Some people bet on sports. Apparently some bet on literature. USA Today says:

A surprising number of bettors correctly chose French writer Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clezio to win the 2008 Nobel Prize in literature — leading the award jury to suspect a leak.

Yes, I know the point of the story is that someone leaked the name of the winner. Bad, bad Swedish Academy voters. But, really, I’m more intrigued by the idea of a bunch of folks betting on this. It kind of cracks me up. Guess people will bet on anything if there’s the potential to make a dollar.

So, yeah, it’s official. Nothing is sacred.

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