Betting on Y2K Disasters

Doug Muth writes "According to this article in Wired News, there is a company that is taking bets on which disasters will occur when Y2K comes around. Think a commercial airliner will go down? That's 300-1 odds. Think armageddon will occur? That's 1,000,000-1 odds, though even if you win, I think collecting on that bet would be a bit pointless."

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Odds on the Second Coming of Christ

[einstein]

I'm sure Jesus would be REAL happy to hear that people are gambling over his return.

I'm sure they could cast lots over his clothes too...oh wait... been done. nevermind

Top 10 Y2K Disasters

[meersan]

Top 10 Y2K Disasters

10) IRS doesn't manage to complete remediation efforts. On second thought...

9) IRS manages to complete remediation efforts

8) Hotels booked solid, Antichrist's family forced to sleep in a manger

7) The election of anyone currently running for the presidency of the United States

6) Electrical power fails on Jan 2cd when survivalists simultaneously switch off their kerosene generators

5) The Artist Formerly Known As Prince realizes the futility of a career entirely based on "1999", goes insane, burns down World Trade Center in Minneapolis, gets bodyslammed by Gov. Ventura

4) Rising mound of Y2K memorabilia towers over United States, topples, raises sea level 2 feet when it falls into the Pacific, drowns Antarctic penguins and Tokyo

3) Feuding geeks arguing over merits of KDE/Gnome/EMACS/vi/GTK/Motif/GNU/Linux/*BSD/blah/b leh inadvertently trip button marked 'Doomsday Device', unable to blame End of World on Bill Gates

2) God certifies the Universe Y2K-compliant, inadvertently forgets nearby meteor storm, is sued by rampaging trial lawyers, points out Acts of Me exemption clause

1) Entire planet shuts down when Jan 1st is declared World Hangover Day