Unusual Betting Patterns And Reality TV
Bookie Suspends The Betting Because Of Unusual Betting Patterns On "Apprentice 2" Reality TV Show
CNN have an interesting gambling story relating to USA Reality TV Shows and Unusual Betting Patterns
Bet WWTS have reacted quickly to suspend betting because of suspicions about unusual betting patterns involving US reality TV show called "The Apprentice"
Reality TV comes under the heading of "special bets" as far as gambling and odds go. The bookies in general in my experience have not done too well from pricing up reality tv shows. Nadia, the latest winner of the uk reality tv programme Big Brother, landed odds of 50-1. Apparently there were a lot of people on at 50's and once again the bookies were left licking their wounds after another shafting from reality tv show punters.
USA based reality tv show The Apprentice 2 had the bookies attention, before the betting even started, because they (Bet WWTS) have been hit before by some unusually large winning bets on previous reality tv shows.
This year Bet WWTS ran for cover when a stream of unusually large bets came in for the 2 contestants at around the same time.
Bet WWTS wagering director Stuart Doyle said "This is the fourth reality-TV-related incident on which BetWWTS has suspended wagering because of unusual betting patterns".Last year, CBS's Survivor Pearl Islands"winner Sandra Diaz Twine received numerous wagers from Vancouver, British Columbia, before the first episode even aired. Similar incidents occurred during "Survivor - The Amazon" and the second installment of ABC's The Bachelor.
"We are considering not offering betting on reality shows that have been pre-taped," said Doyle. "It simply seems impossible not to have to suspend them very quickly."
