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im_a_pepper
08-08-2007, 08:45 PM
Betting odds as of today..August 8th

Al Gore 6-1
Barack Obama 7-2
Bill Richardson 50-1
Chris Dodd 100-1
Chuck Hagel 200-1
Dennis Kucinich 200-1
Fred Thompson 4-1
Hillary Clinton 2-1
Joe Biden 50-1
John Edwards 6-1
John McCain 5-1
Mike Gravel 100-1
Mike Huckabee 50-1
Mitt Romney 8-1
Newt Gingrich 20-1
Ron Paul 8-1
Rudy Giuliani 3-1
Sam Brownback 25-1
Tom Tancredo 100-1
Tommy Thompson 200-1
Wayne Root 1000-1


Ron Paul beats out quite a few and ties up with Romney at 8-1

Looking at all that is kind of uplifting don't you think?

slantedview
08-08-2007, 08:46 PM
Betting odds as of today..August 8th
Ron Paul beats out quite a few and ties up with Romney at 8-1[/FONT]

Looking at all that is kind of uplifting don't you think?

Tied with Romney!? Uplifting for sure.

ronpaulitician
08-08-2007, 08:53 PM
Declared

Hillary Clinton 2-1
Rudy Giuliani 3-1
Barack Obama 7-2
John McCain 5-1
John Edwards 6-1
Ron Paul 8-1
Mitt Romney 8-1
Newt Gingrich 20-1
Sam Brownback 25-1
Bill Richardson 50-1
Joe Biden 50-1
Mike Huckabee 50-1
Mike Gravel 100-1
Chris Dodd 100-1
Tom Tancredo 100-1
Tommy Thompson 200-1
Chuck Hagel 200-1
Dennis Kucinich 200-1
Wayne Root 1000-1


Undeclared

Fred Thompson 4-1
Al Gore 6-1


We're moving' on up

paulaholic
08-08-2007, 08:55 PM
Is Wayne Root the frontrunner for the LP? I like his policies but he seems like a shady character.

Richie
08-08-2007, 08:57 PM
Could somebody please explain to me how this is calculated? I've never understood.

Ron Paul Fan
08-08-2007, 09:04 PM
Could somebody please explain to me how this is calculated? I've never understood.

It goes up or down based on the number of people betting on the candidate. As I've mentioned in the other 3,000 threads about this, it's nothing to get real excited about since you can't bet the other side of the line(1 to 8 that he wouldn't win the nomination) to make it go the other way. If you could, then Paul's line would shoot back up closer to the intrade line in the thread paultics started. Also, political betting is far more sensitive to movement because there isn't a lot of people who bet on it. It's encouraging, but if you think his odds of getting the nomination are the same as Romney's at this point then you are crazy.

ronpaulitician
08-08-2007, 09:04 PM
Could somebody please explain to me how this is calculated? I've never understood.
You're a bookie.
You figure that the chances of candidate A to win are about 1 in 10.
You set the odds at 8 to 1.

I'm a gambler.
I figure that the chances of candidate A to win are about 1 in 6.
I buy a share at the 8 to 1 odds.

If candidate A wins, you pay me 8 dollars.

If you, at any point, believe that the chances of candidate A have improved, you will change the odds to 6 to 1, or even lower. New information may lead you to do this, but you may also do this if suddenly a lot of people start buying shares at the current odds (which indicates that people would be willing to buy the shares at worse odds).

im_a_pepper
08-08-2007, 09:07 PM
We should all put some money down on Ron Paul now before his odds get better (was 18-1 just a few days ago).

:p What better motivation than to get our man elected and walk out with a stack of fat cash to boot! Double Xmas!
Someone point this out to some corporate monkeys, maybe they will hatch a scheme to get em elected and get x8 their investment.

Shink
08-08-2007, 09:16 PM
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Vs

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They need to give Giuliani worse odds now. And get Gore's ass out of there.

Dustancostine
08-08-2007, 10:14 PM
What in the hell was that spike for Guliani.

Shink
08-08-2007, 10:16 PM
Maybe the gambling community got a terrorism threat only Ghouliani can understand and prevent. He's got the track record for both of those: understanding and preventing terrorism.:rolleyes: