People are placing bets on which five escaped prisoners will be caught last
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Football, horse racing, boxing – just some of the popular sports millions place bets on every week.
But convict catching? That's a new one on us.
In a premise straight out of a dystopian film, people are gambling on who the last escaped prisoner caught will be after 10 inmates busted out of a New Orleans jail last week.
Five who fled the Orleans Parish Correctional Facility through a hole in the toilet wall on Friday have already been caught.
Now people are taking to social media to offer odds on who will be the last remaining out of the five still standing.
Before the capture of Corey Boyd, 19, a Facebook user posted a mock up graphic with betting odds featuring Corey, Leo Tate, Derrick Groves, Antoine Massey, Jermaine Donald, and Lenton VanBuren.
It reads: 'DOWN TO THE FINAL 6 ,LETS GET IT. 1.Derrick Groves: +150 2.Corey Boyd: +180 3.Jermaine Donald: +200 4.Antoine Massey: +250 5.Leo Tate: +300 6.Lenton VanBuren: +350 LOCK IN NOW.'
The post caused a buzz on Reddit, with user IllustriousAnt485 posting: 'Lenton has that look in his eye where he is waiting for someone to act a certain way so he can change his mannerisms.
'He is a chameleon who stands for nothing and says whatever he thinks people want to hear.
'He will find a way to survive and get away. It's in his blood.
'Derrick has intelligence in his eyes but also has pride. His pride will be his downfall. More Trending
'The others are straight up cornballs who will be caught or go out with a bang. My money is on Lenton.'
III-Philosopher-9243 added: 'My fiance and I had done this between ourselves. I got Lenton lasting til the end, he's got Leo.'
Friday's jailbreak made headlines worldwide, while images of the tiny escape hole quickly spread across social media.
The inmates even left graffiti messages for prison guards to find, such as 'to easy LOL [sic]'.
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