10/18/21

Paddy Power Games: Don’t think you’re special

Challenge

Paddy Power Games needed to launch a new proposition built around a simple promise: somebody wins a jackpot every single day.

Strategic Unlock

Daily jackpots create an unusual paradox. Winning no longer feels extraordinary because it happens every day. Yet every player shares the same irrational belief: that they'll be the exception. We built the campaign around that contradiction, challenging the one thing no gambler likes to question: their belief that they're somehow special.

Creative Solution

We enlisted José Mourinho, football's self-proclaimed "Special One," to deliver the ultimate message: Don't Think You're Special. As José explained the virtues of not believing you're different from everyone else, the world around him quietly revealed he couldn't help seeing himself as exactly that. Through a series of visual gags and subtle clues, we turned football's most famously self-assured personality into the perfect embodiment of the contradiction at the heart of every jackpot player.

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