Former Moose Javian Kane Fritzler is among the betting favourites to win the 44th season of the popular TV show “Survivor,” according to PlayNow.com.
Eighteen castaways are vying for the title of sole survivor, while the 25-year-old Saskatonian is tied for the sixth-best odds on the gambling company’s website to win the show’s $1-million prize.
The recent law school graduate is the first-ever Saskatchewan resident to participate on “Survivor.”
If Fritzler is to win the 44th season, he will have to outlast PlayNow.com’s betting favourite player Yamil Arocho (2.50), a Puerto Rican salon owner.
Other notable betting frontrunners include Carson Garrett (3.50), a 20-year-old NASA engineering student who is the youngest castaway on the show, and Danny Massa, a former NFL player who now works as a New York City firefighter.
PlayNow.com novelty bets allow participants to wager on water-cooler discussion topics, such as TV shows, movies and even U.S. politics. Currently, players are betting on who will be the next pope, which film will win Best Picture at the Oscars, who will be TIME Magazine’s Person of the Year, and who will be the next CEO of Twitter after Elon Musk.
The betting website launched in Saskatchewan in early November 2022 and is managed by SaskGaming, which the Saskatchewan Indian Gaming Authority (SIGA) operates and that the Saskatchewan Liquor and Gaming Authority regulates.
