A Gambling Wager on Life Itself

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Looks like the Vegas bookies have already established odds on OJ's release following his upcoming parole hearing scheduled for later this month. If he is released prior to December 31st, a $300 wager nets $100 and in the event he gets paroled after 2017, $250 will be paid out on a $100 bet. So it appears the betting odds are in his favor that following this July parole hearing, OJ will be a free man again. Wondering how many people in the outside world are actually gambling on such an event.

He will also have $2.7M coming to him from his NFL retirement pension which was withheld during his incarceration ($20,000 per month X 9 years) and remuneration from these funds is legally exempt from any civil claims against him.

Hopefully the guy will keep a lower profile and stay out of trouble upon his release. The media and entertainment industry will probably have a field day with this one as there's big money to be made not only pertaining to his eventual release but by dredging up the past as well. The bookies have even established odds on an OJ 'tell-all' book being released in 2018 (-210/+180).

http://cnews.canoe.com/CNEWS/World/2.../22707611.html