Eva Longoria, Kate Moss Center of Attention with Gamblers
Internet sports betting companies put up odds on Longoria romance with Tony Parks and potential Kate Moss arrest for cocaine possession.
Miami Beach, FL - While football betting takes center stage this time of year, that doesn't mean the celebrity betting props cool down any. In fact, this past week demonstrates these types of wagers are just heating up.
www.BetCRIS.com got the ball rolling with it betting odds on the romance between Eva Longoria and San Antonio Spurs French stud, Tony Parks.
The odds were as follows:
Publicly announce break up for no specific reason 1 to 2
Publicly announce engagement 3 to 1
Eva will announce she is pregnant by Tony 3 to 1
They will secretly get married 9 to 1
"People become emotionally invested in the sports personalities or actors and actresses they follow," said Mickey Richardson, CEO of BetCRIS.com. "It becomes a real life version of a soap opera with cliff hangers, conclusions, climaxes and all – they truly feel like they've known the celebrity forever and can therefore call their next move."
BetCRIS.com is the oldest established offshore sportsbook catering to North America. The company, founded in 1985, has traditionally focused on sporting events. Only recently has the bookmaker began featuring odds on celebrity events. These types of proposition wagers have proven quite popular with other sportsbooks known for catering heavily to "professional" betting clientele, most notably Pinnacle Sports.
Basketball star Tony Parker, who has been dating the 'Desperate Housewives' actress for several months, was left fuming when he read an interview with Eva, in which she admitted her relationships always "overlap".
But when the brunette beauty explained the interview was old, Tony vowed to take action.
Eva revealed to America's New York Post newspaper: "The French tabloids are regurgitating a bunch of old interviews I gave a long time ago where I said I wouldn't mind dating several guys at once. So now they are printing: 'Eva cheats on Tony!' and Tony is so upset he offered to call the mayor of Paris who knows the tabloid people to try and stop it.
Then there is the story of Kate Moss and her much publicized alleged cocaine habit.
The Associated Press reported yesterday that police are investigating allegations that model Kate Moss has recently used cocaine, Metropolitan Police said Wednesday.
Any decision about charges, London's police chief said, should take account of the impact of the case on impressionable young people.
As a result, Costa Rica online betting firm
www.betmaker.com released betting odds on Ms. Moss as to whether she will be arrested on drug charges. An arrest is favored with a line of -125.
Kate Moss has also been axed from her £1mn contract with fashion chain H&M. After initially standing by the model following lurid revelations about her cocaine use, the company yesterday said it had decided to drop her.
"Savvy online gambling marketers realize the importance of featuring these types of celebrity betting props from a branding point of view," explained Thomas Jensen, Marketing and Media Coordinator for
www.gambling911.com. "This time last year there were only a handful of internet casinos and sportsbooks offering entertainment wagering. Now we are finding more and more companies capitalizing on the press these types of betting odds generate."
About Gambling911.com:
Gambling911.com is recognized as the worldwide leader in online news and entertainment from the world of sports and gambling. The web site encompasses the most respected listing of online bookmakers within the internet gambling arena. G911 also features a comprehensive listing of 2005 NFL Predictions. The web site was mentioned in The Wall Street Journal and featured in numerous other publications and media outlets including the Miami Herald, Las Vegas Sun and Fox Television. Gambling911.com is owned by Twenty-One Holdings, LLC.
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