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Place your bets: Provinces taking wagers on 2024 Academy Awards

BCLC’s PlayNow site takes bets on the Oscars as well as the Grammys, the Golden Globes
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FILE - An Oscar statue appears outside the Dolby Theatre for the 87th Academy Awards in Los Angeles on Feb. 21, 2015. (Photo by Matt Sayles/Invision/AP, File)

With Tinseltown set to hand out the Academy Awards on Sunday, the question for some in Alberta is whether to take the long-shot bet on “Barbie” or put the smart money down on “Oppenheimer.”

Both movies are up for best picture and on the betting line in Alberta, which has joined other provinces in upping the ante with more options for novelty betting.

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