World bets on everything of royal baby
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July 3, 2013, Wednesday
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WILL it be a girl called Alexandra, or a boy called Wayne? No one outside Buckingham Palace knows but it has not stopped punters from around the world betting on Britain's royal baby.
Bookmakers say they expect that wagers on the arrival of Prince William and Catherine's first child will outstrip those for the couple's wedding in 2011, previously the biggest market for so-called novelty bets.
There is a right royal choice of odds ranging from the future monarch's sex, weight and hair color to even whether Kate will be "too posh to push" and have a caesarean.
"It's a global market," Joe Crilly, a spokesman for British bookies William Hill, said. "British people love the royal family and so do people around the world."
The big money is on the baby's name, which Crilly said people had been betting on with "full gusto." Traditional names head the list, led by Alexandra and followed by Charlotte, Elizabeth, Diana and Victoria when it comes to girls' names, and George, James and Louis for boys.
Alexandra is Queen Elizabeth II's middle name, Charlotte is the middle name of Kate's sister Pippa and the name of King George III's wife, while Victoria would honour Britain's longest-serving monarch.
Unlikelier choices include Hashtag, the Twitter term on which Irish bookmaker Paddy Power took a bet at 500/1, and Wayne and Waynetta, after the slobby characters in a British television comedy, at 250/1 and 500/1 respectively.
Punters can also get odds of 5,000/1 on Psy, after the South Korean pop star, or North, the name of rapper Kanye West and Kim Kardashian's new baby.
Girls' names dominate the odds because punters seem convinced the royal baby will be a girl, after Kate reportedly nearly let it slip during a public appearance earlier this year.
Odds are normally equal for both genders but in this case the odds are nearly twice as long on a male for most bookies.
The most volatile topic is the date of the birth, with several betting companies slashing the odds on the first week of July instead of the expected date of around July 13.
Punters are however weighing into other apparently unpredictable matters.
The favorite for hair color is brown followed by blonde or black, with ginger hair like the new arrival's uncle Prince Harry generally the least favoured.
Meanwhile William and Kate are both equally placed to be the one who holds the baby outside the hospital for the traditional photograph.
Bookmakers say they expect that wagers on the arrival of Prince William and Catherine's first child will outstrip those for the couple's wedding in 2011, previously the biggest market for so-called novelty bets.
There is a right royal choice of odds ranging from the future monarch's sex, weight and hair color to even whether Kate will be "too posh to push" and have a caesarean.
"It's a global market," Joe Crilly, a spokesman for British bookies William Hill, said. "British people love the royal family and so do people around the world."
The big money is on the baby's name, which Crilly said people had been betting on with "full gusto." Traditional names head the list, led by Alexandra and followed by Charlotte, Elizabeth, Diana and Victoria when it comes to girls' names, and George, James and Louis for boys.
Alexandra is Queen Elizabeth II's middle name, Charlotte is the middle name of Kate's sister Pippa and the name of King George III's wife, while Victoria would honour Britain's longest-serving monarch.
Unlikelier choices include Hashtag, the Twitter term on which Irish bookmaker Paddy Power took a bet at 500/1, and Wayne and Waynetta, after the slobby characters in a British television comedy, at 250/1 and 500/1 respectively.
Punters can also get odds of 5,000/1 on Psy, after the South Korean pop star, or North, the name of rapper Kanye West and Kim Kardashian's new baby.
Girls' names dominate the odds because punters seem convinced the royal baby will be a girl, after Kate reportedly nearly let it slip during a public appearance earlier this year.
Odds are normally equal for both genders but in this case the odds are nearly twice as long on a male for most bookies.
The most volatile topic is the date of the birth, with several betting companies slashing the odds on the first week of July instead of the expected date of around July 13.
Punters are however weighing into other apparently unpredictable matters.
The favorite for hair color is brown followed by blonde or black, with ginger hair like the new arrival's uncle Prince Harry generally the least favoured.
Meanwhile William and Kate are both equally placed to be the one who holds the baby outside the hospital for the traditional photograph.
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