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Betfair – Trump hits lowest price for US Presidency

SBC News Betfair - Trump hits lowest price for US Presidency

Updating its ‘Next US President’ market, Betfair has detailed that Donald Trump has ‘hit his shortest price at 2.98’ of becoming the 45th leader of the United States of America. At present Betfair gives Trump a 34% chance of replacing Barack Obama, having been sworn in as official Republican Presidential Nominee at the RNC Party convention in Cleveland Ohio last …

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Betfair’s ‘Brexit’ market on course to break political records

SBC News Betfair’s ‘Brexit’ market on course to break political records

Betfair’s ‘Brexit’ market has exploded into life this week with just under £4m matched between customers in the last seven days, bringing the total traded in the market to £8m. ‘Remain’ has been backed into a heavy 2/5 favourite, with odds implying a 71% chance to win, whereas Brexit has weakened to a 12/5 outsider representing a 29% chance to win. …

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Obama’s intervention sees Boris’ Brexit bashed by bettors

SBC News Obama's intervention sees Boris' Brexit bashed by bettors

Despite the hubbub which preceded it the EU referendum campaign only officially got underway on Friday 15th April, but it was a certain US President’s input which has had perhaps the greatest effect on betting.  Barack Obama issued something of a warning regarding the difficulty of trade deals between the US and Britain should Brexit go ahead. He stated that deals would …

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Matchbook punters put £1 million on Trump to fail in 2016

SBC News Matchbook punters put £1 million on Trump to fail in 2016

Ahead of the upcoming primaries and this year’s US Presidential election, British bettors are focussing their political bets on Donald Trump to fail on his White House ambitions for US 2016. Betting exchange Matchbook today has informed that over £1 million  worth of bets for Trump to fail in his bid to succeed Barack Obama. At present Democratic frontrunner Hillary Clinton is the favourite …

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