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AMAZING BETTING: I decided to follow up on The Amazing Race betting scandal.
Uchenna and Joyce Agu's Tuesday night victory on The Amazing Race shouldn't surprise anyone.
After all, offshore gambling site Sportsbook.com suspended online wagering for the CBS "reality'' hit back in March when unidentified Boston and Los Angeles bettors flooded the site with $500 maximum bets overnight on the Houston couple.
"We know precisely who placed those bets,'' said Sportsbook.com's marketing director, Alex Czajkowski, by phone yesterday. "But when a customer makes a bet with us, it's entirely confidential.''
Read the full story: ‘Amazing’ but true: Bettors knew who’d win the ‘Race’ (Boston Herald)
Uchenna and Joyce Agu's Tuesday night victory on The Amazing Race shouldn't surprise anyone.
After all, offshore gambling site Sportsbook.com suspended online wagering for the CBS "reality'' hit back in March when unidentified Boston and Los Angeles bettors flooded the site with $500 maximum bets overnight on the Houston couple.
"We know precisely who placed those bets,'' said Sportsbook.com's marketing director, Alex Czajkowski, by phone yesterday. "But when a customer makes a bet with us, it's entirely confidential.''
Read the full story: ‘Amazing’ but true: Bettors knew who’d win the ‘Race’ (Boston Herald)
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