From: Anson.Kennedy@p0.f25.n1012.z9.FIDONET.ORG (Anson Kennedy)
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Subject: A good bet?
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Date: 21 Aug 93 21:48:00 GMT
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Anyone care to make a wager?

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RTw  08/21 0934  BRITISH BOOKMAKER SHORTENS ODDS ON LITTLE GREEN MEN

    LONDON (Reuter) - So many people have wagered that aliens from outer space
will visit earth that a leading firm of British bookmakers have cut the odds
against it happening.

     Bookmakers William Hill said Saturday the company would have to pay out
more than $1.5 million if aliens did show up.

     To reduce its potential liabilities the company has put a 33 to one upper
limit on odds on all bets over $150. Gamblers used to be able to get odds of
500 to one that it would some day be proved earthlings are not alone in the
universe.

     Graham Sharpe, who works out the odds for William Hill, said bets on
aliens have long been among the most popular unusual bets bookmakers take,
rivalling wagers on the existence of the Loch Ness monster in Scotland.

     "If a UFO turns up piloted by the Loch Ness monster we will be in double
big trouble," Sharpe said.

  REUTER

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