{"id":613650,"date":"2026-05-31T12:33:21","date_gmt":"2026-05-31T12:33:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/613650\/"},"modified":"2026-05-31T12:33:21","modified_gmt":"2026-05-31T12:33:21","slug":"hitting-the-woodwork-is-a-shot-on-target-at-the-world-cup-paddy-power-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/613650\/","title":{"rendered":"Hitting the woodwork is a shot on target at the World Cup \u2013 Paddy Power News"},"content":{"rendered":"

It\u2019s only right, isn\u2019t it? <\/p>\n

Starting with the Conference League<\/a> and Champions League<\/a> finals, ANY SHOT that hits the woodwork now counts as a shot on target<\/p>\n

Some things just aren\u2019t right.<\/p>\n

Pineapple on pizza. Phone audio on public transport. Not replacing the bog roll \u2013 yes, I know we\u2019ve all done it, but we also know it\u2019s extremely bad form. <\/p>\n

Now, at Power Tower, I can\u2019t say that the bathroom are constantly stocked with more metres of Andrex than 101 cutesy-wutesy puppies would know what to do with, but, by God, it\u2019s not for the want of trying to do the right thing.<\/p>\n

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The latest proof of our determination to get things right is our decision to intervene in one of the longest-standing wrongs this side of whoever told Michael Owen he should try his hand at punditry.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s shots on target because we think any effort that hits the woodwork ought to count as a shot on target for punters.<\/p>\n

Imagine the scene \u2013 you\u2019ve backed big Erling Haaland to have three or more shots on target in Norway\u2019s World Cup opener against Iraq on June 16th.<\/p>\n

He\u2019s smacked in a couple early doors, naturally, with his first two shots and now you\u2019re waiting for one more for your Bet Builder to click. He\u2019s put clean through and it looks a done deal, you can start counting your payout now, big dollar signs for eyeballs, you know the story.<\/p>\n

But then he somehow contrives to smack it against the crossbar like Roy Keane taking on his dad\u2019s knee.<\/p>\n

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And that should mean no payout for you because hitting the woodwork doesn\u2019t count as a shot on target for the crusty old stat-counters. *shakes fist* <\/p>\n

Not so with Paddy Power because starting with the Conference League<\/a> and Champions League <\/a>finals we\u2019ve decided to take the numbers nerds\u2019 hands off the settlement machine and say a shot that hits the frame IS a shot on target, damnit!<\/p>\n

While no one is aiming to hit the woodwork \u2013 at least unless we\u2019re back playing the crossbar challenge \u2013 it also feels like punters are getting a raw deal when a matter of millimetres is making the difference. We\u2019ve quite enough of that with VAR offsides, thank you.<\/p>\n

This summer we\u2019re counting shots that hit the post or crossbar as shots on target across player bets, so even if your team is denied by the woodwork, your shots bet won\u2019t be.<\/p>\n

Now, if we can just move those 3am kick-off times around to, say, 7pm UK and Ireland time, that\u2019d be great\u2026 <\/p>\n

READ MORETap here for PP.com\u2019s latest football odds<\/a>The Paddy Power Guide To Safer Gambling \u2013 Everything You Need To Know<\/a><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It\u2019s only right, isn\u2019t it? Starting with the Conference League and Champions League finals, ANY SHOT that hits…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":613651,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[59,86,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-613650","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-technology","tag-gb","tag-technology","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/613650","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=613650"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/613650\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/613651"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=613650"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=613650"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=613650"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}