Online Bookmaker: Paddypower

Overview

Paddy Power is Ireland's biggest and most successful bookmaker. Paddy Power operates both a retail and an online/telephone division. Its mission is to make 'risk-based entertainment' more accessible and fun, a style that shows through its humorous advertising and customer-centric approach. Paddy Powers is also known for its daily ‘money back specials’, which refunds losing bets if certain conditions are met.

Paddypower Sportsbook

Markets and odds
Online bookmaker Paddy Power covers a great number of sporting events from all over the world with a satisfying number of additional markets, meaning that players will find it easy to find the sport and the market they want. Their odds are in-line with other big bookmakers, with the added offer of daily money-back specials on specific markets. Paddy Power is probably one of the best bookmakers for non-sports betting such as Politics, Eurovision, Big Brother etc. as they offer a dedicated section with many markets and good odds.

The betting site
The Paddy Power website has been designed in a player friendly manner so players are able to find everything they want quickly and easily. There is a search function, quick links, A-Z betting menu, Top Coupons, Next 5 Races, Top 5 Bets and many more useful information and functions directly displayed on the main page. All products and help tools are displayed clearly, and the ‘watch-live’ console displays all upcoming games and players and has everything you need in order to start betting immediately. Apart from betting directly on the Paddy Power website there's also additional betting opportunities via telephone betting, interactive television and by mobile phone.

Live Betting
Paddy Power's live console hosts a great number of sport events and a lot of extra markets, but not as many as you will find in other big online bookmakers. Some sporting events from Germany, Italy, Australia and England will have live video coverage from time to time, but not as frequently as other competitors.

Paddypower Casino

Paddy Power is an online bookmaker that has managed to create a user-friendly and exciting online casino for players to enjoy. Paddy Power Casino offers all the basics that a new casino player is looking for. At Paddy Power Casino players can find card games, table games, slots and a number of progressive jackpots. Casino players can also enjoy Live Roulette, Live Blackjack and Live Baccarat, as well as Live Slingshot Roulette for those who want to try something different. Paddy Power's website has a separate help and FAQ section and a tips and strategy section to help players learn the games, and win prizes in the casino.
Ways to play at Paddypower Casino
The instant play option offers up to 85 casino games and 3 Mega Jackpots, or you can download the casino software and install it on your computer in order to enjoy more casino games, tournaments and progressive jackpots.

Paddypower Casino software
Paddy Power uses WagerWorks software for their casino site. WagerWorks is well known for providing a wide variety of exciting games with sophisticated graphics.

Paddypower Poker

Paddy Power Poker is another poker room that belongs to the iPoker network and is powered by Playtech. Paddy Power Poker used to belong to the Tribeca network, but now has a far larger player base for poker games and poker players. Paddy Power Poker features a wide range of cash games, tournaments and satellites for entry to major live poker events. Poker games offered are Hold'em, Seven-Card Stud Hi, Omaha Hi and Hi-Lo, with both ring games and multi-table tournaments. Poker players can play up to eight poker tables at once and configure the settings to view a mini table, play in a window or go to full screen tables.

Other Gaming Products

At Paddy Power players can enjoy a lot more gaming products including Games, Bingo, Lotteries and Financials. In the Games section players can enjoy classic arcade games and slots while the popular bingo room will offer all bingo players exciting bingo games and daily promotions. The spread betting section of Paddy Power will attract players that want to bet on financials and stock markets from all over the world. For players that are not familiar with spread betting there is the option of a demo account so they can learn how those markets work before they start playing with real money.

Bookmaker's Company Information

About
Bookmaker Paddy Power, founded in 1988 by the merger of three existing Irish high street bookmakers, takes an unconventional approach to betting and gaming, viewing these pursuits to be firmly rooted in the leisure and entertainment space.

In May 2009 Paddy Power announced its entry into the Australian betting market through the acquisition of 51% of Sportsbet Pty Ltd. As at February 2nd 2010 Paddy Power operated a total of 298 retail outlets (204 in Ireland, 8 in Northern Ireland and 86 in the UK).

The company has developed a strong reputation as ’the punter friendly bookmaker’ and has become renowned for its unique ’money back specials’.

Paddy Power's retail division operates a chain of licensed betting offices located throughout Ireland and in the UK. The online/telephone division operates Ireland's largest telephone Sportsbook (Paddy Power Dial-a-Bet) as well as the following online businesses:

• Online sportsbook
• Mobile sportsbook
• Casino
• Games
• Poker
• Bingo
• and the most recent addition, financial spread betting

The company also markets its services in the UK and is a publicly quoted company, listed on both the Irish and London Stock Exchanges (www.paddypowerplc.com).

Licence
Paddy Power Sportsbetting is regulated by the Isle of Man Gambling Supervision Commission under a licence issued under the Online Gambling Regulation Act 2001 on 31 August 2007.

Betting Markets
football, American Football, Athletics, Aussie Rules, Baseball, Basketball, Boxing, Cricket, Cycling, Darts, Financials, Golf, Greyhound Racing, Horse Racing, Handball, Ice Hockey, Motor Racing, Novelty Bets, Politics, Power Play, Rugby League, Rugby Union, Snooker, Tennis, UFC, Volleyball And Much More...!

Security
A key area of online security is encryption using the SSL mechanism-information you provide is encrypted so that it cannot be read across the Internet. 128-bit SSL Encryption is used on all pages of the Paddy Power payment system. If you are logged into your account for some time without using it the system will automatically log you out for security reasons

Payment Methods
Debit Card (Switch, Maestro, Delta, Laser, Visa Electron and Solo), Credit Card (Visa, Mastercard), Neteller, MoneyBookers, Bank Cheque, Bank Wire.

Currencies
Euro (EUR),UK Sterling (GBP)