White Easter Is The New White Christmas

William Hill have opened their betting on a White Easter and offer 4/1 that snow will fall in London during the 24hrs of Easter Sunday - significantly shorter odds than the 7/1 available for a 2007 White Christmas. Hills also offer 3/1 for Snow in Edinburgh; 9/2 Birmingham; 5/1 Belfast, Dublin and Cardiff.

"Following the first significant snow fall we have been inundated with requests from punters looking to place bets on a White Easter and statistically it is more likely than snow on Christmas Day", said William Hill's spokesman Rupert Adams who added: "With global warming making it increasingly unlikely that snow will fall in December, we expect betting on a White Easter will become more popular than Snow on Xmas Day."