Thank you and good luck

Thank you and good luck

Thank you to all those site users who have made donations to help keep the site going. Thanks also to those who have used links when betting or opening an account with a bookmaker. The donation facility came in response to requests from site users. To do it online send me an email with an amount on it to mikes245@yahoo.com and you will get back a notification from PayPal for a secure transfer. The competition is now up and running…

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The £1000 General Election competition

The £1000 General Election competition

This is our General Election competition for which the winner will receive from BinaryBet.com the sum of £1000 in an account that will be opened. Please post entries in the comments section below BEFORE 1159 PM on Tuesday evening. Please do not use this comments section for anything other than entries – a separate thread for comment on the competition will be opened. Any comments left in the entry thread will be deleted. Please ensure that when you file your…

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More good polling news for Tony Blair

More good polling news for Tony Blair

Labour maintains its 3% YouGov lead as activists wait to watch the postal votes being opened A YouGov poll in Monday’s Telegraph has CON 33 (nc) 36(nc): LD 24 (+1). An ICM poll might be published as well overnight and we will update this as soon as it is available. Overall the figures are very stable with the CON-LAB split staying about the same and the Lib Dems showing an improvement. It has been a quiet day on the betting…

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Contributing towards Politicalbetting’s costs

Contributing towards Politicalbetting’s costs

A number of people have been in contact asking how they can help towards the cost of running the site. In response I have now set up a PayPal account. All you do if you wish to make a contribution is to drop me an email at Mikes245@yahoo.com stating the amount. You then receive an email from PayPal where you can make a payment using the secure online facilities. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Our bandwidth usage looks set…

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Spread-betting and polling update

Spread-betting and polling update

The numbers still looks good for Tony The final list of Sunday paper polls is:- MORI: LAB 36 (nc): CON 33(-1): LD 22 (-1) Communicate Research LAB 39 (-1): CON 31 (-4): LD 23 (+5) YouGov: LAB 36 (nc) : CON 33 (+1): LD 23 (-1) ICM LAB 39 (-1): CON 31 (-2): LD 22 (+2) British Polling Index: LAB 37 (+1): CON 33 (nc): LD 21 (-1) This has prompted almost no change in the Commons seats spreadbetting markets….

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The Sunday Papers make their choices

The Sunday Papers make their choices

The Sunday Times switches to the Tories and the IoS says “vote Lib Dem” The final weekend of the campaign and the Sunday papers make their endorsements with no real surprises from the tabloids. The People, stablemate of the Mirror, is going for Labour and the Sunday Express the Tories. The Murdoch-owned News of the World has followed the Sun and has come out for Blair. It says ..if Labour forms the next Government we put them on notice this…

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Balance of Money Predictions – April 30

Balance of Money Predictions – April 30

Predicted Labour majority 78 seat (nc) Predicted vote shares LAB 37.3 ( -0.3) : CON 33.6 (+0.2): LD 22 (+0.1) The spread markets are based on all-UK figures while the opinion polls report their figures on a GB basis excluding Northern Ireland and the latter are roughly 0.97 of the former. So a Labour spread of 37-37.5% equates roughly to 38.1%-38.6% when comparing with an opinion poll. The regular BALANCE OF MONEY predictions are based on how spread betting gamblers…

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The Sunday Poll Rush

The Sunday Poll Rush

First up tonight is Communicate Research in the Indpendent on Sunday which has LAB 39 (-1): CON 31 (-4): LD 23 (+5). Next Thursday will be the first time CR has been tested against real results. It remains to be seen whether it can perform better than the pollster the Indy on Sunday used four years ago, Rasmussen, which with its automated phone methodology was the only firm to get the Tories right and got the Labour margin within 2%….

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