Posted by tourdemars to Life on Mars at December 23, 2003 12:00 PM

Bookmakers today cut the odds on Beagle 2 finding signs of life on Mars. The odds were cut by Ladbrokes from 33-1 to 25-1 after a number of bets were placed as the British probe neared its Christmas Day landing. Ladbrokes spokesman Warren Lush said: “These odds obviously don’t represent the true odds on finding life on Mars but we have shortened our price from 33-1 to 25-1 because we have liabilities of hundreds of thousands of pounds on the bet. “We first took money for life on Mars back in 1969 and would be looking at a black hole in our accounts if the Beagle mission discovers something.”