{"id":334114,"date":"2026-03-07T17:27:15","date_gmt":"2026-03-07T17:27:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/334114\/"},"modified":"2026-03-07T17:27:15","modified_gmt":"2026-03-07T17:27:15","slug":"why-paddys-the-best-for-2026-paddy-power-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/334114\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Paddy\u2019s the best for 2026 \u2013 Paddy Power News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">Your guide to the big man\u2019s offerings for next week\u2019s mega meet\u2026 <\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/news.paddypower.com\/horse-racing\/cheltenham-festival\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Cheltenham Festival<\/a>\u2019s the greatest show on turf and our generous boss is sticking his hand in his pocket (once again!) to make this year\u2019s fiesta\u00a0bigger and better than ever! Ladies and Gentlemen, welcome to the best week of the year\u2026<\/p>\n<p>Uncle Paddy\u2019s putting in the hard yards to make sure the four days of top-class horse racing lives up to the billing. Whether you\u2019re an existing Paddy Power customer or new to this part of town, the big man\u2019s got some goodies for you.<\/p>\n<p>Paddy beat the pants off the competition by handing out three \u2013 yes, THREE! \u2013 completely free bets to customers for Cheltenham last year. Guess what? He\u2019s doing the same again!<\/p>\n<p>It doesn\u2019t stop there, folks, as there\u2019s plenty more on the agenda, which you can find out about in our handy guide below. Oh, and don\u2019t forget, the latest <a href=\"https:\/\/www.paddypower.com\/horse-racing\/cheltenham-festival\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Cheltenham Festival odds<\/a> are on the Paddy Power website and app.<\/p>\n<p>Happy Cheltenham, everyone!<\/p>\n<p>Paddy Power new customer sign-up offer<\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019re a new customer get more bang for your buck thanks to Paddy\u2019s sign up offer. You can get \u00a3\/\u20ac30 in free bets when you deposit and bet \u00a3\/\u20ac5. Click on the banner below or <a href=\"https:\/\/register.paddypower.com\/account\/registration?promotionCode=YSKAST&amp;rfr=5300949&amp;returnURL=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.paddypower.com%2Fbet\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">SIGN-UP HERE<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/register.paddypower.com\/account\/registration?promotionCode=YSKAST&amp;rfr=5300949&amp;returnURL=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.paddypower.com%2Fbet\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/newcustomeroffer.jpg\"\/><\/a>Paddy Power Cheltenham free bets<\/p>\n<p>Ah, three free bets. It just rolls off the tongue, doesn\u2019t it? Well, Paddy\u2019s instructed the bean counters at Power Tower to dish out a trio of completely free bets to customers to spend on the Tuesday, Wednesday AND Thursday of the Cheltenham Festival.<\/p>\n<p>You can claim your freebies to spend on any of the seven races on each of the three days by heading over to the <a href=\"https:\/\/promos.paddypower.com\/sport\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">PADDY POWER PROMOTIONS<\/a> page. The promo is available to new and existing customers over the age of 18 that has previously deposited with a debit card, Apple Pay or Paysafe.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/promos.paddypower.com\/promotion?promoCode=PREFESTCHELT26\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noreferrer noopener nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"991\" height=\"624\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/FREE-BET-5851702-PP-Banners-Cheltenham-26-Free-Bet-Tues-Wed-Thur-991x624-IRL.webp.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-249086\"  \/><\/a>Paddy Power \u00a3\/\u20ac250K Eliminator<\/p>\n<p>Paddy\u2019s giving away \u00a3\/\u20ac1m over the course of the Cheltenham Festival in our free-to-play Eliminator game. If (for some reason) you don\u2019t know what it is then we\u2019ve got a comprehensive\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/news.paddypower.com\/horse-racing-news\/2025\/03\/10\/eliminator-paddy-power-cheltenham-new-game-free-to-play-win-cash\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">how to play Eliminator guide<\/a>\u00a0ready for you to peruse.<\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019re successful through all six rounds of Eliminator then you will get a share of the magnificent \u00a3\/\u20ac250k pot that\u2019s up for grabs on each day of the meeting. To get stuck in, you\u2019ll need to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/skillzone.paddypower.com\/eliminator\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">ENTER HERE<\/a>\u00a0for FREE.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/skillzone.paddypower.com\/eliminator\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/skillzone.paddypower.com\/eliminator\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Paddy\u2019s free-to-play Cheltenham Eliminator has a \u00a3\/\u20ac250,000 daily top prize!<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/skillzone.paddypower.com\/eliminator\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noreferrer noopener nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"991\" height=\"624\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Cheltenham-Eliminator-5709150-PP-Banners-Cheltenham-26-Eliminator-991x624-IRL.webp.webp\" alt=\"Cheltenham Eliminator 2026\" class=\"wp-image-248858\"  \/><\/a>Extra Places on Cheltenham races<\/p>\n<p>Looking for each-way options? Paddy\u2019s paying extra places on a number of Cheltenham Festival races. Just keep an eye out for the \u2018Extra place\u2019 label on the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.paddypower.com\/horse-racing?tab=meetings-results\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Meetings &amp; Results\u00a0tab on the Paddy Power horse racing page<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>read More on the Cheltenham Festival 2026<a href=\"https:\/\/www.paddypower.com\/horse-racing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" style=\"font-size:1.4em; \">Tap here for PP.com racing odds<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/news.paddypower.com\/guides\/2020\/06\/18\/the-paddy-power-guide-to-responsible-gambling-everything-you-need-to-know\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">The Paddy Power Guide To Safer Gambling \u2013 Everything You Need To Know<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/games.paddypower.com\/wonder-wheel\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/1430x194-V2-1.webp.webp\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Your guide to the big man\u2019s offerings for next week\u2019s mega meet\u2026 The Cheltenham Festival\u2019s the greatest show&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":334115,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[61,60,112],"class_list":["post-334114","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/334114","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=334114"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/334114\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/334115"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=334114"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=334114"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=334114"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}