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Ladbrokes political market favours Brexit

SBC News Ladbrokes political market favours Brexit

Ladbrokes has surprised political commentators by announcing that the UK is more likely to leave the European Union than Greece. The bookmaker has placed Greece at 2/5 to remain a Eurozone member in 2015, while cutting the odds on a ‘Brexit’ from 7/2 to 3/1. Following last Sunday’s Greek Euro Referendum which saw the beleaguered nation vote NO to further …

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Paddy Power pays out on Grexit market

SBC News Paddy Power pays out on Grexit market

Ahead of this Sunday’s Greek Euro Austerity Referendum, Paddy Power has announced that it has “paid out five figures” on Greece staying in the Eurozone. The Irish bookmaker revealed that it had recorded 85% of wagers on its ‘Grexit’ market favouring Greece staying put in the Euro region. Paddy Power is set pay out winnings to punters three days ahead …

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William Hill re-opens Grexit market

SBC News William Hill re-opens Grexit market

As Greece and the EU enter final debt crisis deadlock talks, William Hill has re-opened its market on whether the country will leave the Euro Zone by the end of 2015. Entering a critical 24 hour period, Greece Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras has set out new proposals to try and prevent Greece’s default on a €1.6 billion IMF loan. Greece …

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William Hill suspends Greek EURO exit market

SBC News William Hill suspends Greek EURO exit market

The subject of Greece and its fiscal status will dominate this week’s European Union Finance Ministers counsel in Riga (Latvia). EU member states fear that the country is on verge of a further default following last week’s appeal for a further extension from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for its next debt payment. Greece who are led by the recently …

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Paddy Power puts Greece at 4/1 to drop the Euro

The shift of political power in Greece following last Sunday’s national elections which saw radical left wing party Syriza take control under the leadership of new Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras, has not gone unnoticed by bookmakers. This week Paddy Power had announced that Greece is now 4/1 to drop the Euro currency within four years, as Syriza leaders and Tsipras …

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