David Archuleta Still Favored to Win American Idol: David Cook's Fan Base Grows

David Archuleta opened with odds slightly longer than even though at Sportsbook he was expected to open this week closer to 2/1 odds of winning this season's American Idol.  Archuleta had been increasing as a much bigger favorite before stumbling a bit this week.  It was rocker David Cook with two solid performances in a row who has gone from around 50/1 odds of winning American Idol to odds which were widely expected to open at Sportsbook.com somewhere between 8/1 and 10/1.

Such odds would provide some of the best betting value this week of any wagering event, Gambling911.com believes. 

"The payout would be $8 to $10 for every $1 bet," explains Payton O'Brien, Gambling911 Senior Editor.

Gambling911.com last week predicted David Cook could win American Idol.  After this week's performance brilliant performance of the Beetles classic "Eleanor Rigby", Cook has become one of the most inquired about Idols. 

We may have had our first shocking elimination of the week, even though the performance itself was rather cheesy (to say the least).

Gay stripper boy, David Hernandez, was voted off.  We first reported about David's stripper past a few weeks back, long before the mainstream press began jumping all over the story.  Some have speculated that his past may have resulted in last night's elimination.  We say he failed to connect with the audience.  And it didn't help that he claimed to have worked at a "pizza bistro" just prior to coming on American Idol in the film proceeding his performance when it has come out he was stripping right up until the AI auditions. 

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Christopher Costigan, Gambling911.com Publisher CCostigan@CostiganMedia.com

Originally published March 13, 2008 9:57 am EST