Pinnacle SPELLING BEE Props: Will the final word contain an 'e' in it?

**onlooker** · 05-30-06, 07:51 PM

Will you be wagering on this Laker?

How about anyone else? What will you be taking on this spelling bee?

**Razz** · 05-30-06, 09:07 PM

I'm taking no "e" in final word.

**tacomax** · 05-30-06, 09:26 PM

I'm waiting for some picks from Spellchecker.

**BuddyBear** · 05-30-06, 09:51 PM

I just talked with one of my contacts....and if I were you guys I would hammer YES +176 that the winner will be wearing glasses before the line shifts down.

**JoshW** · 05-31-06, 08:28 AM

onlooker, no opinion. If I remember the day of might put something down for fun. Pretty crazy they put some of these props up.

**natrass** · 05-31-06, 09:05 AM

I dont mind saying Ive gone large on the alternnative pronounciations prop. Its a steal at +290. Just hope they dont realise and call it a bad line.

Only nagging doubt is the speller must request for action. Dont want no shy kid here ... if he/she is not sure speak up!!

The glasses one is tempting but Ive maxed out on the above.

**Mudcat** · 05-31-06, 09:49 AM

Does statfox or Don Best archive any historical spelling bee stats?

I like to have supporting data when I hammer the spelling bee props.

**Illusion** · 05-31-06, 02:13 PM

The winner coming from west of the Mississippi has some value.

**trytrytry** · 05-31-06, 04:11 PM

home schooled yes

glasses no

male yes

"e" no

alt pronounciations yes

letters final work under 10.5

**daystrom** · 05-31-06, 07:03 PM

would love to parlay some little myopic home schooled Katherine from Visalia California to ask the British mod to repeat the word:

aluminum

**bigboydan** · 05-31-06, 11:08 PM

i can't believe there going to put this on ABC in primetime though. then again, it sure beats most of those reality shows.

**natrass** · 05-31-06, 11:16 PM

Originally posted by daystrom

would love to parlay some little myopic home schooled Katherine from Visalia California to ask the British mod to repeat the word:

aluminum

yes, seems a good shout.

**natrass** · 05-31-06, 11:18 PM

On a side note, I dont really get Pinnacles point ...

.... by their withdrawals charges (yeah ... I know ... a whole one free a month)/bonuses, etc they are clearly geared away from the straight rec market.

And yet these props?? Who is going to bet on them?? Arbers and $1 a time old ladies ... maybe thats their new catchment area.

**moses millsap** · 06-01-06, 04:09 PM

Spelling Bee
Scripps National Spelling Bee
Thu 6/1 Will the winner be male or female?
Maximum Wager: 250.00 USD
05:00 PM 101 Male -125 Risk To Win
102 Female +109 Risk To Win

Thu 6/1 Will the winner be listed as Home Schooled?
Maximum Wager: 250.00 USD
09:00 AM 103 Yes +256 Risk To Win
104 No -302 Risk To Win

Thu 6/1 Will the final word contain an 'e' in it?
Maximum Wager: 250.00 USD
05:30 PM 105 Yes -186 Risk To Win
106 No +168 Risk To Win

Thu 6/1 Will final word have any alternate pronunciations?
Maximum Wager: 100.00 USD
05:00 PM 107 Yes (speller must request for action) +290 Risk To Win
108 No (speller must request for action) -330 Risk To Win

Thu 6/1 Will the winner be wearing glasses?
Maximum Wager: 100.00 USD
09:00 AM 109 Yes +176 Risk To Win
110 No -194 Risk To Win

Thu 6/1 How many letters in the final word?
Maximum Wager: 250.00 USD
05:00 PM 111 Over 10.5 letters -162 Risk To Win
112 Under 10.5 letters +144 Risk To Win

Thu 6/1 Will winner be from West/East of Mississipi River?
Maximum Wager: 100.00 USD
05:00 PM 113 West +134 Risk To Win
114 East -150 Risk To Win

Those are my predictions for this grand event.

