FLASH! London newspapers say “Good-bye, Mr. Squeaky Clean” to Mel Gibson, and now BetOnline.com is posting odds, known as the
“over/under,” on the amount of his divorce after 28 years of marriage. 

I reported the other day that Hollywood and the world is pretty much asking, “What took her so long?” in the matter of Mel’s lovely wife Robyn, who has given him six boys and a girl and a lot of patience.

As the man we all simply adored in the “Lethal Weapon” movies became a headline-making drunk, anti-Semite, minimizer of women (he denies he called a lady cop “Sugar Tits”), crucifixion-fixated Roman Catholic and philosopher about domestic bliss (“Life is about love and commitment and screw anyone who thinks that’s a cliché!”) – we can now look forward as Mel divvies up with Robyn their houses in Malibu, Fiji, Costa Rica and a South Pacific Island, plus his personal fortune, estimated at $350 million plus.

Here’s where the betting comes in. The “over” is favored at minus-150 or 1-to-1.5 odds. Meaning if a bettor believes the settlement will exceed $350 million, they must risk $150 for every $100 they would like to win.

The “under” carries odds of plus-120 or 1.2-to-1 odds. You’d win $120 for every $100 risked if the settlement comes in under $350 million.

BetOnline.com says, “Historically, our betting market has proven to be quite accurate in predicting future events. We did a ton of volume on last year’s presidential election and the odds, once the public money weighed in, correctly predicted that Obama would win early on.” 

I still think Mrs. Mel Gibson might have begun having second thoughts about her marriage after Mel confessed that his blamelessly Anglican wife would suffer eternal damnation for not being a Catholic and she would not be able to accompany him into heaven.