{"id":123632,"date":"2020-01-06T09:50:54","date_gmt":"2020-01-06T17:50:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/?p=123632"},"modified":"2020-01-06T11:27:31","modified_gmt":"2020-01-06T19:27:31","slug":"golden-globes-1917-best-picture-win-shocks-bettors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/golden-globes-1917-best-picture-win-shocks-bettors\/","title":{"rendered":"Golden Globes ‘1917’ Best Picture Win Shocks Bettors, Ricky Gervais Shocks Celebs"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sunday night’s 2020 Golden Globes — the first award show of the season — left Hollywood’s jaws dropping and TV audience tweeters with plenty of fodder. While host Ricky Gervais’s scathing Hollywood rant\/monologue will be the main talk at water coolers this Monday, bettors who wagered money on the outcome of the awards were stunned when 1917<\/em> was declared the Best Motion Picture \u2013 Drama.<\/p>\n

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Ricky Gervais headlined the Golden Globes Sunday night in Beverly Hills. (Image: Paul Drinkwater\/NBCUniversal Media)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Betting on the outcome<\/a> of the awards show wasn’t available at US sportsbooks. But overseas oddsmakers offered up lines on each category. And when it came to best drama film, Martin Scorsese’s The Irishman<\/em> was the heavy favorite at -200.<\/p>\n

Marriage Story<\/em>\u00a0was next at +175, and “1917” a distant third at +500. Bettors who picked the epic war film netted $500 for every $100 wagered.<\/p>\n

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Bettors got most of the other categories correct. Best comedy\/musical film Once Upon a Time \u2026 in Hollywood <\/em>was a strong frontrunner at -350, a $100 bet netting just $28.57.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Best actress in a drama Renee Zellweger had the shortest odds at -300, as did best actor Joaquin Phoenix at -400.<\/p>\n

Gervais as Usual <\/b><\/h2>\n

The Golden Globes are more casual than the formal, stuffy Academy Awards. Some A-listers enjoy the laid-back affair. But there were plenty of celebs Sunday night who didn’t appear to be enjoying Gervais’s comedic musings attacking Hollywood.<\/p>\n

The comedian and actor opened the show by warning the celebrities, “Let’s have a laugh at your expense, shall we? Remember, they’re just jokes. We’re all going to die soon, and there’s no sequel.”<\/p>\n