I've tried not to post about Harry Potter. That marketing blitz didn't need any help from me. But here's a story about the boy wizard that I will pass along.In the UK, the huge chain of bookmakers William Hill let folks place bets on, among other things, Harry's ultimate fate. And what is that fate? Well, it depends who you ask.
"It was a fairly ambiguous ending, open to various interpretations, and so whatever way we settled the bets would have annoyed some people," said Rupert Adams, a William Hill spokesman. "So we paid out on all the bets."
The bets on the outcome of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows were the first William Hill had ever taken on the ending of a book. Three employees at the bookmaker read the novel by J.K. Rowling and failed to agree on the ending of the novel, Adams said.
How's that for closure? Read the full story at bloomberg.com.--David E
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