Anthony Weiner was a man who believed in taking risks. Stupid risks. What he really needed was someone who could have computed the odds for him. Someone like Bodog, the online gambling company.
The Daily Caller has the details:
All y’all gamblers out there, heads up! Odds are set for Anthony Weiner’s resignation and divorce.
The gambling company Bodog is accepting bets for two Weiner related categories:
1. Will Anthony Weiner resign by July 4th 2011? Odds for “yes:” 5 to 4, for “no:” 1 to 2.
2. Will Anthony Weiner and Huma Abedin file for divorce in 2011? Odds for “yes:” 2 to 1, no odds for “no.”
Adam Young, head odds maker at Bodog, explained that a lot of research goes into making the odds such as these because, unlike a sporting event (which is what Bodog primarily does), there is no empirical data.
“We get a feel for what the actual story is and what the opinions are in politics. After we assess that we try to put it into a percentage,” Young said.
Offering odds on unusual situations is nothing new for Bodog. In 2007 it offered odds on Heather Mills [the ex-wife of Paul McCartney] losing her prosthetic leg during her apparance on “Dancing with the Stars”.
Weinergate is very similar. Except instead of wondering if Heather Mills will lose her leg, they’re wondering if Anthony Weiner will lose his ass.
Source: Daily Caller
