BetUS Offers Odds on Top Blog of 2007

Now you CAN bet on everything. Online Sportsbook, BetUS.com has recently put out props on who Technorati.com will rank as the top blog by the end of 2007. They did a similar prop last year and I think Engadget was number one. Here are the odds and how blog betting works.

Here are this year’s Blogs and their odds to win:

Blog

Odds to Win

Engadget.com   

-200

TechCrunch.com   

+300

Boingboing.net   

+500

Lifehacker.com   

+1200

Gizmodo.com   

+300

Huffingtonpost.com   

+1000

Arstechnica.com   

+1200

Wordpress.org/development   

+1400

Mashable.com   

+1600

Beppegrillo.it   

+2500

For the average blogger that hasn't brushed up on their odds reading recently (or hasn't raced off to Wikipedia to get the low-down on online betting), here's how it works (and remember, all odds are based on $100 bets, but you don’t NEED to bet that much):

Let's say you fancy that Huffingtonpost.com is going to be the top blog. If you're right, your $100 bet pays you back $1000 (+1000 odds) for a cool $900 profit. Betting on the favored Engadget.com (-200 odds) will cost you a $200 wager to win $100 ($300 total return).