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- From: Anson.Kennedy@p0.f25.n1012.z9.FIDONET.ORG (Anson Kennedy)
- Newsgroups: alt.paranet.ufo
- 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
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- 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.
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- Bookmakers William Hill said Saturday the company would have to pay out
- more than $1.5 million if aliens did show up.
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- 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.
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- 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.
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- "If a UFO turns up piloted by the Loch Ness monster we will be in double
- big trouble," Sharpe said.
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- REUTER
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