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Makes me wonder if this is a good tip-off that Uchenna & Joyce may win the Amazing Race.  When you hear the term, "Irregular Betting Patterns" that means a lot of money is being wagered on them.

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Re: This is very interesting
« Reply #1 on: March 09, 2005, 09:39:05 AM »
Looks like we have our winners!  Betting spoilers have rarely been wrong, have they?  Sandra, Freddy/Kendra, now Uchenna/Joyce.  Broke and Barren no more!


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Re: This is very interesting
« Reply #2 on: March 09, 2005, 09:46:25 AM »
Good Catch...Not alot of story right now but they seem friendly enough!

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Re: This is very interesting
« Reply #3 on: March 09, 2005, 10:23:18 AM »
I am going to take this as one of the more reliable spoilers you will ever find.  Huge signal that Uchenna & Joyce are probably going to win Amazing Race. 
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Re: This is very interesting-Big-time Spoiler on who might win TAR 7
« Reply #4 on: March 09, 2005, 10:48:25 AM »
Trevor !! Good find  |#' the latest spoiler puts Gretchen n Meredith , Gregg n Brian and Ron n Kelly in the final 3 .
Would much rather have Urcheena N Joyce for the winners  =]/


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Re: This is very interesting-Big-time Spoiler on who might win TAR 7
« Reply #5 on: March 09, 2005, 10:55:06 AM »
ok, this one i like too!  |#'  anyone but the other spoiler 3.

and i love this bunny too... }^!
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Re: This is very interesting-Big-time Spoiler on who might win TAR 7
« Reply #6 on: March 09, 2005, 01:11:39 PM »
The only thing I worry is that CBS is intentionally putting out all of these spoilers to keep us interested and not thinking that Rob & Amber winning is just a formality.
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Bets with bookie may reveal 'Race' winners
« Reply #7 on: March 15, 2005, 05:08:54 PM »
So its Rob who is making a few" extruh dalluhs" LMAO  ^/^


Bets with bookie may reveal 'Race' winners


DERRIK J. LANG

Associated Press


NEW YORK - Online wagerers: We're sorry to tell you, you've been eliminated. Offshore bookie Sportsbook.com suspended betting on the winner of the seventh edition of "The Amazing Race" last week, citing unusual betting patterns on one team from accounts originating from California and Massachusetts over a 12-hour period.

"We saw a disproportionate amount of wagering coming in on them," Sportsbook.com marketing director Alex Czajkowski told The Associated Press. "They were betting at the limits a first time customer can bet at."

Although this is a first for both "The Amazing Race" and Sportsbook.com, this isn't the first reality TV show spoiled by online wagers. Betting was suspended for the Amazon and Pearl Island "Survivors," the second "Bachelor" and the second "Apprentice" after heavy - and accurate - wagers on the winners.

But unlike "Survivor" and "Apprentice," which have live finales, "Amazing Race" is pre-taped. During the race's final episode, each of the eliminated two-person teams is at the finish line to congratulate the top three.

(SPOILER ALERT: Stop reading now if you don't want to know the possible ending.)

Sportsbook.com stopped accepting wagers when "thousands and thousands and thousands of dollars" were bet on Uchenna and Joyce Agu, the married couple from Houston. Czajkowski said the average Sportsbook.com bet is $60 while the maximum can be a few thousand dollars, depending on a customer's betting history.

"We saw all this money going on Uchenna and Joyce and in a very short amount of time," said Czajkowski. "Those are all signs something's up."

The Agus, who said they want to win the race's $1 million prize for in-vitro fertilization, are currently in fourth place in the race around the world. According to their CBS bios, Uchenna is an energy broker who once worked for Enron while Joyce is a sales manager who once worked for WorldCom.

"All of it was coming out of Massachusetts and California, which is kind of strange because they're big media centers and weirdly enough they're not where Uchenna and Joyce come from," said Czajkowski.

In last week's episode, the pair joined forces with former "Survivor" contestants and engaged couple Amber Brkich and Rob "Boston Rob" Mariano and on-and-off couple Ray Housteau and Deana Shane. Three teams call the Golden State home, while Mariano is the only racer from Massachusetts.

