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By Dave Barry

Online Gambling

Kamloops RIH given big odds to be the location of B.C.’s first baby of 2023

Dec 28, 2022 | 1:40 PM

KAMLOOPS — PlayNow.com is taking bets on where the first baby of 2023 will be born in B.C.

Current odds have the B.C. Women’s Hospital & Health Centre as the favourite at 3.5 to 1. That means a $10 bet would pay out $35.

If you are looking to take more risk, the odds of the birth taking place at Royal Inland Hospital in Kamloops are 28 to 1. Penticton Regional Hospital is a long-shot bet, offering 50 to 1 odds.

You’ll be able to place your bet until Saturday at 6 a.m.

PlayNow.com is B.C.’s only legal, regulated online gambling website. It is also the only online gambling website whose revenue goes back to the Province of B.C.

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