7 Healthcast: Weight loss wagers could mean success

UNDATED (NBC) -- A website called “Healthy Wage” is helping dieters putting wagers on how much they can lose for a $10,000 prize.

Participants are teaming up across the country to compete.

One team from Florida is calling themselves "The Biggest Winners."

Each member of the team pays 60 dollars with the grand prize going to the team with the highest percentage of weight loss over three months.

Healthy Wage also offers individual weight loss challenges.

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