Hills have re-opened EU betting market. Now 7/4 on a referendum & 7/1 on a UK exit Now bit.ly/u6wr8r twitter.com/MSmithsonPB/st…

— Mike Smithson (@MSmithsonPB) November 20, 2012

There’s been a big political betting rush overnight following the opening by William Hill on Britain’s membership of the EU.

Initially one bet had 2/1 that there’d be a referendum before 2020 and the other 10/1 that there’s be a UK exit in the same period.

My Tweet sparked off a lot of interest and I was getting calls and texts from all over. For a time Hills withdrew the market but now it has re-opened with tighter but still, arguably, attractive odds.

With the big EU budget meeting in only a couple of days this looks set to be an even livelier issue.

Note with Hills you can usually get bigger stakes on if you call them rather than doing it on online.

Mike Smithson

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