{"id":272283,"date":"2023-05-06T11:09:40","date_gmt":"2023-05-06T16:09:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/?p=272283"},"modified":"2023-05-08T13:02:48","modified_gmt":"2023-05-08T18:02:48","slug":"novelty-betting-logan-roy-odds-hbo-succession","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/novelty-betting-logan-roy-odds-hbo-succession\/","title":{"rendered":"Novelty Betting: Favorites to Replace Logan Roy on HBO’s ‘Succession’"},"content":{"rendered":"

Although there are not any legal betting markets on the HBO series “Succession,” Roman Roy is the hypothetical favorite at +250 odds among his siblings to take control of the family business after the death of their father earlier this season.<\/p>\n

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The cast of “Succession” in the final season on HBO. (Image: HBO)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Only four more episodes remain in the fourth and final season of the HBO hit drama. “Succession”<\/a> fans are wondering which member of the Roy clan will take control of the family company, Waystar Royco, after the death of their patriarch, Logan Roy (Brian Cox).<\/p>\n

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VSIN<\/em> asked DraftKings to provide hypothetical odds on who will emerge as the successor on “Succession.” Because there’s intimate knowledge of how the final season ends, gambling regulators will not accept wagers on scripted television shows. Any odds that you can find are for entertainment purposes only.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

There are some betting markets that occasionally accept novelty bets on awards shows, like the Oscars<\/a>. Most recently, the WWE made a big push for states to legalize betting<\/a> on their events, even though pro wrestling matches are scripted and choreographed.<\/p>\n

Waystar Royco Gets Sold +200<\/h2>\n

The evil Swede looms large. At the end of last season, Logan agreed to sell his company to Lukas Matsson (Alexander Skarsg\u00e5rd), a young tech billionaire from Sweden. Matsson is a micro-dosing savant that loves to share non-PC memes as a well-known social media troll. He’s an amalgam of real-life characters like Elon Musk and Daniel Ek from Spotify.<\/p>\n

Logan passed away on his private jet while attempting to fly to Europe to finalize the deal with Matsson. The board of directors wants to continue the sale, but Logan’s children are conflicted.\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

The outright betting favorite is that none of the Roy children will ascend as Logan’s successor because the company will get sold to Matsson. There is a strong chance either Matsson or someone on the Waystar Royco executive committee will take over. That includes head legal counsel Gerri Kellman (J. Smith-Cameron), CFO Karl Muller (David Rasche), or COO Frank Vernon (Peter Friedman).<\/p>\n

Roman Roy +250<\/h2>\n

Roman Roy (Kieran Culkin), the youngest of the siblings, spent most of his career in Hollywood, keeping an eye on Waystar Royco’s film studio. His personal politics are most aligned with Logan, and he emerged as a late favorite to take control of the company over his older siblings.<\/p>\n

Roman’s sexual proclivities got him in trouble with his father. He fosters an unusual attraction to his mentor, Gerri, who is Waystar’s top lawyer and almost twice his age. He attempted to send her a picture of his penis during a meeting, but accidentally sent it to his father instead. A furious Logan thought Roman was a pervert, which knocked him down a couple of pegs in the pecking order last season.<\/p>\n

Roman redeemed himself by brokering a deal with Matsson to buy the family company, which got him back in the good graces of Logan. Roman is the second-overall betting favorite, leading all his siblings at +250 odds.<\/strong><\/p>\n

However, Roman might be in hot water after firing two female executives in the previous episode, including a studio head and Gerri.<\/p>\n

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