Taiwan Bookies Take Bets on When Cancer Patients Will Die: Inside Wagering
Talk about sick! Some worldwide bookies have no scruples and will take bets on just about anything.
Case in point.
Taiwan bookies have shockingly begun taking wagers on when cancer patients will ultimately kick the bucket.
From WagerMinds.com:
They gather details on a patient’s condition. They visit the hospital.. They talk with the family. And they set a line. Before you bet, you can also visit the patient in the hospital.
It gets worse!
Doctors have been accused of taking bets on their own patients.
The London Mirror reports this is a £40million a year industry.
From the Mirror:
The evil Far East betting empire is run by rich mafia-style gangs through illegal back-street bookies in China and Taiwan.
The rules are simple: punters predict the month a cancer sufferer will die with typical odds of 3-1. But if the patient passes away within a month, or survives longer than 12, the house wins.
The Mirror conducted its own investigation and uncovered the chilling truth.
It’s centred on Xikia East Street, a row of 60 ordinary looking shops fronted, ironically, as clubs for old people.
But this is renowned as Death Alley. Within minutes, our reporters found a cancer bookie who introduced himself as Mr Ho. He wanted a name and a medical letter proving the patient’s condition.
As each terminally-ill person is identified, a gambling “pot” on them is established.
The minimum bet on the month of death is £40, but he revealed some gamblers placed stakes with his syndicate as high as £215,000.
You can even place accumulator bets on two or three “runners” to try to increase winnings.
Western bookmakers, even PaddyPower.com, have long shunned so-called death pools.
- Jagajeet Chiba, Gambling911.com
