Following Labour’s success at the Oldham W/Royton by-election, bookmaker William Hill have increased their odds for party leader Jeremy Corbyn to stand down this year from 5/1 to 8/1. Labour’s victory though was UKIP’s failure in an area in which it expected to garner some support. This has led to William Hill shortening the odds from 3/1 to 9/4 for …
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Boylesports releases UK General Election 2015 market breakdown
With the UK General Election voting day less than a month away, bookmaker Boylesports has published in-depth data into their General Election betting markets. At present it appears that the Conservative Party have the upper as they head the betting at 2/5 to win the most seats. Labour Party are next at 7/4 with UKIP and Liberal Democrat’s all but out …
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Ladbrokes predicts that the forthcoming UK general election, will be the biggest political betting market of all time. Ladbrokes announced to UK media and news sources that it expected a staggering £100 million to be wagered on the May vote, as the UK election heats up in the coming months. Ladbrokes Head of Political Betting Matthew Shaddick commented on the …
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