While I am eagerly awaiting the NBA trade deadline, the real excitement we have at Win the Weekends is for the return of Game of Thrones. “I like to drink a glass of red wine while watching Game of Thrones,” a friend of mine said this past Sunday. The secret Game of Thrones commercial during the Super Bowl was pretty fun. I’m sure I wasn’t the only one who was saying “is that the Mountain?” While the show itself is amazing and I can’t wait to have it back in our lives, the betting odds are even more interesting. Heading into the final season the question has been who will sit on the Iron Throne and rule Westeros when the season ends this Summer. Conventional wisdom after the events of last season had left us with two options that seemed to make sense. But, the betting odds have shifted dramatically.
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If you are not caught up on Game of Thrones please stop reading now, unless you don’t mind a spoiler. Also, if you view betting odds as possible spoilers you should also stop reading.
Is this enough room for spoilers?
How about now?
Jon and Danny had been the overwhelming favorite in some sort of combination to rule Westeros after the final season. Both were hovering at around the +200 to +250 mark for the last year or so. For first the time, there is someone who has better odds than both of them. Additionally, this person not only has better odds, but you have to lay $150 to win $100. That person is Bran.
There are a lot of ways to look at this. Maybe information has leaked now that the show has stopped filming and this is who will rule after the end of the show. It was reported that they filmed several endings and this could be the ending that someone has watched. While this seems plausible, it might not be accurate at all. Perhaps Bran had better odds and the websites took more money on him than the favorites. Thus, the websites had no choice but to adjust the odds to make sure they didn’t lose too much money. I would also not put it past HBO or someone to leak the wrong ending. The last season of GOT is the most anticipated TV event since, maybe the Breaking Bad Finale? HBO does not need to create buzz, but they need to make sure whatever the ending is, it’s unknown.
Other interesting notes about the current betting odds, The Night King currently has the fifth best odds to rule at +1000. In discussing this with someone, what happens if the internet theory of Bran is the Night King comes true? If you bet either of them do you win if Bran/Night King rules in the end? How does that work if they are the same person? Can you imagine emailing your online sports book giving this argument right after the finale airs?
Jon and Daenery’s baby is now listed at +1000 to rule at the end of the show. Does this mean we get a time jump after the events of the show? Is she pregnant??!! The listing of a baby is brand new and has not been listed in any other of the betting odds on the show. Does someone know something that we don’t? Is she pregnant and Bran takes over and then the baby grows up to be King/Queen? I have lots of questions, but we did see Jon and Danny get together at the end of the last season. How does this work time wise? Does this mean Jon and Danny die? The last season really skipped around time wise and sped up. People weren’t traveling for multiple episodes; they were just where they needed to be.
Daenerys used to be +200 to +250 and now is listed at +1200. Those are worse odds than Tyrion +1000 and slightly better than Gendry +1500. Arya is also in that neighborhood at +1800. Why the drop in her odds? Is she pregnant? Is she gonna die? Or were her odds too good and people just bet on the bigger dogs?
This updated list of odds just got me even more excited about the final season. I think there are a lot more possibilities and who knows what is in play. If I had to place a wager now I would take the baby at +1000. It seems strange this would just appear out of nowhere. There has to be a baby. What do you think? Who are you betting on and who do you want to rule Westeros at the end of #GOT?
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Although I’d want it to happen, I think Jon/Dany would be too obvious. I’m going either with Bran or The Night King. WAIT, why is Jon/Dany’s BABY higher than them?????
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