The Twin's Bet

[amanitamuscaria1]

No: HPFGUIDX 100158

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "mikefeemster" 
<mikefeemster at y...> wrote:
> Moonmyyst wrote:
> > I am rereading GoF and I was wondering if anyone was able to 
> > figure out how Fred and George were able to figure out that 
Ireland 
> > would win over Bulgaria but that Krum would get the snitch?
>  
> In Chapter 7 of The Goblet of Fire Mr. Weasley sends Ron, 
> Hermione and Harry to get water while the rest gather wood.  
> 
> Then in Chapter 9 when the Death Eaters are on the March, Ron 
> Hermione and Harry get separated from Fred, George and Ginny.  It 
is 
> possible that one of the twins had a time turner and used it at 
this 
> time.  All they would have had to do is say how the Quidditch match 
> ended and then the twins in Chapter 7 could place the bet that the 
> twins in chapter 9 told them to make.
> 
> mikefeemster

AmanitaMuscaria now - 
The problem with Mike's answer is, why on earth would anyone in the 
wizarding world take bets? Goblins, we hear, are not stupid; Bagman 
may be. But I can't imagine people who bet wouldn't have worked out 
that some bets, though unlikely, come in at very good odds. Even if 
Bagman doesn't know about Time Turners, he seems to be a betting man. 
Unless this was his first foray into taking bets, which I don't 
believe as he seemed to have a good idea of how to go about it, he 
must have known something fishy was going on with such a very 
specific bet. 
I have the same problem with Fudge and Snape (sorry, Professor Snape) 
not picking up on Dumbledore's little dig about Harry and Hermione 
being in two places at once - even if Fudge is a bit dim, Snape 
certainly isn't and Time Turners would be just the sort of thing he'd 
have read about, I'd think.
Unless, of course, the things don't actually come from the Ministry 
but have been developed outside of the MoM, by, perhaps, two very 
powerful wizards working in partnership (AD and NF)?
Cheers. AmanitaMuscaria