Bookies already offering odds on iPad sales

Cashing in

Bookies Paddy Power are already offering odds on predicting global sales for the new-fangled Ipad thingummy.

The bookmaker is offering short odds of 11/4 that the iPad will sell between two and three million units in 2010.

Here are the runners and riders:

How many iPads will Apple sell in 2010?

8/1    Under 1 Million

7/2    1,000,000 - 2,000,000

11/4  2,000,001 - 3,000,000

5/2    3,000,001 - 4,000,000

5/1    4,000,001 - 5,000,000

8/1    5,000,001 - 6,000,000

3/1    Over 6 Million

Paddy Power was running an iBook on the name Apple would choose for the device.  iSlate was the 4/5 favourite, iPad was the 7/4 second favourite. We should have had a punt.