{"id":3080,"date":"2018-01-15T16:18:29","date_gmt":"2018-01-15T16:18:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.oddsmonkey.com\/blog\/?p=3080"},"modified":"2018-01-15T16:24:23","modified_gmt":"2018-01-15T16:24:23","slug":"widdicombe-biggest-reality-gamble-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.oddsmonkey.com\/blog\/news-events\/widdicombe-biggest-reality-gamble-time\/","title":{"rendered":"Widdicombe could be biggest reality gamble of all time"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Anne Widdicombe has the Bookmakers running scared after emerging as one of the popular housemates in Celebrity Big Brother.<\/p>\n<p>Australian drag artist Courtney Act remains the odds-on favourite to win, but former MP Widdicombe is proving hugely popular with the public.<\/p>\n<p>After the launch show, Widdicombe was a huge outsider at 100\/1 and now she is second favourite.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We did suggest at the start of CBB that there could be some major changes in the market, yes since Courtney went in &#8211; she has proven popular with the public and the Bookmakers &#8211; but Widdicombe is the major mover,&#8221; confirmed OddsMonkey spokesman Peter Watton.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Widdicombe is now around 6\/1 second favourite, and this would be the biggest upset in reality TV history were she to take the crown having been such an outsider to begin with.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Aside from Widdicombe, the ladies are not figuring high in the betting with the Amanda Barrie next in the markets at over 20\/1.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Selected odds CBB:<\/strong><br \/>\nCourtney Act 5\/6<br \/>\nAnn Widdecombe 5\/1<br \/>\nAndrew Brady 7\/1<br \/>\nShane Lynch 16\/1<br \/>\nJohn Barnes 18\/1<br \/>\nAmanda Barrie 22\/1<br \/>\nJess Impiazzi 22\/1<br \/>\nDapper Laughs 25\/1<br \/>\nMaggie Oliver 25\/1<br \/>\nMalika Haqq 28\/1<br \/>\nRachel Johnson 28\/1<br \/>\nAshley James 80\/1<br \/>\nGinuwine 100\/1<br \/>\nJonny Mitchell 100\/1<br \/>\nWayne Sleep 100\/1<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Anne Widdicombe has the Bookmakers running scared after emerging as one of the popular housemates in Celebrity Big Brother. Australian drag artist Courtney Act remains the odds-on favourite to win, but former MP Widdicombe is proving hugely popular with the public. 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