Tony Soprano Lives -- or Dies: Place Your Bets

Will Tony Soprano get whacked? That's the question nearly everyone's asking, reports Gambling911.

"But some viewers are taking it further than others. "The Sopranos" fans are hitting the Web, opening their wallets, and placing wagers on the mobster's fate in time for Sunday's series finale on HBO.

But the overall wagers aren't too high. The maximum single bet on Bodog.com, for example, is 50 bucks.

That relatively low wage is supposed to help prevent people with insider information from betting heavily before the show airs. And it's possible that insiders know the spoilers. The final episode was filmed back in March.

Plot lines of previous episodes have leaked before, but Christopher Costigan, publisher of Gambling911.com, says that producers have been doing a fairly good job of keeping the finale's outcome under wraps.

... Not a betting man or woman? Many viewers are weighing in on how "The Sopranos" will conclude, stirring up debates at home and in the workplace.

About 40 percent of people said they want Tony Soprano to live, and 21 percent think he shouldn't, according to a poll by Fairleigh Dickinson University's Public Mind. Avid watchers are twice as likely as more casual fans to root for his survival."

emily | 5:16 PM | TV series and characters - why the appeal |
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