Irish Bookie Pays Out Early on Modern Warfare 2

[OmegaXIII]

Facepalm. Captain Obvious strikes again.

 

[mokes310]

I would have taken that bet for sure!

 

[FROGGEman2]

List... is... fail...

"Mario & Sonic At the Winter Olympics".

Really?

 

[karmapolizei]

...Wait, people bet on the relative popularity of Christmas releases? There's my factoid of the day *promptly shuts of knowledge valve*.

That's the Brits - if it exists, they place a bet on it.

 

[Amnestic]

...Wait, people bet on the relative popularity of Christmas releases? There's my factoid of the day *promptly shuts of knowledge valve*.

That's the Brits - if it exists, they place a bet on it.

Ireland's not part of Britain. The Isle of Great Britain consists of England, Scotland and Wales. The collection of countries known as the United Kingdom consists of England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, with the Republic of Ireland (also known as the EIRE) consisting of the ~5/6ths of the island of Ireland that Northern Ireland (and thus the UK) does not own.

The More You Know

[sub]*secretly wishes he had an Irish accent*[/sub]

 

[karmapolizei]

...Wait, people bet on the relative popularity of Christmas releases? There's my factoid of the day *promptly shuts of knowledge valve*.

That's the Brits - if it exists, they place a bet on it.

Ireland's not part of Britain. The Isle of Great Britain consists of England, Scotland and Wales. The collection of countries known as the United Kingdom consists of England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, with the Republic of Ireland (also known as the EIRE) consisting of the ~5/6ths of the island of Ireland that Northern Ireland (and thus the UK) does not own.

The More You Know

[sub]*secretly wishes he had an Irish accent*[/sub]

Woops, sorry. I knew that, I just didn't check the link - I thought that betting on the top-selling title in the U.K. meant that this betting agency was also U.K.-based. My bad. (The "Paddy" might have been a hint, but it didn't help.)

EDIT: Yeah, and reading the first sentence properly might have helped, too.

 

[wooty]

How can wii sports resort have better odds than AC2? Thats blasphemy

 

[gRiM_rEaPeRsco]

Paddy Power is my new favourite name ever.

OT: i really dont get why people in britain will bet on anything

 

[Amnestic]

How can wii sports resort have better odds than AC2? Thats blasphemy

Probably because Wii Fit and Wii Play top the best-selling console games of all time (OF ALL TIME!) list. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_best-selling_video_games#Top_20_console_games_of_all_time]

It's a fair bet.

Note: Doesn't include packaged games, if you scroll down a tad you'll see that Wii Sports outsells both of them put together.

 

[karmapolizei]

How can wii sports resort have better odds than AC2? Thats blasphemy

Because more people will probably buy it.

 

[wooty]

How can wii sports resort have better odds than AC2? Thats blasphemy

Probably because Wii Fit and Wii Play top the best-selling console games of all time (OF ALL TIME!) list. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_best-selling_video_games#Top_20_console_games_of_all_time]

It's a fair bet.

Note: Doesn't include packaged games, if you scroll down a tad you'll see that Wii Sports outsells both of them put together.

Thats been out a while though, I was on about the christmas sales bet. Would of been damn sure it would have higher odds, especially with it being on 3 systems

 

[ravensshade]

Sorry but what is Rogue Warrior? No wonder its 150/1 if no one has heard of it! Oh and by the way Escapist; why is every Modern Warfare 2 related news picture that of a pile of dead civilians from that No Russian section. Thats about three stories its been stuck onto now!

because that's what will happen when mw2 fails to get most sold

 

[GamingAwesome1]

MW2 sell the most? What a shock!

The book of sales charts and knowledge pretty much gurantees it top spot this Crimbo.

 

[Ninjamedic]

Wait, Paddy Powers are running video game bets?!
Ill put ?120(euro) on mw2.

EDIT: why is the euro sign a question mark??

 

[Amnestic]

Wait, Paddy Powers are running video game bets?!
Ill put ?120(euro) on mw2.

EDIT: why is the euro sign a question mark??

? It's not?

 

[Ninjamedic]

Wait, Paddy Powers are running video game bets?!
Ill put ?120(euro) on mw2.

EDIT: why is the euro sign a question mark??

? It's not?

When I type it in?