[KADENACY]

Bookmakers Are Deceptive.

Originally Posted by Kefln

Great post.


The bookies are are deceptive as well. If one HM is looking to be a clear winner, they might start shortening odds on another, increasing interest. More bets come in, because it looks like the bookies know something. And thats true, they do. They know that people like to gamble. The more that they can spread the load, the more money they make. If 1,000 people had voted on HM #1, then getting 1,000 people to vote on HM #2 is money in the bank.

The final of BB is a lottery. It all depends on which fans have been whipped up enough to spend the most. And the show will only continue to be made if the silent majority continue to vote.

KADENACY replies:-

I'm always studying Big Brother UK Polls to see how popular or un-popular
housemates are,which housemate is going to be evicted,which housemate
is going to win,etc.

I also take a passing interest in what the Bookmakers say about Big Brother
UK housemates,and there is sometimes a disparity with what the polls say
and what the bookmakers say about a given housemate or housemates.

For example,according to most if not all of the polls,Ashleigh is the favourite
to win Big Brother UK 15 2014,but from what I've seen the bookmakers are trying
to con the public in to thinking that Helen is going to win - purely because
they can make more money by saying that.

I've seen this deceptive carry-on by bookmakers time and time again in
regard to Big Brother UK and Celebrity Big Brother UK - Housemate A
is the polls favourite to win,Housemate B is the bookmakers favourite to
win,BUT Housemate A usually wins!

Granted,the polls get it wrong sometimes - hence the shock eviction of
Winston Showan last Friday (I was shocked!),but I think its fair say that
the polls are more accurate than the bookmakers