Betting odds predict this year’s winner of Survivor Australia

Survivor Australia bettings odds are suggesting that one of the ‘Spice Girls’ will be the winner and take home the $500,000 prize money.

Last night the remaining twelve Survivor competitors merged, with AFL David Zaharakis being sent home shortly after. The move was orchestrated by the ‘Spice Girls alliance’, which is made up of Liz Parnov, Shonee Bowtell and George Mladenov, despite being in the minority at merge.

Now, betting odds are indicated that Liz, of the original Villains tribe, will be crowned sole survivor.

Popular betting site Sportsbet has listed odds for each of the remaining contestants on the show. The odds are broken down by dollar amount, and a higher amount means that the odds are less likely. For example, if one contestant had a $2 return and another contestant had a $10 return, the former has better odds to win.

The website has Liz Parnov with the lowest return of $1.40, meaning people have bet the most amount of money on her to win. In second place is Matt Sharp, who has only recently been getting screen time, at $5.00. Three-time player Shonee sits at $5.00 while self-proclaimed ‘king of the jungle’, and returning contestant, George Mladenov is in fourth place with a return of $11.00.

Meanwhile, Simon Mee and Flick Palmateer are considered least likely to win, with returns of $51.00 and $46.00 respectively.

Sportsbet posts commonly create categories for popular Australian reality shows, and let people place bets about who they think will win. In the past, the contestants who have better odds have often ended up winning the show.

While the past has suggested that low dollar values are linked to a high chance that the participant will win, it’s important to note that insider trading is strictly banned on the platform and the connection could be purely coincidental.

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