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| Middle East |
| Police seek gambling ring taking bets on next suicide bombing |
| 2002-06-13 |
| Police are investigating reports that an illegal Israeli gambling ring is taking bets on where the next Palestinian suicide bomber will strike. The Maariv daily and Israel Radio reported Thursday that the ring in the town of Kiryat Malachi is distributing betting sheets with the odds for various locations. Betting on Eilat, a Red Sea resort that has not seen any violence during the past 21 months of Israeli-Palestinian fighting, is a long shot at 1:17, while oft-hit Jerusalem was given odds of 1:1.5, according to the sheet. Bets begin at 10 shekels (dlrs 2), the betting sheet states, adding that bets only count for attacks of "Arabs against Jews and not the opposite." I'll take Eilat for $20... Uh, I mean, that's terrible. They should lock 'em away for that stuff. |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |