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Lisbon hanging in the balance

Posted by garyfinnegan on 24/08/09

There may be trouble ahead. Just one month ago, Irish bookmakers were offering odds of 1/10 on a Yes vote in the October referendum on the Lisbon Treaty. That means you’d have to bet €10 to win €1 - indicating that the bookies strongly fancied a win for the Yes side.
Since then, the odds slipped [...]

Bookies backing Lisbon - but fear fickle electorate

Posted by garyfinnegan on 14/07/09

Irish bookmakers are betting the Lisbon Treaty will win between 60% and 65% of the vote in October’s (2nd) referendum on the issue, but are nervous about getting it wrong (again).
Paddy Power - Ireland’s biggest bookie - is offering odds of 1/6 on the Treaty being passed, citing the legal guarantees agreed in June by [...]

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