Great interest in beating what about who becomes pope

From betting with cash on websites, to online games of the type « Fantasy football » and betting between friends and family members – the interest in investing in who becomes the next pope is very great.

The Pope Games even beat the bet on the European League and Formula 1, according to Sam Eaton, head of the site Oddschecker, comparing odds from different gaming companies.

According to him have hundreds of thousands People from 140 countries visited the site to see what the odds are for each cardinal. The greatest interest is from Britain, Ireland and the United States.

On one of the leading gaming sites, you are now up to about half a million kronor in the pot, before the conclave has even started.

Although there are fractions of the amounts in the betting on big games, such as Eurovision, it points to a great interest, given that it is such an odd thing to bet.

Several of the Cardinals are pointed out As possible pope subjects, among them Pietro Parolin, who is the Vatican Foreign Minister, Luis Tagle from the Philippines, Matteo Zuppi, Archbishop of Bologna, and Pierbattista Pizzaballa, Latin patriarch in Jerusalem.

Swedish bishop Anders Arborelius is also mentioned in this context, but he himself has said that he does not fit as a pope.