CBS was tightlipped on whether the Texans stomp the competition.

"We don't confirm nor deny any information and we allow the press to run inaccurate information about the results," a CBS spokeswoman said.

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Re: This is very interesting-Big-time Spoiler on who might win TAR 7
« Reply #8 on: March 16, 2005, 09:51:52 AM »
I do not think he is that dumb!!!  You know CBS will look to see if it is any of thier family.

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2 Houstonians look like Amazing Race favorites
« Reply #10 on: March 22, 2005, 04:38:45 PM »
2 Houstonians look like Amazing Race favorites
By MIKE MCDANIEL
Copyright 2005 Houston Chronicle

Say what you want about Uchenna Agu — the man can throw down with anyone when it comes to meat.

With his wife, Joyce, rooting him on, Uchenna wolfed down 4 pounds of meat and other cow parts (including intestine, udder and saliva gland) to finish second in last week's episode of The Amazing Race.

 
Uchenna and Joyce Agu are making a case that they deserve to win CBS' Amazing Race and its $1 million prize. If the Agus succeed, they'll become the first Houstonians to become overnight millionaires thanks to a reality TV show. 
Showing more guts than Bahston Rahb and a bunch of other Amazing wusses, the Agus are making a case that they deserve to win the round-the-world race and pocket $1 million. The two 40-somethings have already said they plan to use the money to pay for in vitro fertilization procedures.

If the Agus win, they'll become the first Houstonians to become overnight millionaires thanks to a reality TV show — and possibly become parents of, ahem, a million-dollar baby.

Alas, other people are thinking that way — too many, according to Internet bookies.

Last week, offshore bookmaker Sportsbook.com suspended betting on the winner of The Amazing Race, citing a disproportionate amount of wagering on what at least one wag is calling Team Enron. (Uchenna was laid off his job at Enron when the company collapsed in 2001. Joyce lost her job when WorldCom fell.)

Sportsbook cited unusual betting patterns on the Agus from accounts originating in California and Massachusetts.

It's not the first time online wagering has been shut off after heavy betting on a reality TV show.

Betting was suspended for two editions of Survivor (Amazon and Pearl Island), the second edition of The Bachelor and last fall's edition of The Apprentice following high-volume — and accurate — betting on the winners.

The Amazing Race (like The Bachelor and other reality shows) is pre-taped; the winners are already known, but players are expected to abide by very strict secrecy rules or face extreme financial penalty ($5 million for Survivor contestants). Producers and crew members must sign similar contracts.

Obviously, someone has figured a way around the legalities.

CBS would not confirm or deny the report, as has been the network's policy on all rumors and reports about its reality series since Survivor first began.

And when we last talked with Bert van Munster, the mastermind behind The Amazing Race (8 p.m. Tuesdays, Channel 11) it was before the gambling story broke.

But it wouldn't be a stretch of the imagination to see how one of Race's minions might try to cash in on what he knows.

In hammering out the logistics — never mind the shooting and editing — of this truly amazing series, Van Munster says he has a payroll of more than 2,000 people.

While that's a lot of checks to write, Van Munster believes the size of the show is what prevents its being copied.

Other knockoffs have been developed, he said, but none has come close to succeeding.

Incidentally, he says the Agus were easy picks, because each "has a very dramatic story, and they're really terrific people."

He admitted that "some people don't like" Boston Rob Mariano and his fiancee, Amber Brkich, both of whom participated on Survivor (Amber won the $1 million).

"I personally have never been a very big fan of (choosing celebrities or pseudoceleb-

rities)," he said.

"I don't think it's really necessary. But that is a personal thing, and I am not the only one who makes the final decision when it comes to putting the cast together


http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/headline/entertainment/3095861

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Re: This is very interesting-Big-time Spoiler on who might win TAR 7
« Reply #11 on: March 22, 2005, 06:22:10 PM »
It's Ok to me if Uchenna and Joyce win, but I do have a problem with the spoiler.  I have never seen so many different sources where the spoiler can be found.  It's almost as if the gambling web site is flooding everyone with spoiler information to get publicity.  What they do is illegal in the U.S.  Why should we believe them?

