Dead pooling - betting on which celeb will be the next to kick the bucket - is proving compulsive for serious gamblers in corporate America and the City of London. Stephen McDowell helps you gain liquidity from morbidity.



Never mind the office sweepstake or the Grand National - if you really want to have some fun and maybe make a few clams in the process, get stuck into an increasingly popular game where the globe is your race course, celebrities your runners and bad taste the only acceptable currency.



Dead pool gambling, otherwise known as a ghoul pool, allows you to bet, not on which horse will cross the line first but which celebrity will meet their demise next.



Just like one studies the form to find a winner in the Cheltenham Gold Cup, research is vital to those who want to score highly in dead pooling.