[nicola001]

Investigation underway after MILLIONS put on BRIAN to win, minutes from final.

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Copied from C4 forums.


An investigation is underway by premium phone regulator ICSTIS and the UK Gambling Commission after almost £1,000,000 was put on Big Brother finalist Brian Belo to win, despite odds as high as 6/1.

In the 20 minutes since the beginning of the second Channel 4 show thousands of pounds backing Brian to take the Big Brother
eight crown, including one bet of almost £48,000, resulted in odds being forced as low as 5/6 by online bookmaker, Paddy Power.

Sam and Amanda Merchant were favourites with odds as short as 1/9

Internet forums have been bombarded by posts from disgruntled fans of the show claiming the bookmakers fixed the result with thousands of calls for Brian to make up for previous losses throughout the series.

Earlier this week Ladbrokes spokesman Nick Weinberg talked about how a twins win would cause havoc for the industry: “we stand to take a hammering.”

He continued: “We’re bracing ourselves for the darkest day in reality TV history. If the twins win it’ll be the worst result since BB began.”

The bookie added that the series had been a disaster for bookies, as punters had come up trumps against them at almost every single eviction night due to predictable votes.

Mr Weinberg said: “It has been a three-month tale of woe for bookies.”

[Flavaflav]

looks like this aint over yet

[Stu]

Looks like someone down in elstree leaked how the voting was going.

[Jackie]

Another fixing scam.

[XxShortyxX]

So are they saying it was a fix?

See something ent right about this. The Twins had been bookies fav to win for weeks now, topping all the polls around the net, I just don't get it.

If, and this if, it is a fix I feel sorry for Brian and the Twins.

[Stu]

Why do people presume its a fix?

Someone in C4 could have just LEAKED how the voting was PROGRESSING to place huge bets!

[Scarlett.]

Sounds like a Fix
but for once it isnt Big Bros fault

[tinkerbell]

It is most certanly a fix, by the end of the show Brian wasnt even the seconda favourite anymore to a lot of pople...

[mat118]

perhaps the crowd screaming BRIAN, BRIAN, BRIAN all night long gave them some idea of who was gonna win it !!!

[Jack]

Even if it's true, it's still not technically a "fix". There's no rule against mass multiple voting and whilst it seems unfair, there's nothing you can do about it.

[andybigbro]

I dont think its afix cause i know toms of people like me who voted LOADS of times round about40 - 50 times

[goroos1994]

so what does this mean? is the game not over yet?

[Sam]

Nah, but I genuinley beleive that bookies voted lots unfairly to save losses, i've said it many times last night. It was unfair how they can influence the vote. NO WAY would it have been a 60% lead by Brian, it would have been so close.

[Sam]

Originally posted by andybigbro
I dont think its afix cause i know toms of people like me who voted LOADS of times round about40 - 50 times

And people din't for the twins?

[andybigbro]

Brian Won

You cnat change the Past

So Please Just get move on

[Stu]

Originally posted by mat118
perhaps the crowd screaming BRIAN, BRIAN, BRIAN all night long gave them some idea of who was going to win it !!!

No , because a crowd of 1,000 cant represent an entire voting public.

Besides , from what I understand , huge numbers of the crowd came form Essex.

[andybigbro]

Originally posted by Sam

And people din't for the twins?

Maybe... But Brian Won and Why cant people just accept it

[goroos1994]

let me know if its in the news. lol. as i am from aust

[Jay]

I wouldn't bother to much about it we get the same story every year Brian won fair and square and people need to get over the fixing stuff because it wasn't a fix.

[Dan_]

If they really wanted to fix it for Brian to win, they'd hardly have allowed the twins to be put together to provide huge competition to him.

[Chrizzle]

Jays right- Brian won fair and sqaure.

People really need to just get over it.

[bananarama]

Originally posted by Jack
Even if it's true, it's still not technically a "fix". There's no rule against mass multiple voting and whilst it seems unfair, there's nothing you can do about it.

If the gambling industry tried to fix the result to their advantage then that would be corruption and the law would have to be involved...........

Members of the public mass voting is one thing. If the gambling industry doing it (as alleged) to avoid large payouts that would be unacceptable corruption....So something could and should be done about it if it were true....

So far it seems we only have here say and speculation.......

[Jack]

Originally posted by bananarama

If the gambling industry tried to fix the result to their advantage then that would be corruption and the law would have to be involved...........

Members of the public mass voting is one thing. If the gambling industtry doing it (as alleged) to avoid large payouts that would be unacceptable corruption....So something could and should be done about it if it were true....

So far it seems we only have here say and speculation.......

Fair enough, I just don't think there's anything that can be done about it.

[Arneldo]

People trying to make excuses fro Twins not winning I think.

Brian won, with a massive lead. People voted for the right housemate and handed the crown to the most entertaining housemate. He was the star of the show and deserved it. You can't say he won just bcause bookies voted multiple times for him - He recived 60.3% of the vote! The public chose the winner

[Matt]

And I tried to vote for the twins twice last night but couldn't get through.