Hillary Clinton Holds Firm With OddsmakersHillary Clinton remains the big favorite while Mitt Romney's odds grow longer and Ron Paul moves up a notch
2008 US Presidential candidate Hillary Clinton has held firm with online oddsmakers while holding off the likes of Barack Obama. The best odds on Hillary at press time November 25, 2007 could be found at BodogLife where she was surprisingly still an even favorite compared to the peak 1/3 odds found elsewhere.
Rudy Giuliani had the next shortest odds at Bodog: 9/4.
Republican candidate Ron Paul continued to get little respect from the oddsmakers at Bodog nor the gamblers where he remained a firm 14/1 long shot to win. Mike Huckabee, who's been mentioned as the dark horse surprise in recent days among Republicans, continues to sit pretty at long 35/1 odds.
Like with most online bookmakers, Mitt Romney sits at third or worse. Compared to Fred Thompson at 6/1 odds, Romney was listed with 8/1 odds. John McCain was just behind Ron Paul at 16/1 odds.
Barack Obama continued to be a long shot when compared to Clinton's favorite status. At BodogLife he was listed with odds of 5/1 and this was fairly consistent among the various online gambling websites.
The interesting development and good news for Obama is that he now moves into our number 3 spot overall in terms of the best odds to become the next US President where the oddsmakers are concerned. He moves into the #3 position thanks mostly to Mitt Romney's odds getting much longer. Romney is tending to dip down to 8/1 odds of becoming the next US President across the board. Romney and Obama are both listed with 6/1 odds at British bookmaker William Hill (see updated US Presidential betting odds here)
There is more good news for Ron Paul as he jumps into the number 5 position, up from number 6. He replaces Democratic "non candidate" Al Gore. Slowly the oddsmakers and gamblers are starting to move away from the idea that Gore will be running and, hence, he's getting much longer odds now from the average 6/1 most oddsmakers had him at.
Ron Paul is typically coming in between 9/1 and 16/1, though our friends at Sportsbook.com have given him generous 6/1 odds of winning the 2008 Presidency. An upcoming 24 hour money drive and the YouTube/CNN debate could impact these odds so stay tuned.
While some gambling websites have Fred Thompson as high as 6/1 odds, he tends to be somewhere between 10/1 and 20/1 depending on where you look. The disparity is rather large.
The only place Mike Huckabee seems to be showing any sign of life right now is at the World Sports Exchange where he hovered around 7 to 1 odds (better than Ron Paul). Elsewhere he is still over 25/1 odds.
John Edwards has the better odds. He tends to be listed anywhere between 15/1 and 20/1 odds depending on where you look.
Filed Under: 2008 US Presidential Betting Odds
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Christopher Costigan, Gambling911.com Publisher
Originally published November 25, 2007 2:42 pm EST
