Paddy Power punts Pistorius press promotion
Paddy Power has launched its latest money-back offer in the form of a guarantee to refund losing bets in the event that Oscar Pistorius is acquitted of murdering his girlfriend and is allowed to walk free from court.
‘Money Back If Pistorius Walks’ is being advertised in newspapers across the UK & Ireland from today and is designed to tap-into global interest in the case, which is receiving saturation coverage in the media.
Thus far over 60 per cent of bets placed have predicted that the paralympian will walk free after receiving a ‘not guilty’ verdict, prompting the booky to slash odds on such a verdict to 2/5 whilst ‘guilty’ is an outside bet at 7/4.
In a statement the Irish betting firm said: “With the eyes of the world on South Africa next week, savvy punters will be very keen for a courtroom flutter. Who can tell at this point what will unfold? But one thing’s for sure, trial verdicts don’t come much bigger than this.”