The Irish bookmaker Paddy Power has weighed in on what the LHC will find first.
Patrick Kennedy, chief executive of Paddy Power, said online had gone from "strength to strength".
This attempt at a blackly humorous scenario from Paddy Power provoked more than 1, 300 complaints.
Bookmaker Paddy Power has reported "another strong year" after seeing a rise in both profits and revenue.
Irish betting site Paddy Power had him moving up to 7-2 odds of getting the top slot, trailing only Iain Conn.
Never ones to miss a chance, the publicity-unshy bookmakers at Paddy Power immediately offered odds on who would be the next Pope.
All is not lost for Mr Cable, though: Paddy Power, a bookmaker, reckons his odds of getting the HSBC job are a sporting 100-to-1.
However Alt-J's experimental art-rock album An Awesome Wave and London singer Jessie Ware's debut Devotion have been tipped for success by rival bookmakers Paddy Power.
Ireland-based Paddy Power is offering 16-1 odds that Catholics will see a third pope in 2013, and 5-2 odds that Pope Francis will eventually resign.
Paddy Power also voiced its opinion on Twitter: "We think this is a hysterical and deeply cynical move by Uefa driven by pure commercialism!"
While betting on the pope is illegal in the U.S., international bookies like Paddy Power in Ireland have put together odds on some 90 candidates.
Paddy Power, an online bookmaker, is offering odds of 11 to 10 that dark matter will be found before black holes and 8 to 1 that black holes will be first.
The 2009 Paddy Power Gold Cup winner obliged at 5-2 for trainer Edward O'Grady, ahead of J'y Vole in second, with former RSA Chase winner Cooldine out of the places for Mullins.
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Catherine's slip wasn't just front page news, however -- it caused a betting frenzy that forced two leading bookmakers, William Hill and Paddy Power, to suspend bets on the sex of the royal baby.
Paddy Power says it has also drawn 20 bets at 1, 000-1 that U2 singer Bono will be the next pope, and another five on Richard Dawkins, the famously outspoken atheist and scientist, at an ominous 666-1.
Canadian Cardinal Marc Ouellet and Brazilian Cardinal Odilo Scherer round out Paddy Power's top five -- and though betting on the next pope is illegal in the U.S., the Irish bookmaker is offering 20-1 odds on Cardinal Timothy Dolan, America's top Catholic.
Canadian Cardinal Marc Ouellet and Italian Cardinal Angelo Bagnasco round out Paddy Power's top five -- and though betting on the next pope is illegal in the U.S., the Irish bookmaker is offering 33-1 odds on Cardinal Timothy Dolan, America's top Catholic.
In a forward to the document, former Liberal Democrat leader Sir Paddy Ashdown suggests the power of the internet should not be underestimated.
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