Hillary Clinton in Vegas But Now Given Longer Odds

The odds are certainly in her favor, now she can get a little bit closer to the action herself even if oddsmakers issued a slightly less optimistic outlook for the New York State Senator and former First Lady, Hillary Clinton. 

2008 US Presidential candidate Hillary Clinton has reportedly opened up a campaign headquarters in Sin City, Las Vegas.

Review-Journal reports: "Nevada Democrats want Hillary Clinton to be their presidential nominee, while the Republican field is practically a four-way tie, according to a new Review-Journal poll of partisans who say they will participate in the state's nominating contests next year."

"Hillary is the clear front-runner on the Democratic side," said Brad Coker, managing partner of Mason-Dixon Polling & Research Inc., which conducted the survey. "The Republican race is just wide open. There's no clear favorite."

The news came just as Carrie Stroup of Gambling911.com advised that Sportsbook.com (see website here) had assigned longer odds of Clinton becoming US President on Thursday.

"We are now looking at 8 to 5 odds," Ms. Stroup reported to our Miami Beach bureau.  "Prior to yesterday she sat with even odds.  A $100 bet placed today would pay out $160 as opposed to $100 if bets were made yesterday.  Of course all bets are locked in based on the odds offered at that time."

Stroup, who is a political betting analyst for Gambling911.com, was unable to determine why oddsmakers are slighting Ms. Clinton.

"From hereon in we are likely to see much instability when it comes to 2008 presidential betting odds and much of this will be a reflection of daily news.  It does not appear as if there was anything negative that surfaced about Senator Clinton but rather one or more of the Republicans could not be seen as cutting into her vote as a result of their recent debate."

Then again, it could have something to do with Barrack Obama whose odds have now been cut from 6 to 1 to 7 to 2. 

"Whereas before yesterday you could bet $100 to win $600 on Obama, now you would win only $350 on a $100 bet.  That is a pretty dramatic slashing of the odds."

Online gambling sites were widely viewed as accurate predicators of the 2004 US Presidential elections. 

Latest 2008 US Presidential Betting Odds Courtesy of Sportsbook.com (5/10/07)

 
Al Gore 4-1


Al Sharpton 500-1


Alan Keyes 750-1


Alberto Gonzales 100-1


Arnold Schwarzenegger 250-1


Barack Obama 7-2


Bill Clinton 300-1


Bill Frist 50-1


Bill Maher 2500-1


Bill OReilly 750-1


Bill Owens 60-1


Bill Richardson 20-1


Bob Ehrlich 100-1


Bob Graham 150-1


Bob Kerrey 60-1


Charles Schumer 100-1


Chris Dodd 50-1


Chuck Hagel 25-1


Clint Eastwood 750-1


Colin Powell 25-1


Condoleezza Rice 20-1


Dennis Kucinich 200-1


Dick Cheney 75-1


Dick Gephardt 100-1


Donald Rumsfeld 500-1


Donald Trump 1000-1


Doug Stanhope 25-1


Elizabeth Dole 750-1


Evan Bayh 25-1


Gary Locke 100-1


George Allen Jr 25-1


George Pataki 50-1


George W Bush 200-1


Harold Ford Jr 100-1


Hillary Clinton 8-5


Howard Dean 100-1


Jack Kemp 100-1


James Carville 1000-1


Jay Rockefeller 100-1


Jeb Bush 100-1


Jesse Jackson 200-1


Jesse Ventura 1000-1


Joe Biden 30-1


Joe Lieberman 150-1


John Ashcroft 1500-1


John Edwards 7-1


John Kerry 30-1


John McCain 6-1


Laura Bush 500-1


Mark Warner 20-1


Michael Bloomberg 150-1


Michael Moore 1000-1


Mike Gravel 60-1


Mike Huckabee 30-1


Mitt Romney 7-1


Newt Gingrich 40-1


Pat Robertson 2000-1


Paul Bremmer 150-1


Paul Wolfowitz 750-1


Ralph Nader 100-1


Rick Santorum 60-1


Rudy Giuliani 2-1


Russ Feingold 50-1


Sam Brownback 25-1


Ted Kennedy 750-1


Tom Daschle 60-1


Tom Ridge 60-1


Tom Tancredo 60-1


Tom Vilsack 50-1


Tommy Franks 200-1


Wayne Root 1000-1


Wesley Clark 20-1
 

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Alejandro Botticelli, Gambling911.com

Originally published May 10, 2007 7:27 pm ET