Paddy Power put their faith in the Reds

This morning, we suggested that the Premier League 2008/09 trophy presentation should be brought forward, and it seems the folks at Paddy Power agree. They are paying out on Manchester Utd winning the treble, signalling the first time a bookie has paid out early on a team winning more than one trophy in a season. Some guy said:

“We know and punters know the race for trophies is all but over for another year so why wait for the formalities? If none of the opposition are able to even score a goal against United what chance have they got of actually beating them to silverware? We just hope someone can do us a favour and stop them in Europe.

“However, paying out on all three is a gamble. Football has a way of biting teams on the backside when they least expect it so we could yet end up with egg on our faces and not for the first time.”

Paddy Power aren’t stupid, and sometimes pay out on markets that aren’t attracting enough interest in order to drum up publicity. For example, they paid out £30,000 on Stoke to be relegated after the first weekend of the Premiership, an exposure that they probably covered with the resulting publicity.

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