You bet your life. And now you can bet Tony Soprano's life.

Online gambling sites Bodog .com and Betus.com are taking bets on whether the head of HBO's New Jersey crime family makes it out alive from tonight's series finale. So far, the smart money is on Tony living.

The gambling sites are also taking action on the lead-based fates of the drama's other characters, Silvio Dante (in a coma), Paulie "Walnuts" Gualtieri (fuhgeddaboudit!) and rival Mafia boss Phil Leotardo (so has it coming). Bodog's lines changed throughout Thursday, moving strongly toward the scenario that Tony survives as more bets were placed.

Maybe the sites should also take bets on whether James Gandolfini will have a career after tonight, after being so closely associated with one unforgettable character for a seven-season series.

"My advice to all the gamblers out there is 'Don't bet against David Chase,' " creator of "The Sopranos," HBO spokesman Quentin Schaffer said. "He defies all theories of probability."

The maximum bet Bodog will take is $50, to guard against bettors who know the series outcome — HBO insiders, perhaps? — from cleaning up. The finale was filmed in March.

"Being the final episode of what is very likely the last ever season of 'The Sopranos,' everyone is itching to know what's going to happen," Bodog founder Calvin Ayre said in an e-mail. "With that being said, betting on Bodog.com's 'Sopranos' odds has been incredibly popular; we've received hundreds of bets across all the 'Sopranos' odds being offered."

At both Web sites, gamblers can wager on who will be killed first — Tony or Phil, if either. Betus's oddsmakers are favoring a longer life for Tony than 'tardo. The sites have all the angles covered: "If both are killed, winner will be determined by whoever is killed first in the show, regardless of flashbacks or nonlinear story telling," Betus said.