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Duke Gnome · Daedalian Member

The 5th Harry Potter book is about to be published, and apparaently there is going to be at least one death of a main character

I'll give anybody wh wants to participate $GL200 which they can bet as much or as little (A response of 'no bet' would be fine) to try to max out their winnings with the payout table I made a few WAGs at.

If you want to play, email me your answers on james.holohan@ntlworld.com, and include your screen name., don't post in the thread.

Deadline for submkssions 1800 GL time 19 June

code:




Albus Dumbledore                 3/2


Arthur Weasley                   7/1


Cho Chang                        12/1


Colin Creevey                    4/1


Cornelius Fudge                  12/1


Draco Malfoy                     25/1


Fred or George Weasley		 6/1 for 1 corpse, 10/1 for the brace


Ginny Weasley                   4/1


Hagrid                           13/1


Harry Potter                     5000/1


Hermione Granger                 500/1


Lucius Malfoy                    17/1


'Mad-Eye' Moody v                8/1


Mrs. Weaesly                     20/1


Neville Longbottom               16/1


Percy Weasley                    14/1


Peter Pettigrew                  4/1


Professor Lupin                  9/1


Professor Snape                  14/1


Professor Mcgonnagal  (sp?)      10/1                  


Ron Weasley                      500/1


Sirius Black                     14/1


Voldemorte                       1 million to 1





None of the above                28/1

Current submissions:

Lepton
Chuck
Hitchhiker
Mackay
Duhrates
Simon (my friend)
Kevinatilusa

[This message has been edited by Duke Gnome (edited 06-20-2003 03:58 PM).]

pikachamp · swore in chat!

WB will probably urge her to kill of dumbledore so they only have to fake him in 2 movies

Duke Gnome · Daedalian Member

Bump. 48 Hours left.

Lepton · 1:41+ Arse Scratcher

If I'm the only one playing, can I just spend all my money on hamburgers?

Hitchhiker · Finally got a ride.

What the heck - I'll play.

Agamemnon · Daedalian Member

I'm confused with the 3/2 odds? Would not the nearest propper tote odds of 7/4 be more precise?
Plus, a loory load of the new potter books went awol a few days ago up in Manchester, so don't trust someone betting from Blighty, like Duph for instance

Duke Gnome · Daedalian Member

I confess I don't know that muce about the tote. I meant 3/2 in the same way as casinos pay for a Blackjack. Money back, plus 1.5 x your bet.

Duphrates · Bambi Magnet

...in...and I'm putting all GL$200 on....

PhantasyStarOnline · RealityStar Offline

::smiles evilly::

Haha! I'm getting the book this Saturday. Sooo...

I could send the answer? I wouldn't be playing, of course.

Hitchhiker · Finally got a ride.

Bump.

Duphrates · Bambi Magnet

PLEASE MAKE SURE THERE ARE NO TITLE CHANGES, I repeat
PLEASE MAKE SURE THERE ARE NO TITLE CHANGES.
and invis all posts for that matter, just in case I accidentally hover over the 'last post' bit in 'Discussion Forums et al'

I won't get my copy delivered until next week, so I don't want to see the thread headline changed to 'Duph wins' or 'it was Hermione!!'. Or any mention in any thread come to that. And don't say "Well, you'll just have to queue up on Saturday night and read it on Sunday like the rest of us, mnyah mmnyah" or "Well don't come back to the GL till you've read it", because, well, a week without the GL, I mean, c'mon.

Carry on....

Courk · Daedalian Member

Originally posted by From my e-mail:
Greetings from Amazon.com.

We thought you'd like to know that we shipped your items today.

HOORAY!

My death watch is being sent in a few secs.

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Save manatees: They're tax deductable!

Duke Gnome · Daedalian Member

Of course not, Duph. I won't even be getting my grubby hands on it until about Mon/Tue, and even so, I'll probably wait a good week after the publishing date to update the results. Of couse anyone who does discuss it should definitly DO IT IN INVISIBLE..

wordcross · Posted: Sat Jun 21, 2003 2:34 pm Post subject: 14

if the person killed is the one whom i have heard dies, then i will be extremely miffed, to put it lightly. that person is my favorite character!!! and if that person dies as i have heard that person dies, then it's even worse

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If a person with multiple personalities threatens suicide, is that a hostage situation?

Polotet · Daedalian Member

Is this hidden?

Sumudu2 · Daedalian Member

it was Sirius Black, in case you don't know

Chuck · Daedalian Member

I bet $GL199 on the aforementioned Sirius Black and kept $GL1 so if everyone was wrong and everyone else bet everything then I would win by $GL1.

Polotet · Daedalian Member

Odd. I swear I edited that post and replaced the "Is this hidden?" with whoever bet right gets pretty good odds; not the best, but decent.

Courk · Daedalian Member

<-- wants to know if wordcross heard correctly. If you didn't, I want to know what you heard, then.

Duke Gnome · Daedalian Member

Chuck Wins, Kevin coes second, no-one else came close. I'll update with exact dollar totals when I stop being a lazy bastard, which will possibly be sometime soon.

Werebear · Daedalian Member

code:




Albus Dumbledore                 3/2


Colin Creevey                    4/1


Ginny Weasley                    4/1


Peter Pettigrew                  4/1


Fred or George Weasley		 6/1


Arthur Weasley                   7/1


'Mad-Eye' Moody                  8/1


Professor Lupin                  9/1


Fred AND George Weasley		 10/1


Professor McGonagal              10/1


Cho Chang                        12/1


Cornelius Fudge                  12/1


Hagrid                           13/1


Percy Weasley                    14/1


Professor Snape                  14/1


Sirius Black                     14/1


Neville Longbottom               16/1


Lucius Malfoy                    17/1


Mrs. Weasley                     20/1


Draco Malfoy                     25/1


Hermione Granger                 500/1


Ron Weasley                      500/1


Harry Potter                     5,000/1


Voldemorte                       1,000,000 to 1

Just wondered what the players looked like in order of odds... I think Harry should have been 1M:1 as well, who the heck would be foolish enough to bet Harry Potter is going to die? What, is book 6 going to be called "Draco Malfoy and the New Order???" If I had bet, I would have bet on Hagrid... the author DOES like heaping misery on poor Harry...

Ghost Post · Icarian Member

I dunno, Werebear, Harry trying to get out of the underworld would make a pretty kick ass book 6, if you ask me