Ron Paul Supporters Make Impact on Internet Bookie

Ron Paul passes Senator McCain in odds department at World Sports Exchange

Last week, Gambling911.com's Payton O'Brien suggested Ron Paul supporters start banging websites offering long odds on the 2008 US Presidential candidate in an effort to find tremendous value.  For Paul supporters, his ultimate win is pretty much a given, unless of course you have the media ignoring his campaign, Republicans forcing only Republican registered voters to take part in primaries and a nation at this point that probably would rather see Kermit the Frog as President than any of these candidates. 

Ron Paul's support base is probably the best out there and it is highlighted by his massive Internet popularity.  Unfortunately, the sheep (of which there are probably 1000 for every 1) tend to follow the candidate for whom they are spoon fed into believing will be best to run the nation.  Even Republicans are now looking towards Hillary Clinton. 

Paul's people are making a difference, however, but time may not necessarily be on their side. 

One difference they made this past week was forcing another Internet bookie to slash its odds on Dr. Paul becoming the next US President. 

While World Sports Exchange may not be a Gambling911.com sponsor, they are certainly a legitimate betting firm.  Gambling911.com last week decided to direct Ron Paul supporters towards companies offering very long odds that we have deemed "safe" to bet with (obviously, you don't want to bet with a fly by night offering 100 to 1 odds on Ron Paul if they are not going to pay you). 

The resulting onslaught: WSEX was forced to move its odds on Ron Paul from +2400 or 24/1 down to +1566.  This number kept sliding throughout the day in fact as Paul supporters urged others to make these bookies wise up and stop disrespecting who many believe will be the future President of the United States, not to mention a proponent of Internet gambling. 

"Gambling911.com has had well over 20,000 Ron Paul supporters reading our site over the past few days and they should all be hammering World Sports Exchange with $10 bets to presently win $156," suggested Gambling911.com Senior Editor, Payton O'Brien.  "Everyone will be betting on the elections soon and when they see Ron Paul is the big favorite at all these books, it will open a lot of eyes, including the press."

Some supporters of Ron Paul have suggested they are better off putting their money somewhere else related to his campaign.  Why bet it?  And we agree with this notion for the most part. 

But since the polls aren't listening to the Ron Paul loyalists, the next best thing (or maybe the best thing) is that the bookies are.  Betting firms like WSEX cannot ignore the money that is obviously streaming in on Dr. Paul.   Gambling911.com is predicting that his odds could reach into single digits by next week.  Stay tuned.

"This was a fun little experiment we came up with last week," explains O'Brien.  "And it has worked out better than we could ever have expected.  Personally, I am stunned by how much WSEX has slashed its odds."

We will be studying other online gambling sites (some of which do not take US citizens) to find long odds on Ron Paul.  But again, we are the eyes and ears of online gambling and some of the companies offering odds on Paul just might not be around to celebrate his win.  World Sports Exchange has been around since 1996 and we have faith in their ownership. 

Feel free to email us if you see odds somewhere you like CCostigan@CostiganMedia.com 

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Christopher Costigan, Gambling911.com

Originally published October 4, 2007 3:31 pm ET