Coakley gambling on luck of the Irish in Massachusetts Senate Race

Posted on Tuesday, January 19, 2010 at 10:41 AM

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Rumor reaches us that the Irish bookie Paddy Power has paid out early on Republican Scott Brown winning the special election in Massachusetts for the late Ted Kennedy's seat.

It's hard to tell if they have or not because there's no record of any such bets on their website (although they are quoting Brown at 20/1 to be the Republican presidential candidate in 2012.)

However, if the stories are true and they have in fact paid out, this could be very good news for Democrat Martha Coakley.

A reader tells us that in 2008, Paddy Power "lost hundreds of thousands of euro by paying out early on the Lisbon Treaty. They've gotten several by-elections wrong here too. This will cost them very little - this is Ireland, where Ted Kennedy was a HERO. Nobody would ever have bet on the evil Republicans taking his seat."

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celticflower | Jan 28, 2010, 06:21 PM EST

Dear Irish Citizens,Not all Democrats are good and all Republicans are not bad.Its time the Irish people realize what the rest of us have discovered,everyone has to work together .

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Christisall | Jan 27, 2010, 03:52 PM EST

arrogant coakley--glad she lost!!! Glad the kennedys lost!

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IrishAndProud | Jan 19, 2010, 05:09 PM EST

I would not just blankedly say that Ted Kennedy was a 'hero' in Ireland. Further, no one -- on either side -- really knows what's going to happen today in Massachussetts...but whatever happens, I don't think 'luck' really plays into it so much as who simply gets more votes.

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TheYank | Jan 19, 2010, 11:23 AM EST

Most of the time, Paddy Power gets it right. That's how bookies stay in business. Having said that, I gotta figure that betting on the Mass Sen election was VERY light. It only made RTE yesterday and the Irish Times today.

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