There's been a run on Mary. Moved from 2.04 to 1.77 on Betfair in a fairly short space of time. Means nothing except people are betting on her to go of course, but to those of you who have bet on her - make sure you back it up with a vote or a hundred.

that happened already today and then it turned round again.

Do I detect a note of desparation here

Just what I was thinking.

I knew this would happen as it happens every year...the male starts as the favourite to go and then slowly the female slides away...

Astla la vista, Mary.

Ha ha. I'm slightly nervous - I've put a fair whack on - but I'm quietly confident. May the best gambler win

No way Jose

Bai Bai Mary!!!

and there speaks the one with the inside knowledge!!

i thought you have info though Kathio

good point RJ, why the nerves?

Its a slippery slope, overall though as long as you avoid the horses, I would take tentative bets with evictions they have done lots of twists and turns in recent years. Finding a winner is the best bet.

Cant argue with that gem

I think it is 50/50 we all saw the polls they used to do on the live feed, bound back and forth like a jack-in-the-box. So no inside knowledge can't help that. I think the same with celeb bb, it was anyones game on final night.

Don't forget that betfair is not a bookmaker, but a betting exchange. That's to say, you can try and place a bet for any odds you want, and providing someone is prepared to take it then it goes ahead.

The "inside knowledge" is useful as it suggests the vote may be swinging towards Mary but we don't know the overall vote so it could be meaningless; just because the sample shows Craig has less votes doesn't mean he does overall.

OK - who's going to start?

mary 8/11 now! eek

An introverted chappie with extroverted hopes. Very insecure prone to whinging and attention seeking. No hoper as far as BB goes.

Should be the first to be evicted

Because my information is a small sample, which may be indicative of the way the vote is going but is certainly not guaranteed to reflect the total vote exactly.

Furthermore, even though I'm pretty sure Mary is ahead at the moment, there is still time for people to vote Craig out. I made a judgement call on Mary's odds and put my money on earlier than I would have liked because I had a feeling the odds would shift quickly. Which, to be fair, they have. But there could conceivably be late votes for Craig.

That's why the nerves.

I will start!

The most wanted BB housemate ever. Profile over!

Period.

yeah but look how far she has gone as odds on favourite compared to earlier, something is going on the way in which the odds changed so quickly

You are an Endemol representative AICMFP.

I love the melodrama! Most wanted? Not likely.

I'm dying to see how they handle her on BBLB or if she'll even co-operate.