Who’s your money on in 2024 – Meghan Markle or Mark Zuckerberg? Or if your betting on future US presidential elections is more realistic, do you take Mike Pence of Kamala Harris? Because it’s evidently never too soon to take a wager, some sportsbooks have already established odds for the […]
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Presidential Debate Props: Betting on Dirty Words and Fashion Choices
For various reasons, George Carlin (dead), Andy Burnham (engaged in his own political battles), and Borat (any reason will do) won’t attend Thursday’s final presidential debate between President Donald Trump and Democratic challenger Joe Biden. But all three are represented in various debate prop bets put out by Ladbrokes and […]
State of the States: Betting Odds for the Biggest Presidential Battlegrounds
Every middle school social studies student knows that the United States presidential race isn’t one election, but actually a series of state-level contests for electoral votes. That’s great news for bettors, as it means sportsbooks are offering odds not only on whether Donald Trump or Joe Biden wins the overall […]
Election Betting Numbers Keep Adding Up for a Biden Victory
As Democratic challenger Joe Biden takes in larger amounts of money, and with polls in battleground states and nationwide turning sharply against him, President Donald Trump’s re-election odds climbed to their highest points of the campaign. After taking them down following Trump’s positive test for COVID-19, overseas books put Trump’s […]
Books Suspend Presidential Election Betting amid Trump’s COVID Uncertainty
With a few exceptions, betting markets across the world suspended US presidential election wagering in the wake of President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump testing positive for COVID-19. Shops from the United Kingdom to Australia took odds off the board and halted betting on the hotly contested election. […]
Trump COVID-19 Announcement Rocks Presidential Betting Markets
Donald Trump’s positive COVID-19 test has thrown a new degree of uncertainty into the US presidential election – enough so that bookmakers around the world no longer feel confident offering odds on the contest. President Trump announced that he had tested positive in the early hours of Friday morning. Oddsmakers: […]
DraftKings Offers Free Contest Picking Presidential Debate Moments
How will President Trump and Joe Biden greet, who will hone in on China, and will they discuss Bernie Sanders? These are among the questions proposed by DraftKings in the DFS operator’s free-play contest for tonight’s presidential debate. The contest features a $50,000 prize pool, with $5,000 going to first […]
Presidential Horserace: Trump Closes Betting Gap with Tiny Post-Convention Bounce
Proving slight convention bumps can move betting markets, President Donald Trump reversed the summer tide previously washing against him, narrowing the betting gap considerably between him and Democratic challenger Joe Biden. Trump opened the month a 7/4 underdog. On Aug. 5, he was a +140 underdog to keep the White […]
Pick Six: Presidential Betting Favorites in Electoral Battleground States
It’s generally accepted wisdom that Donald Trump captured the 2016 presidential election by drawing to the Electoral College version of an inside straight. Trump won Electoral College delegates in every key battleground state he needed from Florida to Wisconsin, despite losing the popular vote to Hillary Clinton. Ladbrokes took that […]
2020 Presidential Election Betting: Civil Unrest Puts Odds on Biden’s Side
The social unrest throughout the country in the wake of the George Floyd death in Minnesota has captured the presidential betting markets, with presumptive Democratic Party nominee Joe Biden finally pulling ahead of President Donald Trump. Biden surged ahead at 18 of the 19 overseas bookmakers writing odds on the […]
Kamala Harris is Undisputed Betting Favorite to be Joe Biden’s VP
When presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden on Wednesday laid out plans on “The Late, Late Show with James Corden†for forming an vice presidential advisory committee, one of the most-watched political decisions of the year kicked into another gear. At least 15 sportsbooks around the world are now offering […]