Internet Bettors Give DADT 57% Odds

Bettors on the internet gambling site Intrade are currently giving DADT a 57% chance of being repealed by the end of the year.

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Evening View - THE Village People

Maybe "party" makes "the" OK. But still.

Quit While You're Ahead

Evening View - Slots & The City

Daily Grumble

Well, I've only been here a few hours and I've already learned that it is definitely not appreciated if you hover near the craps table and chant "Consuela, Consuela, Bo-Buela, CON-SU-AY-LA!" Seriously, any gay man would have been on the floor.

Russian Bookies Want That Octopus

Russian bookmakers have offered €100,000 for Paul the Octopus, who accurately predicted the winners of six consecutive World Cup matches.

"100,000 euros (about $129,800) was our starting price," Oleg Zhuravsky, co-owner of Liga Stavok -- "Bet League" in Russian -- told CNN. He said the offer could be increased if need be -- "We are bookmakers, after all." Paul currently lives at the Sea Life Center in Oberhausen, Germany. Zhuravsky said a representative of the center's public relations firm has told him the offer has been received and "they are studying it."

Paul's owners say they have no plan to sell him.