David Cook Still Pays Well to Win American Idol (Betting Odds)

At 7 to 4 odds, American Idol contestant David Cook would pay out $7 for every $4 bet, quite possibly a steal and maybe even the ultimate economic stimulus package during these hard times.

Sportsbook.com was offering the 7 to 4 odds heading into Tuesday night's performance show.

Cook, who Gambling911.com had predicted early on of winning when he had double digit odds, has received a ringing endorsement this week from none other than last year's Idol winner, Jordin Sparks.

 "I hate to choose because they are all good and I don't want to discourage any of them, but based on what happened last week I think David Cook has a good chance of being the last one standing," said Sparks, while on a break from walking the orange carpet of Nickelodeon's annual awards fete. "He sang the heck out of 'Billie Jean.'

Despite the fact that Cook has come under some fire for allegedly covering "covers", he's really doing no different than what every Idol is doing covering the original song.  During most weeks, Cook has given credit to the person covering. 

Odds were courtesy of Sportsbook.com.

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Jordan Bach, Gambling911.com

Originally published April 1, 2008 1:35 pm EST