Pgardn, just one time couldnt you spout that someone or some team will win something rather than taking the obvious 1-9 shot that a given something or someone won't win something? After all, in that case you only have every other horse in a race, team in race, or candidate to root for. Now if you want to start laying vegas odds rather than even money(nice attempt to sucker people into an even money bet on a prop that is never that low), it might be more fair. Its hard to say YOU THE MAN to someone who always takes every possibility except one in a proclamation or wager.
And to answer your response about why those groups end up in prison more, I'd say the answer is that they commit crimes that send them there. Seems pretty clear cut to me. Of course your next response will be to ask why they commit those crimes.