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[Tak3n]

Of course Trump is by far the value bet, with odds at one point of 150/1. however in the U.K we are being told it is neck and neck and could go either way...so people will be hearing that and seeing better odds

Either that or the UK just want you guys to joins us in perpetual chaos for the next 4 years.

UK bookies cash in on presidential race

Political gambling is big business in the UK
Americans are banned from betting on the US election - but it's a very different story in the UK.

William Hill, one of the country's biggest High Street chains, says it has so far taken more than £2.5m in bets on the race for the White House.

That's more money than it took at last year's UK general election.

"Although the two biggest bets of all so far struck on the outcome of the US election are both for Hillary Clinton, some 70% of all of the individual bets placed have been on a Trump win - and as his odds have consistently been longer, once as long as 150/1, he will be much the worse outcome for us," says Hill's spokesman Graham Sharpe.

The firm has cut Trump's odds eight times, from 11/2 on October 15, to a current price of 2/1, while Clinton's odds have lengthened from 1/9, a 90% chance of victory, to 4/11, a 73% chance.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/election-us-2016-37825671

 

[xxracerxx]

The UK already fucked up so they are hoping the US makes the same mistake.

 

[Kyari]

Remain was the bookies favourite during Brexit. We saw how well that went.

 

[CHC]

Not really feeling like it's a great time to trust the UK when it comes to predicting voting results....

 

[Jezbollah]

A fool and his money..

 

[jon bones]

i am pretty shook right now

we are on the brink of setting the country back decades

 

[Squalor]

Is their money even worth anything anymore?

 

[Septimus Prime]

150:1 payout for a bet listed with 50:50 odds? You'd be stupid not to bet Trump on that.

 

[neerg]

Not really feeling like it's a great time to trust the UK when it comes to predicting voting results....

In this particular case, that would seem like a good thing.

 

[Gattsu25]

Makes sense that the land that embraced #BREXIT would love to see a Trump presidency.

Let's hope the american public aren't stupid enough to vote him into office. If he loses, consider that yet more economic fallout from the UK's lurch toward supporting nationalists at home and abroad.

 

[funkystudent]

I wonder which was more unlikely at the time.

Brexit a week before the vote or Trump winning using todays polling.

 

[perfectchaos007]

150:1? Yeah I'de bet on Trump with those odds. 538 has Clinton 5:1 odds.

 

[samn]

I wonder which was more unlikely at the time.

Brexit a week before the vote or Trump winning using todays polling.

apples and oranges

Referendums are difficult to poll because we don't have many of them and the last EU poll was decades ago

US election polls are much more robust and pollsters have a great deal of practice.

I wouldn't bother betting on Trump if it was a million to one, we wouldn't have much time left on planet earth to enjoy the windfall.

 

[zethren]

At this point, I'd go all in on Clinton.

 

[kavanf1]

My understanding of what this means is that bets on Trump winning have increased, not that his chances of winning have increased.

 

[-Plasma Reus-]

I'll do what I should have done for Brexit.

Vote for Trump to happen. If he loses, at least the world won't end. If he wins, I make some money.

I win either way.

 

[zeemumu]

UK doesn't have the best judgement at the moment.

 

[tuxfool]

My understanding of what this means is that bets on Trump winning have increased, not that his chances of winning have increased.

Still, suckers all around.

 

[perfectchaos007]

At this point, I'd go all in on Clinton.

Unless I'm mistaken, if you bet $150 on Clinton, and she wins, you'll win your money back + $1. Doesn't seem worth the risk for $1

 

[lazygecko]

Well, they did make it clear they had enough of so called experts.

 

[CheDominik]

Makes sense that the land that embraced #BREXIT would love to see a Trump presidency.

Let's hope the american public aren't stupid enough to vote him into office. If he loses, consider that yet more economic fallout from the UK's lurch toward supporting nationalists at home and abroad.

Betting on an outcome sure as hell doesn't mean you love to see it happening. I bet a decent amount of money on the Cubs in Game 5 and 6 and would have happily lost these bets.

 

[Borgnine]

That's not what follow the money means.

 

[ezrarh]

I wish it was 2012 again and we still had Intrade and all the delusional Republicans.

 

[diablos991]

Looks like I'll be posting in Clinton threads through the year after all!

 

[SephiZack]

Unless I'm mistaken, if you bet $150 on Clinton, and she wins, you'll win your money back + $1. Doesn't seem worth the risk for $1

Here in UK, if you bet £100 on Clinton and she wins, you'll win money back + £40. I'm seriously considering throwing a big amount on money on it

 

[ModBot]

Even dumber than a single poll.