As the US election has dominated the news over the last few days, oddschecker has revealed that the election night on 4 November 2020 was the highest day for traffic in its 21-year history. The affiliate stated that the traffic on election night was 19.4% higher than its previous highest day, which was 14 April 2018 for the Aintree Grand …
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Betfair is braced for a mammoth US Election on Tuesday 3 November, as its betting Exchange breaks the £200 million barrier on the outcome of US 2020 Presidential race. Frantic trading on Trump-Vs-Biden has surpassed total wagers placed on the Super Bowl, Grand National and World Cup final combined, with Betfair analysts stating that with just five days to go …
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There’s still seven months to go but the US presidential race is already starting to hot up, as the ever divisive Donald Trump pushes for a second four-year term. For this month’s Better Collective Spotlight, SBC News looks at the role that the igaming affiliate is playing in providing data via its US-bookies.com platform. US-bookies.com is best known for offering …
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Smarkets betting exchange has revealed that one of its customers pocketed £165,000 after successfully trading on the US presidential race. Having been given just a 10% chance of success midway through the election night, Republican candidate Donald Trump secured victory in the race to the White House after a shock victory in Wisconsin put him over the required 270 electoral college …
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Paddy Power has suffered its biggest ever political payout, after being hit for over $4.5 million by customers who backed Donald Trump to become the 45th US President. The Irish bookmaker is counting the costs of its decision to pay out £800,000 on a Hillary Clinton victory back in October. Aided by the reopened FBI investigation into Clinton’s use of …
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A London-based telephone client for William Hill has staked £150,000 on democrat candidate Hillary Clinton to win the US Election. Clinton is going into US Election polling day as the 1/5 red hot favourite on William Hill (83% chance), while Donald Trump is offered at 7/2 (22%). Graham Sharpe of William Hill, said: “The US Election campaign has smashed all …
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Betfair has said that its Next President market is set to become the most traded it has ever seen, even surpassing the Brexit vote. By 6 November, approximately $130 million had been traded on the winner of the presidential race between Democrat Hillary Clinton and Republican Donald Trump. This figure is in comparison to roughly $50 on the equivalent market in …
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According to spread betting firm Sporting Index Donald Trump is on course to win the majority of States but he’ll ultimately fail in his presidency bid. Following the further revelations about her email usage and public revelation of the FBI investigation, Hillary Clinton is now predicted to win fewer states than Trump but still become the 45th president of the …
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Paddy Power the only bookmaker to have paid out early on Hillary Clinton winning the 2016 US Election, has admitted to having severe doubts regarding its generous decision. On 19 October the bookmaker closed its US 2016 market, paying out approximately £800,000 on a Clinton victory. However, following Clinton’s ‘email scandal’ reappearing on the US Election agenda, Donald Trump has …
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Following this weekend’s update by FBI Director James Comey, that the bureau would reopen its investigation of Hillary Clinton’s emails whilst the Democrat candidate served as Secretary of State (2009-2013). With just one week of campaigning remaining in the 2016 US Election, bookmaker William Hill has moved to lengthen Clintons Presidency odds from 1/9 to 2/7, giving the Democrat a …
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