BetUS Posts Odds on All Things Scripps National Spelling Bee
Written by BetUS
Tue, 27 May 2008
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Young students from across the US and Canada will have to out-spell 287 other middle school students beginning May 29 if they're going to take home a trophy, $35,000 in cash and recognition as the best speller in the country at the 2008 Scripps Spelling Bee in Washington.
The buzz surrounding the "Bee" as it's known in intellectual and crazed parental circles has grown exponentially in recent years, and in 2008, the hype is ready to explode. People are completely mesmerized by the spectacle of nerdy stardom and nowhere else is this more evident than in the huge up-tick in site traffic at BetUS by site-users looking to wager on every possible scenario regarding the world's largest educational challenge.
BetUS posted odds on every possible Bee scenario – including whether the winner will be wearing the stereotypical studious costume of spectacular spectacles! Whoa, try spelling that three times fast!!!!!!
Oddsmakers at BetUS posted the following odds on all things Scripps National Spelling Bee:
Gender of winner
Male 5/7
Female 1/1
Winner to wear glasses
Yes 1/1
No 5/7
Length of winning word
Over 8.5 2/3
Under 8.5 11/10