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Casino Beacon > Online Casinos > New Casino Bonuses > Bonus Archive 11 January 2010 Two Punters Celebrate Eight Goal Angolan Thriller Two punters were celebrating the madness of the African Cup of Nations last night having backed the curtain-raising match between hosts Angola and Mali to finish in a 4-4 draw. It's not the first time bookies Paddy Power have been caught out by the outlandish scoreline with previous matches involving the likes of Liverpool and Arsenal forcing the bookie to revise the correct score odds from 500/1 to 350/1. However the bookie, with just £4 staked on the eight goal stalemate in Angola's match, is breathing a sigh of relief the £1400 payout wasn't more. Darren Haines, spokesman for Paddy Power, said: "The African Nations does have a history for goals due to some leaky defences in tournaments past so perhaps this is one that got away for punters this time round." Gamble On Goals Record Paddy Power are now betting 10/1 that the 2010 tournament goes on to break it's competition record of 99 goals whilst its 28/1 that the tournament record of nine goals in a match is broken (Egypt 6-3 Nigeria in 1963). The bookie is also betting on the biggest comeback for the remainder of the tournament offering 11/4 (3.75) that a three goal deficit is over-turned, 16/1 for another four goal lead and 250/1 for five or more. FA Cup Replays Meanwhile in the FA Cup third round replays this week, Paddy Power are betting how many of the six matches will go to penalties. It's 8/5 (2.6) that none require the dreaded spotkicks to settle the game, 13/10 (2.3) for one, 10/3 (4.33 for two and 11/1 for three or more. |
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