**moses millsap** · 06-01-06, 08:21 PM

5 left. 2 guys and 3 girls I believe. All home schooler's gone, so the NO @ -302 cashed, lol.

**moses millsap** · 06-01-06, 08:46 PM

Down to two girls: A girl from Jersey and the two time Canadian National Spelling Bee champion.

Why am I watching this?
I've lost my mind.

**Mudcat** · 06-01-06, 10:55 PM

Originally posted by OWNED

Why am I watching this?
I've lost my mind.

Not just watching it but doing an in-game.

You have indeed lost your mind.

**moses millsap** · 06-01-06, 11:18 PM

Here's an article on yahoo about it with some quotes from Simon Noble. Kind of shocked that he said the volume was comparable to the opening week at Roland Garros. If Pinnacle decided to allow tennis parlays, I think they would be far and away in front in terms of being the #1 tennis book (Betfair exchange excluded)

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Online gamblers get behind spelling bee By JOSEPH WHITE, Associated Press Writer
Thu Jun 1, 2:16 PM ET

WASHINGTON - When a competition goes prime time, the gambling industry cannot be far behind, even when the participants are little kids spelling big words.

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Will the winner be wearing glasses? Will it be a boy or girl? Will the final word have an "e" in it? Those were just some of the betting propositions available online Thursday as the Scripps National Spelling Bee produced its usual anxious moments on the way to its first-ever evening finish.

"This is the first time we have offered it proper," said Simon Noble, CEO of PinnacleSports.com. "We had so many requests from customers. We scratched our heads and asked, 'Is it something we can do or not?'"

Noble said his company had received about $70,000 in bets on seven propositions as of noon Thursday, when the final day of competition began. That is far short of the haul for, say, "American Idol," but comparable to the wagers received for this week's first-round matches at the French Open tennis tournament.

"We're surprised it is that much, to be honest," Noble said.

Gamblers' interest was inevitable in a competition that has been televised on ESPN for 13 years and has spawned at least three movies and a Broadway play. ABC planned to broadcast the finals in a two-hour prime-time special, a first.

The influence of money was evident throughout the hotel where the competition was held. Sponsors had booths in the lobby, and the competition itself was interrupted frequently with announcements such as, "We're out one minute and 30 seconds" — a delicate way of saying it was time for yet another commercial break.

The bee's winner was to receive more than $42,000 in cash and prizes.

The notion that bets were being placed on the performances of middle-school kids was a bit much for some.

"I'm speechless," said bee director Paige Kimble, when shown a list of PinnacleSports' propositions. "I think I've seen everything, but, wow, I was not aware that was happening. I guess it's one of the side-effect consequences of popularity."

Las Vegas does not want to touch the bee, at least not officially. The regulations of the Nevada Gaming Control Board specifically allow wagering only on athletic events and horse racing.

"The general notion of betting on Little Leaguers or kids is pretty much frowned upon," said Dan O'Brien, a bookmaker for Las Vegas Sports Consultants. "It's the spirit of the code."

Noble said his company thought "long and hard" before including the bee on its Web site. He decided against posting odds on individual competitors because of their ages, despite queries from some of the children's hometown newspapers.

"We didn't want to go there," Noble said. "Obviously, it's a very sensitive subject."

Instead he came up with categories he considered to be "incredibly generic and a little bit of fun," such as the 4-to-7 odds that the winner would be wearing glasses.

"A lot of the odds we took a guess at," he said.

**bigboydan** · 06-02-06, 01:53 AM

anybody end up winning money on this one ?

**JoshW** · 06-02-06, 12:19 PM

Thanks for the article OWNED. Holy shit, they might have booked 100k in action on the spelling bee, pretty cool.

**moses millsap** · 06-02-06, 01:12 PM

Originally posted by lakerfan

Thanks for the article OWNED. Holy shit, they might have booked 100k in action on the spelling bee, pretty cool.

Yeah, I'm not so sure how I feel about betting on children either, but I admit, I enjoy watching it, because it's true and honest competition with no fixes or refs with agendas.