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Amy Winehouse Round-Up: Bookies’ Favourite

9:34AM Clem Bastow | Now that we’ve all had a day or so to recover from the shock of Amy Winehouse’s “just pour a bucket of White King on it, luv” hair makeover, it’s time to get back to business – to wit, the rich business of placing bets! You may have seen people, come the new year, around your office watercooler or local bar placing unofficial bets on which celebs will end up dead or in the clink, but it seems Winegums has shot to the top of the charts when it comes to the bookmakers’ official choice of celeb most likely to head to jail in 2008: UK bookmaking giants William Hill have listed the soul singer as joint 11-1 jail favourite along with wild rocker Pete Doherty, UK newspaper The Daily Star reports. …”2007 has been a year to forget for many celebrities,” William Hills spokesperson Rupert Adams said. “We have seen Lindsay Lohan, Paris Hilton and now Kiefer all end up behind bars. Britney Spears is at 16-1 for jail time in 2008 while former jailbird and socialite Paris Hilton is a long shot at 33-1. Reports that Georgette Fielder-Civil was seen racing to her local TAB to put her life’s savings on Winegums could not be substantiated at the time of press. More »