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Presidential Betting Odds Update 19 October 2012   1 comment

The weekly updates of the betting odds for President continue with the payouts on £1 bets (includes stake) tracked above (larger numbers mean less bookie confidence in your chances).

Recent events of interest include the 2nd Presidential Debate on 16 October where Mitt Romney showed more evidence of Tourette’s Syndrome and Obama acted as if he were engaged with the proceedings.  Last week’s episode of this gambling round-up is here.

Some of the items related to Romney’s “Binders for Women” phrase that were spotted within minutes of the debate’s end are shown here:

Presidential Betting Odds Update 12 October 2012   2 comments

Same drill, payout includes your £1 stake. All three betting shops tracking one another with Romney’s odds closing on Obama’s

The weekly report on the day after the Vice-Presidential Debate between Biden and Ryan, the odds look like this (compare to last Friday, here):

Also of note, the vast improvement of Romney’s fortunes after the first Presidential Debate on 03 October and the relative indifference of this sampling method to the Jon Stewart versus Bill O’Reilly Debate on 06 October: