2009 Scripps Spelling Bee Odds

THE SCRIPPS NATIONAL SPELLING BEE HAS PARENTS CRAZED AND BETTORS DAZED! ANALYSTS POST PREDICTIONS ON EVERY POSSIBLE SCENARIO

NEW YORK, NY – Young students from across the US and Canada will have to out-spell 293 other middle school students beginning May 27-28 if they’re going to take home a trophy, $35,000 in cash, and recognition as the best speller at the 2009 Scripps Spelling Bee in Washington.

The buzz surrounding the “Bee” as it’s known in intellectual and crazed parental circles has grown exponentially in recent years, and in 2009, the hype is through the roof. People are completely mesmerized by the spectacle and nowhere else is this more evident than in the huge up-tick in site traffic at the largest, most successful sportsbook on the web BetUS.com. Site-users are revving up and looking to wager on every possible scenario regarding the world’s largest educational challenge.

BetUS.com posted odds on every possible Bee scenario – including whether the winner will be wearing the stereotypical studious costume of spectacular spectacles! Whoa, try spelling that three times fast!!!!!!

BetUS.com posted the following odds on all things Scripps National Spelling Bee:

Gender of Winner

Male 13/17

Female 9/10

Length of Winning Word

Over 9.5 Letters 13/17

Under 9.5 Letters 9/10

Winner to wear Glasses

Yes 6/5

No 5/8

Number of Syllables of Winning Word

Over 3½ 5/6

Under 3½ 5/6

Will a contestant faint during the Spelling Bee

Yes 3/1

No 1/5

Will a contestant vomit during Spelling Bee

Yes 4/1

No 1/7

Will a parent yell at moderator

Yes 4/1

No 1/7

Will any contestant be disqualify for cheating

Yes 3/1

No 1/5

Will the Winner be an only child

Yes 5/2

No 1/4

Which will last the longest

Speller No. 139 Sidharth Chand 9/5

Speller No. 88 Kyle M. Mou 3/2

Speller No. 110 Kavya Shivashankar 5/4

Will the Winning Word be a

Verb 5/2

Noun 4/5

Adjective 7/2

Adverb 4/1

Any Other 7/1

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