Hold Onto Your Hats - WagerWeb.com Posts Odds on Tropical Storms and Hurricanes
San Jose, Costa Rica – May 3, 2006 –
WagerWeb.com, one of the Internet’s largest betting sites known for its
offering of odds for the hottest issues surrounding the news media (especially
sports), posted odds today on the likelihood that tropical storms and hurricanes
will blow into the country with the same, less or greater force than last
year. Predictions by experts call for storms hitting landfall in the U.S.
to be almost 50 percent greater than previous years. High winds and torrential
rainfall took a heavy toll in 2005.
“Last year’s hurricanes and storms
hit the country with a one two punch that crippled the Eastern half of
the country,” says Dave Johnson, CEO of WagerWeb.com. “This year could
be worse, so we figured that posting odds would get people out of their
chairs into the home stores buying water, lumber and flashlights.”
The odds ask bettors to predict wind
speed and numbers of storms as follows (–110 means $11 bet wins $10):
Total Number of Atlantic Tropical
Storms/Hurricanes Over 21.5 …..-110 Under 21.5 …..-110 Total Number of
Hurricanes (Wind Speed at least 74 mph) Over 10.5 …..-110 Under 10.5 …..-110
Will there be a Category 5 Hurricane (155+ mph winds)? Yes …..-110 No …..-110
Note: National Weather Service statistics/classification
for 2006 will be used for grading purposes. Post-season re-analysis will
not be counted towards wagers made on this release.
Article Source:
Amazines.Com
