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Betting their Sickles: Potter fans take odds on Book 7
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by Kaitlin | July 20, 2007 at 08:51 am
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There's bound to be some hefty withdrawals from Gringott's Wizarding Bank this weekend: HP fans (and casual odds-watchers) are betting on who will die and who will survive in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, out tonight at midnight. And they're not just talking about it, either--they're actually betting...you know with, like, money and stuff.
A quick Google search of "Harry Potter betting" brings up several online portals where Potter watchers can toss their Galleons and Sickles at the characters most likely to perish.
Field (any/all combinations not listed below) -600 (Bet $600 to win $100 profit)
Harry Potter and Lord Voldemort +300 (Bet $100 to win $300 profit)
Harry Potter and Draco Malfoy +400 (Bet $100 to win $400 profit)
Harry Potter and Hermione Granger +500 (Bet $100 to win $500 profit)
Harry Potter and Ron Weasley +600 (Bet $100 to win $600 profit)
Harry Potter and Professor Snape +700 (Bet $100 to win $700 profit)
Harry Potter and Professor Snape +700 (Bet $100 to win $700 profit)
Harry Potter and Peter Pettigrew +800 (Bet $100 to win $800 profit)
Hermione Granger and Ron Weasley +900 (Bet $100 to win $900 profit)
Lord Voldemort and Professor Snape +1000 (Bet $100 to win $1000 profit)
Lord Voldemort and Lucius Malfoy +1200 (Bet $100 to win $1200 profit)
Lord Voldemort and Peter Pettigrew +1400 (Bet $100 to win $1400 profit)
Professor Snape and Draco Malfoy +1600 (Bet $100 to win $1600 profit)
Professor Snape and Lucius Malfoy +1800 (Bet $100 to win $1800 profit)
Professor Snape and Peter Pettigrew +2000 (Bet $100 to win $2000 profit)
Harry Potter and Neville Longbottom +2400 (Bet $100 to win $2400 profit)
Hermione Granger and Lord Voldemort +2600 (Bet $100 to win $2600 profit)
Remus Lupin and Percy Weasley +2800 (Bet $100 to win $2800 profit)
Professor Snape and Neville Longbottom +3000 (Bet $100 to win $3000 profit)
Harry Potter and Professor Dumbledore* +3500 (Bet $100 to win $3500 profit)
The Weasley Twins +4000 (Bet $100 to win $4000 profit)
Professor Snape and Peter Pettigrew +2000 (Bet $100 to win $2000 profit)
*Assuming Dumbledore did not really die at the end of Book Six
It's true, Agence France-Presse has reported: Gamblers wealthy or odd enough to wager on fiction put down money with bookies. The prevailing bet? Potter to die.Harry's death would show that his character's path is modeled on the Gospel accounts of Jesus', and, that the link between him and wizardry-school headmaster Albus Dumbledore is patterned on the most essential relationship in the Christian Bible — that between Jesus the Son and God the Father.
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at 10:24 on July 20th, 2007
I know who dies...I know I know! It's....