“Game of Thrones” has a unique way of making us fear for the lives of our favorite characters every week. The creator of Westeros, George R.R. Martin, has gone on record saying that literally nobody is safe. And while all men must die, some fans are seeking to make a profit on who will meet their untimely fate next.
Though “HBO fantasy shows” don’t immediately come to mind when you think of placing bets, betting sites across world wide web are allowing “GoT” fans to participate in “dead pools” to bet on who’ll go next. The Internet loves to guess where the series will go, so this isn’t too far from the norm, but now you can make money off of your forum theorizing.
On the betting site Bovada, as of May 20, Jorah Mormont has the best odds to croak next in tonight’s episode. (SPOILERS AHEAD) Jorah has fallen victim to the slowly spreading greyscale he contracted while sailing through Valyria in Season 5. It’s not that we don’t love you, Jorah, it’s just that the odds don’t seem to be in your favor that you’ll see Dany take back the Iron Throne. Maybe it’s karma for leaking information about everybody’s favorite mother of dragons a few seasons back?
Speaking of, Daenerys Targaryen is tied for the least likely to die tonight, along with Arya Stark and Jaquen H’ghar. So things are looking pretty good for those hanging out not in Westeros. But, if you place your money on these three kickin’ the bucket and then it (somehow) happens? You’ll be looking at making a pretty penny.
Of the Lannisters (and pseudo-Baratheons), Tommen is the most likely of the lot to die tonight, fulfilling the prophecy given to young Cersei that she would outlive her children. The poor kid is just trying to do right by the people of King’s Landing (and his expertly scheming mom), but that isn’t stopping anybody from facing the cold hard truth that the kid probably isn’t long for this world. Sorry, lil guy.
As for Cersei’s newly sworn nemesis, the High Sparrow, the dude better watch his back. He’s second most likely to die, only slightly more than Daario Naharis, Theon Greyjoy and Ramsay Bolton (and Loras Tyrell, but when was the last time he did anything?). I’d optimistically bet on Ramsay, but evil that pure will probably survive Dany’s boytoy and poor Reek … I mean, Theon.
All of this may be for naught after tonight’s episode. The showrunners like to keep us on our toes, and shocking deaths are nothing new to GoT fans (though they hurt every time, RIP Jon Snow … just kidding). And if there’s one thing that we know to be true, besides that all men must die, it’s that you can’t trust everything you read on the Internet.
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