Paddy Power taking bets on Full Tilt return

DUBLIN, Ireland -- (PRESS RELEASE) -- Paddy Power Sportsbook today opens a unique betting market on whether Full Tilt Poker players will be back playing real money poker on July 27 – the day following the public hearing with its regulator the Alderney Gambling Control Commission in London.

The market is currently priced up as follows:

9/2 – Players will be playing real money poker on Full Tilt July 27

1/8 – Players will not be playing real money poker on Full Tilt on July 27

Paddy Power Poker is making the bet even sweeter by matching all money staked by players as bonus $$$ in their poker account - players who bet $100 on the market get $100 poker bonus, win or lose!

“Whether Full Tilt Poker is opened or closed on the 27th, players will have good reason to be playing poker on paddypowerpoker.com,” said communications spokesman PaddyPower. “Either way it’s a no lose situation for our punters and poker players as they get paid one way or the other regardless of the outcome.”

Full Tilt Poker was ordered to cease its operations in June by its regulator, the Alderney Gambling Control Commission, pending a public hearing into ongoing problems with the company on July 26 in London.