Paddy Power removes odds on Obama assassination odds

[The Buzz]

The Irish bookmaker Paddy Power has removed its offer to take bets on whether US President-elect Barack Obama will be assassinated.

Story from Gambling911 here ... http://www.gambling911.com/gambling-...ry-110908.html

[Tim]

Why would you encourage people to bet on such a thing. It would only encourage action if people began placing huge bets on the possibility of some being assasinated.

[szury]

Originally Posted by The Buzz

The Irish bookmaker Paddy Power has removed its offer to take bets on whether US President-elect Barack Obama will be assassinated.

Story from Gambling911 here ... http://www.gambling911.com/gambling-...ry-110908.html

This was like the stupidest bet I've ever heared

[ntaus]

No - just in extremely poor taste

ntaus

[Fintan]

Guys just to clarify, this has been totally mis-reported. We neer had such a market and never would, we don't take bets on murder / deaths.

We had a market available betting on if Obama would last the first term, with the options available being he will be impeached or quit. Someone somewhere has mis-read our site, jumped to the worng conclusion and wrote a story about it.

A full range of President Obama betting markets can be found here:
http://www.paddypower.com/bet?action..._type_id=10628

[bonustreak]

Glad that was removed, that was really poor taste.

[Skinski]

Very poor taste .

[masontech]

It did raise my eyebrows when it was put on the site. Novelty bets are one thing but that was wrong....