Last year, there was news of betting on Freddy and Kendra being shut down, but it got nowhere near the amount of this publicity.

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Re: This is very interesting-Big-time Spoiler on who might win TAR 7
« Reply #12 on: March 22, 2005, 06:36:25 PM »
No ..... but after the Freddy & Kendra betting thingy turned out to be real, it could be that more people are paying attention now to these things!!!  *(^

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Re: This is very interesting-Big-time Spoiler on who might win TAR 7
« Reply #13 on: March 22, 2005, 06:56:30 PM »
Pedaler & Tanny...my thoughts precisely.  There's a method to their madness!  ]][

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Re: This is very interesting-Big-time Spoiler on who might win TAR 7
« Reply #14 on: March 28, 2005, 03:26:41 PM »
What are the possibilities of this spoiler being false? Would CBS put up those bets themselves? I was one of the people who believed in Ron/Kelly, Brian/Greg, Meredith/Gretchen being in the Final 3. I thought I had a lot of good evidence to make me believe that...hmmm...well I guess we'll see.

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Re: This is very interesting-Big-time Spoiler on who might win TAR 7
« Reply #15 on: March 28, 2005, 04:02:32 PM »
What are the possibilities of this spoiler being false? Would CBS put up those bets themselves? I was one of the people who believed in Ron/Kelly, Brian/Greg, Meredith/Gretchen being in the Final 3. I thought I had a lot of good evidence to make me believe that...hmmm...well I guess we'll see.

If CBS was involved, or even perceived to be involved in betting on their own show to throw off people, The Amazing Race would be canceled.  You don't even come close to being involved in betting and live to see another season.  The repercussion of a betting scandal would cause them to shut down the show. 


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Re: This is very interesting-Big-time Spoiler on who might win TAR 7
« Reply #16 on: March 28, 2005, 11:56:59 PM »
Welcome The Amazing Racer , I've seen you around the boards  }4{

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Re: This is very interesting-Big-time Spoiler on who might win TAR 7
« Reply #17 on: March 29, 2005, 08:29:29 AM »
Welcome, The Amazing Racer!   Are (were) you an actual Racer, and if so, which one? 

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Re: This is very interesting-Big-time Spoiler on who might win TAR 7
« Reply #18 on: March 30, 2005, 10:08:28 AM »
The betting spoiler will not pan out , Ucheena & Joyce are not in the final 3  :<( Lets just say that I was bamboozled for now   </]
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Re: This is very interesting-Big-time Spoiler on who might win TAR 7
« Reply #19 on: March 31, 2005, 01:26:33 AM »
Lots of activity of the board.  I am disappointed that the Uchena Joyce spoiler might be false.  I was really happy for them when I thought they won.  Puddin, when you found out more, please let us know.  Thanks.  ]-{


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Re: This is very interesting-Big-time Spoiler on who might win TAR 7
« Reply #20 on: March 31, 2005, 10:01:10 AM »
I'm waiting to hear more Bathfizzy  *%# , like I said I either misread what I was sent or not? For obvious reasons I can't post what was sent to me so its a wait and see .

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Re: This is very interesting-Big-time Spoiler on who might win TAR 7
« Reply #21 on: April 02, 2005, 10:26:28 AM »
please, please, please let the original betting spoiler be right, oh please, oh please! sigh.
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Re: This is very interesting-Big-time Spoiler on who might win TAR 7
« Reply #22 on: May 10, 2005, 11:23:42 PM »
Well, great find Trevor, it was right! Thank goodness it was right! LOL

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Re: This is very interesting-Big-time Spoiler on who might win TAR 7
« Reply #23 on: May 10, 2005, 11:25:00 PM »
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Hey Trevor Nice find ! Congratulations for being the first one to post the bestest spoiler ..lets never forget that the Reality betting spoilers are never wrong  |*|

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Re: This is very interesting-Big-time Spoiler on who might win TAR 7
« Reply #24 on: May 11, 2005, 11:01:26 AM »
Thank you very much!   The betting spoiler continues to have a perfect track record.
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