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Heather Mills preparing to take The Jump
Paul McCartney’s former wife is in the frame to join Mike Tindall on Channel 4’s winter sports reality show in early 2015
Heather Mills will soon be confirmed as a contestant for the next series of the The Jump, according to Channel 4 sources.
The ex-wife of former Beatle Paul McCartney, who lost her left leg below the knee in 1993 following an accident involving a police motorcycle, is expected to be named in the show's line-up as early as tomorrow.
Mills, who divorced McCartney in 2008, is a keen skier who has won medals for for the British Disabled Ski Team.
She was ranked 28th in the world in slalom and in line to compete at this year's Sochi Winter Olympics before leaving the British team at the end of 2013 after an alleged row with an International Paralympic Committee [IPC] official. The IPC had ruled that a new ski boot she was using had not been ratified by the committee.
But even for someone as accomplished on the snow as Mills, the show is likely to represent a tough challenge, especially when it comes to the live ‘jump-offs’ which pit the two lowest scorers from the individual challenges against each other on the ski jumps.
Other events in the competition include high speed skating, the giant slalom and bobsleigh.
Former rugby player and husband of Zara Phillips, Mike Tindall, is the first celebrity to be confirmed for next year’s show which will be filmed in Austria.
Also rumoured to be included in the line-up is Sally Bercow, the wife of the Speaker of the House of Commons who has previously appeared on Big Brother.
Feb 9, 2015 -- 9:41PM, Cider wrote:
Can't practically have betting ir on a recorded (or delayed transmission) show. It's a pity, but the reality of the situation.
Why not on delayed transmission? There's betting on BB ir. Just with a suspension to overlap the delay.
Feb 9, 2015 -- 9:38PM, five leaves left wrote:
We know what happened
ok I won't watch 
Feb 9, 2015 -- 9:44PM, George Bailey wrote:
Feb 9, 2015 -- 9:38PM, five leaves left wrote:We know what happenedok I won't watch
Don't be too proud to admit it if you misheard George.
How can you bet ir on something that happened 20 minutes ago
The market would still be open when people got eliminated, fallen over etc.
Feb 9, 2015 -- 9:45PM, GeorgeBrush wrote:
Henry didn't but he knows all about it ;)
More than you George anyway 
Didn't watch or bet and still managed to have a better book at close than you lot.
Feb 9, 2015 -- 9:46PM, Cider wrote:
On bb the voting is live.How can you bet ir on something that happened 20 minutes ago The market would still be open when people got eliminated, fallen over etc.
Exactly like BB then, the market is suspended before the real time results are known. But still open when people "fall over" etc.
Feb 9, 2015 -- 9:47PM, Henry VIII wrote:
Feb 9, 2015 -- 9:45PM, GeorgeBrush wrote:Henry didn't but he knows all about it ;)More than you George anyway Didn't watch or bet and still managed to have a better book at close than you lot.
You always do ;)
Feb 9, 2015 -- 9:50PM, George Bailey wrote:
"and I suspect he will surprise us right to the very end". Definitely felt like it was added after. The other guy sounded like he was reading from a script. I took it in running he had won anyway.
There was no money to take then 
It could have been a mistake until someone put up 900 to back Joey at around evens
I don't think he went odds against again
Feb 9, 2015 -- 10:35PM, timbuctooth wrote:
Nobody`s beaten the first impression I had of Lucy, the Irish Opera singer, and Howard, both from the first show, I think.
Howard my only bet. I really liked his voice. Especially during the 1st part of the song
Feb 9, 2015 -- 10:43PM, bearcub wrote:
ridiculous when they won't even lay them
They will. Just not to us
Feb 9, 2015 -- 10:45PM, GeorgeBrush wrote:
Anyone asked if that is gonna happen on Xf?
You'd hope so. Maybe BGT too. Both much bigger markets and therefore should be much more activity
Feb 9, 2015 -- 10:47PM, bearcub wrote:
Bails always gets layed
Bails always wins...get it right 
Joey made it break even for me
not watching probably saved me a few pounds
I managed to lay some Tindall at odds on after his rather lame 1st effort, so it was worth watching
Feb 9, 2015 -- 11:02PM, GeorgeBrush wrote:
Your missus then
Cheers mate...keep her busy when the specials are on
Feb 9, 2015 -- 11:13PM, mach wrote:
HG was guessed at as Huge Green before, Never thought of Huge Gash
Blimey she has been busy
Please could someone investigate some odd betting patterns on The Jump last night. I know a delay of a few seconds is normal (and that Betfair quote there may be delays in transmission which cover this), but from the betting patterns it looks like someone knew the result about 20 minutes before the the final jumps were shown on TV and were betting on it which seems pretty unfair to me. I'm not saying Betfair have done anything wrong here, but the big picture is very dodgy, so it would be good if someone could look into this market -someone has made a lot of money "betting" on an event that they already knew the result of
"Rest assured, the team will be looking at the patterns traded on this market and details may be shared with the relevant sporting regulator if we think it’s justified.
Unfortunately I can’t be too specific about any findings we may make or action we might take. If we did find something was wrong and either made it public or gave the details of it to a Betfair user, we’d be in danger of prejudicing any external investigation that might follow.
On the other hand, if we don’t find anything wrong and go back to a user with that information, we’re effectively saying that if they raise another query in the future and we don’t similarly get back to them, then there’s something concerning in the hypothetical betting activity in question.
In other words, if something’s brought to our attention (as you’ve done here), we’ll look into it, but can’t tell you the outcome of any internal investigation. Sorry if this isn’t quite satisfactory, but it’s necessary on the grounds stated above.
http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2015-02-05/10-reasons-the-jump-is-so-much-better-this-year
Can't believe this...my lay of Joey Essex at 4.4 was matched at 20:39 yet it's been declared a winner (hence i've lost!).
Is it possible to find out how many seconds after 20:39 my bet was matched?
Betting knowing the result is a different matter though and it seems a reasonable decision to me
Feb 10, 2015 -- 8:34PM, tashkent terror wrote:
They've voided the market from 20:39:28....just got an e-mailCan't believe this...my lay of Joey Essex at 4.4 was matched at 20:39 yet it's been declared a winner (hence i've lost!).Is it possible to find out how many seconds after 20:39 my bet was matched?
The price joey was trading at legitimately of course. I don't know how they decided upon a time, probably from when the 500 lay on Tindall went down
Curiously, they didn't seem to be backing joey until a few minutes later. I assumed Tindall had crashed out and hence wasn't going to win
