Whether on a sporting event, or a presidential election, oddsmakers do a pretty good job. Their job is to make the betting 50-50, so they can make money of the ‘vig’, the 10% penalty the losers pay.
In the UK and US, Dotard is a YUUUUGE underdog.
In the presidential race, those taking their chances on President Trump are getting much better odds. A £10 bet on the incumbent will return a profit of £18.80 if he wins, versus £5.26 on challenger Joe Biden — essentially giving Trump a 34.8% chance of winning.
Still, those are better odds for the president than some US forecasters are giving him. As of Friday morning, the political prediction site FiveThirtyEight.com had Biden with an 89% chance of winning the vote.
We can only HOPE.....
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