Mars Bookies Stop Taking Some Bets

Article - Ladbrokes Ends Bets Over Proof of Past Life on Mars - (Mar. 3, 04)

http://quote.bloomberg.com/apps/news...iMKi4&refer=uk

Talks about how bookmakers have stopped taking bets on past life on Mars
because of the evidence for water found by the NASA MER rover
Opportunity. Read about how much the odds had diminished since the '70's.

According to the article (and probably more relevant to this forum,
another bookmaker is offering odds of only 66-1 on ``the U.K. Prime
Minister or the U.S. President officially confirming the presence of
intelligent extra-terrestrial life within a year of the bet being
placed...''

It's fascinating to see how probable they think detection is.

Regards, Jason H.