10.000 online bettings on the german cardinal as the successor of John Paul II
When it comes to online casino gambling, players will bet on just about anything and everything. With the recent passing of the pope there has been a surge on online casino betting on who will take his place.
The new Pope, Joseph Ratzinger wasn't the only with luck or chosen by the Divine Providence. Thousands of people of all over the world betted on him on the Internet, and some of them betted on his new name: Benedict XVI. Thousands of people won because of the new Pope!
The Irish website Paddy Power has been the most popular Bet Service on this theme, since 2000. It payed $260.000 to the 10.000 winners, shortly after the announcement of his election at the balcony of Saint Peter's Basilica.
Paddy Power and other Irish and British online betting websites, considered Ratzinger as the favourite, or second favourite. The margin of gains to those websites was $85.000.
