Word around campus is that the search for a new Harvard president is still wide open. But online betting giant Bodog.com have already declared the latest Harvard President odds.
On the Internet gambling website Bodog.com, Elena Kagan, the popular Harvard Law School dean, is the favorite at 3 to 1. She's followed by another Harvard insider, provost Steven E. Hyman, at 7 to 2, and then by Stanford's provost, John Etchemendy, at 4 to 1.
The future of America's most prestigious university has joined the fate of Fidel Castro and the outcome of Project Runway as debate topics in the increasingly popular world of online gambling, whose sites are often based overseas to skirt US laws.
About 600 bets have been placed on the Harvard presidency so far, according to Calvin Ayre, the flamboyant founder of Bodog, who was featured on the cover of Forbes's billionaire issue and named one of People's "hottest bachelors." The wagers must be between $5 and $50.
Twenty percent of wagers have been placed on favorite Kagan, while a quarter went to Princeton president Shirley M. Tilghman and 12 percent to Keohane. Hyman and Etchemendy only had 2 and 3 percent, respectively. Bodog would not say how much money has been bet.
A surprising element of the current wager is the end date, Dec. 31, when bets will be canceled if Harvard has not picked a president. But many people expect the new president will not be named until early 2007.
On the Internet gambling website Bodog.com, Elena Kagan, the popular Harvard Law School dean, is the favorite at 3 to 1. She's followed by another Harvard insider, provost Steven E. Hyman, at 7 to 2, and then by Stanford's provost, John Etchemendy, at 4 to 1.
The future of America's most prestigious university has joined the fate of Fidel Castro and the outcome of Project Runway as debate topics in the increasingly popular world of online gambling, whose sites are often based overseas to skirt US laws.
About 600 bets have been placed on the Harvard presidency so far, according to Calvin Ayre, the flamboyant founder of Bodog, who was featured on the cover of Forbes's billionaire issue and named one of People's "hottest bachelors." The wagers must be between $5 and $50.
Twenty percent of wagers have been placed on favorite Kagan, while a quarter went to Princeton president Shirley M. Tilghman and 12 percent to Keohane. Hyman and Etchemendy only had 2 and 3 percent, respectively. Bodog would not say how much money has been bet.
A surprising element of the current wager is the end date, Dec. 31, when bets will be canceled if Harvard has not picked a president. But many people expect the new president will not be named until early 2007.
