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Paddy Power taking bets on Southern Rail cancellations

on Dec 23, 2016 | 0 comments

By Tony Connelly

Paddy Power has weighed in on customers’ frustrations of cancelled trains this festive period and has begun taking bets on Southern Railway train cancellations.

The bookmaker is offering odds of 5/1 that one of Southern’s services will be cancelled on Christmas Eve.

A spokesman said: “The news has been dominated recently by Southern’s failures and we wanted to rail back against them.

“After all, this is a company who have just announced yet another price hike for 2017 – it’s about time we told them to take a hike of their own.

“This way, if commuters are stuck on Christmas Eve, at least they’ll Read full story ›

Source: The Drum