"Amazing Race" Bets Eliminated
by Sarah Hall
Mar 16, 2005, 12:55 PM PT
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Thinking about placing a wager on the outcome of The Amazing Race 7? Think again.
Offshore bookie Sportsbook.com has halted betting on the show after receiving a disproportionately high number of bets on one team to win the whole shebang.
The betting site became suspicious and pulled the plug on Amazing Race wagers once a significant number of maximum bets came in over a 12-hour period from Mar. 3 to Mar. 4 from accounts originating in California and Massachusetts.
So far, only three teams have been eliminated from the show, leaving eight teams in the running--seemingly too many to make a sure bet on who the winners will be.
Unless, of course, the results of the pretaped reality show were already leaked, which is what Sportsbook.com is betting on.
(SPOILER ALERT: We suggest you stop reading if you don't want to know the possible winners.)
