In the 28 years that have passed since the last Papal visit the world has changed and recent allegations of abuse by Catholic Priests has changed opinions of the Catholic Church and as such there have been poor sales of tickets for the masses which have meant that the beatification Mass of Cardinal Newman that was scheduled to take place at Coventry Airport (when used in 1982 it had 350,000 attendees) has been moved to Cofton Park in Birmingham.

Birmingham Mass Attendance

All odds are supplied by internet bookmakers Paddypower.

• 9/2 – Less than 50,000
• 15/8 – 50,000 to 54,999
• 9/4 – 55,000 to 59,999
• 3/1 – 60,000 to 64,999
• 5/1 – 65,000 or over

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The new Government has already outlined cuts of £6 billion that it needs to make and the budget is normally a way to claw in much needed revenue, however among the items on the agenda will be the much talked about freeze on council tax charges as promised in the Conservative manifesto.

However to gain revenue there is expected to be rise in VAT (Value Added Tax) and bookmakers William Hill are now offering odds of 1/7 that the rate will go up and 4/1 that is will stay at the current rate of 17.5%.

What colour will Osborne’s tie be?

Will the first joint government budget see Osborne choose a neutral (not party) colour?

• 2/1 – Blue
• 4/1 – Green
• 6/1 – Pink
• 6/1 – Red
• 8/1 – Purple
• 12/1 – Yellow
• 16/1 – Black
• 16/1 – Orange
• 16/1 – Yellow

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Sarah Palin to admit to boob job before 2012 election

Will the former Governor of Alaska admit to going under the knife before the next US election?, all odds supplied by bookmaker Paddy Power.

• 7/4 – Yes
• 2/5 – No

Tongues have been wagging about the politicians breast sizse since she attended the recent Belmont Stakes and was looking a lot more voluptuous that she had done in the past. She has always denied having any kind of surgery on her chest but the camera never lies, or does it?

Palin to become underwear spokes model

Will she give up on the political world and become a spokesperson for one of the big underwear companies?

• 10/1 – Playtex Wonderbra
• 20/1 – Ultimo
• 25/1 – Victoria’s Secret
• 25/1 – Triumph
• 50/1 – Calvin Klein
• 100/1 – Walmart
• 500/1 – Marks and Spencer

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