It’s an indication of how far John Kerry has come that betting prices on the Democrats taking the White House have more than halved, and those on the Republicans have more than doubled, since the start of the year when the long process of selecting a nominee began. Following yesterday’s announcement about John Edwards being the running mate there’s been a further hardening of the John Kerry odds which are very close to evens on both sides of the Atlantic….
John Edwards on the ticket pushes Kerry price towards evens Today’s news that the North Carolina Senator, John Edwards, will be John Kerry’s running mate for the Presidential election on November 2nd has led to big money going on the Deomcrats with consquential price changes. The move is not a surprise and the Edwards price had been the favourite for months after his excellent performance in the primaries. One or two UK bookmakers still have Kerry at 11/10 but all…
Updated 5.30pm Do you know when the Tories last won a seat from another party in a by-election? It’s a reflection of the Tory’s appalling performance at parliamentary by-elections over the decades that the only people who might know the answer to this are the “political anoraks”. Sadly we are part of that group! You have to go back to June 3 1982, in the raified political atmosphere of the Falklands War, for the Merton, Mitcham and Morden by-election which…
Updated 1235 Online by-election betting now available The Government’s tactic of giving the minimum possible notice for the Leicester South and Birmingham Hodge Hill by-elections has meant that the media, and the bookmakers have yet to wake up to their huge significance. But William Hill now have markets on both by-elections available online. After an intensive week of campaigning many Lib Dems are now talking about a double – taking both seats. This would have huge consequences for both Tony…
Online Market on Leicester South is opened – and then closed After days of waiting William Hill opened their online market on the Leicester South by-election today and then, a short time later they withdrew it. This is the page you get now on the event. This is the page you got earlier in the day. We are trying to clarify the position but we can only assume that so much money was going on one of the “runners” that…
Which party is dominating the web? Those who bet on politics on the internet are going to have to wait a day or so before markets on the Leicester South and Birmingham Hodge Hill by-elections are available online but we are assured that they will be there. The latest odds are:- Leicester South- LIBD 6/5: LAB 6/4: CON 11/4 Birmingham Hodge Hill – LAB 8/13: LIBD 11/8: CON 10/1 Meanwhile political gamblers might want to assess the political party machines…
John Kerry – Keeping them Guessing With just over three weeks to go before the Democratic Convention in Boston there’s speculation that the certain nominee, John Kerry, will announce who he has chosen as his running mate so the the two can appear together at an important fundraiser in New York on Thursday. Interest in who will be chosen is building because the polls still have him and Bush neck and neck. The handover of power in Iraq has had…
Post updated 12.15 pm Will this be the scene a week on Thursday? At last – betting has now started on the Leicester South by-election and the current prices, from William Hill, are almost exactly in line with what Politicalbetting.com predicted here last Saturday. The market, together with one for the other by-election on July 15 at Birmigham Hodge Hill will be available online later today. The current Leicester South prices are:- LIBD 6/5 down from 11/8 after a £1,000…