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April 10, 2006

Betting on the Duke lacrosse DNA tests

Rachel notes that sports betting companies are taking bets on the Duke lacrosse team DNA tests.

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The DNA tests are in, and it looks like there were NO MATCHES — according to the players' lawyers, at least. So, if this info is correct, we are left with a bunch of louts, not rapists.

Posted by: Gaijin Biker | April 10, 2006 at 09:37 PM

Whoops, I didn't read the comments on the other post first. My bad.

Posted by: Gaijin Biker | April 10, 2006 at 09:39 PM

Ok, betting on who it was that raped someone...that just ain't right.

Posted by: Chris O. | April 10, 2006 at 10:43 PM

Notice however, that the gambling operation was assuming one or two matches. In other words, they believed a rape occurred.

Posted by: Lis Riba | April 11, 2006 at 10:11 AM

Lindsay,

The betting was that one or two matches would show up, and I doubt that the people laying those bets had any other motive than to make money. It is a pretty interesting indicator of where people's opinions stood, in early 2006.

Chris

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