Bookmakers Fear Octopus
| 09 July 2010 |
MANCHESTER, England, July 8, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- The likes of Ronaldo,Rooney and Messi may have failed to hit the heights this World Cup, but anOctopus called Paul with psychic powers has emerged as one of the real starsof this tournament.
Paul's accuracy at predicting match results is gaining him a cultfollowing and the Octopus has the bookies running scared.
Paul, who resides in a tank at Sea Life aquarium in Oberhausen, Germany,has correctly predicted all of Germany's World Cup results - including their1-0 defeat against Spain.
The two-year-old octopus - who was actually born in Weymouth in England,predicted Germany's wins against England and Argentina, and even Serbia'sdefeat of Germany in the group stage.
The eight-legged tipster makes his selection by choosing food from twocontainers, one marked with the flag of Germany and the other theiropponents. However the Octopus is also turning tipster for the World Cupfinal between Spain and Holland.
On line sports betting firm Betfred.com are offering odds of 4/6 that hewill come down on the side of Germany in Saturday's match and 11/10 he againrisks incurring the wrath of his home country by picking Uruguay.
The same firm can't split Spain or Holland and they are both 10/11.
Punters can also get 15/8 he picks out two winning teams, 11/8 he getsjust one of his selections right and 2/1 his amazing run comes to an end andhe sides with a pair of losing nations this weekend.
Betfred.com spokesman Mark Pearson,
"The punters are now backing Paul's selections and if his run continueshe will cost us a few squid. The bookmakers will want this tipster to becomeCalamari."
For those who think the Psychic Octopus Paul has more to offer than justfootball predictions, the talented octopus is 8/1 to star in the next JamesBond film!
For all the odds on the World Cup go to http://www.betfred.com/
Contact - Mark Pearson; mark.pearson@betfred.com
SOURCE Betfred.com
Paul's accuracy at predicting match results is gaining him a cultfollowing and the Octopus has the bookies running scared.
Paul, who resides in a tank at Sea Life aquarium in Oberhausen, Germany,has correctly predicted all of Germany's World Cup results - including their1-0 defeat against Spain.
The two-year-old octopus - who was actually born in Weymouth in England,predicted Germany's wins against England and Argentina, and even Serbia'sdefeat of Germany in the group stage.
The eight-legged tipster makes his selection by choosing food from twocontainers, one marked with the flag of Germany and the other theiropponents. However the Octopus is also turning tipster for the World Cupfinal between Spain and Holland.
On line sports betting firm Betfred.com are offering odds of 4/6 that hewill come down on the side of Germany in Saturday's match and 11/10 he againrisks incurring the wrath of his home country by picking Uruguay.
The same firm can't split Spain or Holland and they are both 10/11.
Punters can also get 15/8 he picks out two winning teams, 11/8 he getsjust one of his selections right and 2/1 his amazing run comes to an end andhe sides with a pair of losing nations this weekend.
Betfred.com spokesman Mark Pearson,
"The punters are now backing Paul's selections and if his run continueshe will cost us a few squid. The bookmakers will want this tipster to becomeCalamari."
For those who think the Psychic Octopus Paul has more to offer than justfootball predictions, the talented octopus is 8/1 to star in the next JamesBond film!
For all the odds on the World Cup go to http://www.betfred.com/
Contact - Mark Pearson; mark.pearson@betfred.com
SOURCE Betfred.com
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