YES and with the nauseating fraudster living in the DR(more importantly being jammed into the edit) virtually narrating the show, it looks like he has the full backing of production. Richie could've always been a rough front to allow their chosen one to slither through. See below he was actually as big as 10/1 on the 7th, before crashing to 7/2-4/1 2nd fav. No doubt some insiders who knew they'd be sickeningly pumping him hard in the edit backed him early on..