The joke currently going around Washington DC is that everyone at the White House is being extra-polite because they are all saying, “pardon me.†After President Donald Trump issued former national security advisor Michael Flynn his get-out-of-jail-free card last week, Bovada put out betting lines on whom else he might […]
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As Election Prop Bets Flourish, Political Wagers are No Sure Thing
The US Presidential race will be finished in a week, though it’s possible we’ll have to wait at least a little while to know who the winner is. In anticipation of an ongoing election battle, overseas sites like Bovada, BetOnline, and Ladbrokes are seeing brisk business on the US election, […]
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 […]
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: […]
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 […]
Current Odds Predict Trump Impeachment Without Resignation
The probability that President Trump will be impeached before the end of his first term is now 90 percent. Prediction markets, however, still don’t think a Trump resignation is in the cards, regardless of impeachment. And resignation could be an important factor for impeachment bettors. After the House of Representatives […]