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First it was the drug dealers taking advantage of Harry Potter, now it’s the bookies. According to Bloomberg:

William Hill Plc, a London-based bookmaker, closed bets on Harry sacrificing himself at 2/5 odds on July 17, cut from an original quote of 33/1 in early July. Lord Voldemort, who murdered Potter’s parents, is at 9/4 to kill Harry, and Professor Severus Snape is at 4/1 odds to murder him. The bookmaker took more than 50,000 pounds ($100,000) in bets on Harry’s fate, the first time in the company’s history it had ever bet on a book.

I wonder if J.K. Rowling was banned from placing bets?

Just think what you could’ve done if you actually read those spoilers…other than ruining the ending for yourself.

And if you didn’t place a bet when you could have, you must REALLY be hating yourself now.

By not taking advantage, you’re like Marty McFly, from Back To The Future Part II, who could have used a sports almanac from the past and made a fortune by being a low down, rotten, dirty cheat looking to make a quick buck.

But he didn’t. He took the high ground.

Biff Tannen took the almanac and cheated by placing bets on games, and what did it get him?

A mega casino.

So what if you could’ve been filthy, stinking rich? By not betting, you did the right thing.

It might have seemed as easy as taking candy from a baby, but Mr. Burns thought that too. And look what happened to him…

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