Fred and George's wager on the Quidditch World Cup

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No: HPFGUIDX 33556

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "pbeider" <pbeider at y...> wrote:
 
> Why would the Weasley twins bet all their savings on such a 
seemingly 
> improbable end of the Quidditch World Cup, and how is it that they
> WON that bet?
>
> how often can it be that a seeker deliberately ends a game 
> on a losing score?  And even if that has been known to happen once 
in 
> a blue moon, why would Fred and George bet all their money on it??


I think we have enough clues in canon to answer all these... Fred and 
George are very motivated at this point to make some money to finance 
their joke shop, so they are willing to take a substantial risk.  
Considering the conversation at the Weasley dinner table ("Krum's one 
decent player, Ireland's got seven" Charlie says) the scenario they 
bet on doesn't seem that far-fetched.  

As for why Krum catches the Snitch, I think Harry's got his number 
("He knew they were never going to catch up... The Irish Chasers were 
too good... He wanted to end it on his terms, that's all...") and 
F&G, as fans of Krum's, guessed that he would do that. 

Barbara


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Snape smirked as he swept off around the dungeon, fortunately not 
spotting Seamus Finnigan, who was pretending to vomit into his 
cauldron. ---CoS