We here at the Gear are all about the sporting life. We make bets with each other on all sorts of things. I myself, for example, just lost $250 to my co-writer Vince when Paris was released shank-wound-free. You’re welcome, VV. But we’re all set to pony up on the mother of all gadget rackets: betting on the iPhone.
Some say it’s bad taste, but reports are saying that BetUS.com is giving us 20-to-1 odds that someone will get trampled on Friday at iPhone’s launch. That’s a good bet at half the odds. There are other categories, too: 3-to-1 on dorks camping out in line, 1-to-2 that Apple’s stock jumps at least 10% by the end of the month (no Ryan Block clause, so tread warily!), and 150-to-1 that an iPhone blows up, literally.
So step right up, suckers, and place your bets. Betting line screenshot after the jump, too!
Odds Given on iPhone Failure [LiveScience]
I bet someone will get shot for one… you know like what happened at PS3 launch :(
Each day that I read an article on CrunchGear, I become increasingly enamored by the oddly knowledgeable “pizza dude” persona that seems so consistent throughout the posts. I applaud you guys for keeping the voice of CrunchGear so recognizable. That’s impressive.
I’d like odds on a giant “Ocean’s 11″ style heist of a FedEx truck purported to carry a shipment of iPhones. . . an effort which ends up being foiled due to the preemptive deployment of a thousand decoy trucks filled with overstock Motorola iTunes phones.
Wait, we come across as “pizza dudes”? I’m not sure if I like the way that sounds, bro. That’s, like, bogus n’ stuff. Or maybe we do? My bad.
LOL That’s iPhone editing is funny… a bit out of proportion.
It’s the über iPhone! RUN! Get your’s first!
Matt - maybe it’s just the impression that stuck with me ever since watching Vince do a video soda review. It’s not a bad thing though. . . . These posts ooze with personality. Who can argue with verbal banter like:
“I myself, for example, just lost $250 to my co-writer Vince when Paris was released shank-wound-free. You’re welcome, VV.”
It’s brilliance, really.
Someone should give us the odds on when Paris Hilton will be getting this phone.
The odds are better that someone will be trampled than that the phone will be recalled. That’s pretty messed up.
Wow. This iPhone is pretty ridiculous. I just got an enV, and I am so happy that I didn’t spend $600 on a phone that doesn’t have any keys. Pat, I wanna see that too!
Geeez…this IPhone really is getting out of proportion if u ask me…
What are the odds of someone getting shot over one of these phones?
I wonder if Paris had a love affair while in the pen? Nice latin woman……
As far as this phone is concerned - will it solve the illegal alien problems?
The hype is kind of insane right now. I’m wondering myself what happened to the iPhones in the ads. Were they fakes, and did the “models” get to keep the iPhone? Maybe not, but it does leave me curious.