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Will Angelina's twins be born on a patriotic holiday (July 14th, July 4th)?

Settled as Twins are born between July 4 and July 14

Knox and Vivenne born on Saturday night (July 12)

Background:

New rumors abound that Angelina has scheduled the birth of the twins for the 4th of July... and then Bastille day is only 10 days later -- the whole country could help celebrate the birth!

Of course, there's always the chance that the twins will come whenever the heck they want and ignore any plans Angelina and Brad might have for a birthday party.

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/thedishrag/2008/06/the-buzz-at-the.html

Note there is some overlap with the previous Angelina/twin market, but this teases out the July options more since it appears the twins will likely be quite early.


Settlement details: As reported by a major mainstream news source.

 
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Settled

Twins are born prior to July 4
0%
Twins are born on July 4
0%
Twins are born between July 4 and July 14
7%
Twins are born on July 14
15%
Twins are born after July 14
77%
Activity: H$49,773
Settled as Twins are born between July 4 and July 14 on Sun 13th Jul 1:31am PDT

Suspend date: Fri 11th Jul 12:59am PDT Settlement date: Sun 13th Jul 1:31am PDTPrediction cut-off: Predictions on this question after Fri 11th Jul 12:59am PDT have been voided because they were made after the question could be settled

Initial likelihoods: Twins are born prior to July 4: 10%, Twins are born on July 4: 20%, Twins are born between July 4 and July 14: 10%, Twins are born on July 14: 20%, Twins are born after July 14: 40%

Action history:

Created Mon 23rd Jun 8:05am PDT by jenniandboys[Admin]
Clarified Mon 23rd Jun 10:41am PDT by ryanj[Admin]: Market edited to make question clearer, that only July 4th and 14th are the holidays referenced
Suspended Fri 11th Jul 12:59am PDT : Suspend date reached
Settlement requested Sat 12th Jul 7:21pm PDT by newswrangler[Power User]:
"Main stream" news sources are now reporting that Angelina has given birth.

I do NOT believe these reports are accurate -- however, I wanted to "record" them pro-actively in the event other users begin submitting settlement requests.

In my view, there needs to be more definitive (source) reporting and confirmation.

<http://www.myfoxny.com/myfox/pages/Entertainment/Detail?contentId=6970568&version=2&locale=EN-US&layoutCode=TSTY&pageId=7.1.1>
Settled as 'Twins are born between July 4 and July 14' Sun 13th Jul 1:31am PDT by tisha[Admin]: Knox and Vivenne born on Saturday night (July 12)

Suspend date: Fri 11th Jul 12:59am PDT Settlement date: Sun 13th Jul 1:31am PDTPrediction cut-off: Predictions on this question after Fri 11th Jul 12:59am PDT have been voided because they were made after the question could be settled
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Predictions (204)

204 predictions

21 weeks ago
philm predicted Twins are born between July 4 and July 14 (H$100 at 15%)
21 weeks ago
msknowitall predicted Twins are born after July 14 (H$100 at 61%)
21 weeks ago
sman1955 predicted Twins are born after July 14 (H$500 at 58%)
21 weeks ago
tschneider81 predicted Twins are born after July 14 (H$133 at 56%)
21 weeks ago
gluckman predicted Twins are born after July 14 (H$20 at 56%)
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Comments (5)

  1 Erik
What if they're born on a patriotic holiday that is before the 4th or after the 14th?
http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0907876.html
Are we speaking of US holidays?
posted 23 weeks ago
I think the market options are pretty clear. The only two patriotic holidays in question are July 4 and 14th.
posted 23 weeks ago
Quite clear Jenni ... I think they'll come early :-)
posted 23 weeks ago
  4 destry[Admin]
FOXNEWS.COM HOME > ENTERTAINMENT
Angelina Jolie in French Hospital for Birth of Twins
Bauer said the 33-year-old actress will almost certainly remain in the hospital until she gives birth. She said Jolie was admitted so she could be kept under normal surveillance -- and is not expected to give birth immediately.
posted 22 weeks ago
  5 kennyk
Doctor says twins are 'weeks to come'. But why would she be in the hospital to wait weeks? Makes no sense.
I'm taking the long shot ang going for the 4th of July!
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/thedishrag/2008/07/angelina-jolies.html
posted 22 weeks ago

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