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Gambling on Harry's future

Posted by: Carol Lombardi

Monday, June 25, 2007 11:25 PM

A London bookmaker has stopped taking bets on whether Harry is going to die, and has switched the focus to who is going to kill him, because so many people bet on his demise. Is Harry really doomed?

I often try to expect the worst so that I am pleasantly surprised by whatever happens. I am trying to wrap my brain around the fact that yes, Harry's going to die, Voldemort is going to triumph, all that is good will cease to exist and Dudley will become Prime Minister. But I can't get past the fact that I will be extremely annoyed if Harry dies.

My bet would be that he doesn't die. Other people do, but not Harry.

Here's one good reason: there's a theme park opening in Orlando in two years. Who wants to go to a theme park dedicated to a dead kid? It would be like a final Mickey Mouse cartoon where Mickey and Minnie get caught in a mouse trap and starve to death. I think the lines at "It's a Small World" would get a lot shorter. And I think that the announcement of the theme park is a most unromantic but very accurate portent that Harry (and his franchise) will live.

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