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Alexandra, Diana, George, Wayne? The imminent arrival of the "Royal Baby" UK based bettors who bet on the name, gender, weight, and even hair color newborn future.
"This is a global market. As the British people in the world love the royal family, "told AFP Joe Crilly, home of paris William Hill.
Bookmakers expect that paris on the birth of the first child of Prince William and his wife Kate beyond those who had surrounded their wedding in April 2011. The event generated a record revenue in the category of non-sporting or racing paris, they remain by far the most lucrative.
Everything around this birth is subject to speculation until about how Kate will give birth: caesarean section or natural way
But it is the first that focuses the interest of bettors?. The more traditional topped: girl side, Alexandra, followed by Charlotte, Elizabeth, Diana and Victoria. Side boys, George, James and Louis arrive in first preferences.
Alexandra is the middle name of Queen Elizabeth II, the middle name is Charlotte's sister Kate, Pippa, and the name of the woman King George III. Victoria would pay tribute to the monarch's reign the longest of the British royalty.
Among the most improbable and wacky choices are Hashtag, a term popular with users of social networks, for which the Irish bookmaker took a bet 500 against 1. Wayne and Waynetta couple of proles a British comedy, are respectively 250/1 and 500/1.
Even more incredible, the name of the Korean pop star Psy, is given in 5000 against 1 as North, first baby of rapper Kanye West and reality TV star Kim Kardashian.
"We see that there is a difficult dilemma because of William and Kate are a couple side fairly modern but on the other they have a royal family to placate, 1000 years of tradition behind them and they do not want to upset the Queen ", told AFP Rory Scott, a spokesman for Paddy Power.
female names dominate paris, the punters seem convinced that the baby will be a girl. A so-called slip Kate while traveling threw these rumors, even though the couple ensures not knowing the sex of the child.
A "higher" birth that marriage
If the baby is officially expected to "mid-July", several houses paris bet on the first week of July. With the idea that Kate might want to imitate Diana: William pregnant, she announced a date later than the term to confuse the real
Hair color brown is the favorite, followed by. blond and black. However the prospect of a brown baby, like Uncle Harry, is considered less likely.
Who carries the baby to the hospital? William and Kate are given equality.
"We thought the wedding (Kate and William in 2011) was the biggest royal event in terms of paris but the birth is something even more important thing" , said Alex Donohue, of Ladbrokes, adding to the paris "the whole world".
According to Rory Scott, Paddy Power took 10,000 paris and hopes to 30% more than on marriage, with expected revenues 300,000 pounds (350,000 euros).
These however are still dwarfed by the gains at large sporting events such as horse racing Grand National where one bookmaker can take 50 million pounds. But the market is expanding.
First paris of the royal family were taken at the wedding of Charles and Diana and William's birth, remembers Graham Sharpe, who has worked for 40 years to William Hill .
"Before that, it was frowned upon, but when Diana joined the royal family, everything is a bit relaxed. So we thought it was time to test the waters" , he says.
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