The bookies are going with...

[liberal N proud]

Bookies Predict Elections w/ 91% Accuracy. Their Odds Are On…

















Hillary Clinton

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http://www.liberalamerica.org/2016/02/01/bookies-predict-elections-w-91-accuracy-their-odds-are-on/

[NurseJackie]

1. Get out the tissues, the towels, and mops.

There will be some mighty upset people in GDP tomorrow.

[thomservo]

3. classy.

[NurseJackie]

5. ...

[Doctor_J]

21. just like their candidate

[KingFlorez]

7. So sad

If these odds are correct, there are going to be some sad and angry people here. We'll see what happens.

[Autumn]

17. We Sanders supporters will be just fine. Thanks for your...

concern.

[Blue_In_AK]

18. I know.

They really think we're a bunch of babies.

[Autumn]

19. They are so funny. They rec RW sources that trash Bernie and whine about any

article that they consider RW that puts Hills in a bad light,

[Cali_Democrat]

2. Ya but those people don't put their money where their mouths are....

...oh...wait a minute....

[TeamPooka]

6. haha :) nt

[NCTraveler]

12. Lol nt

[edgineered]

4. And gamblers always take their bookies advice. It's a sure bet, right? nt

[TeamPooka]

10. technically it's not advice. It's odds. Most people don't realize that a betting line, point spread

or odds line in Vegas is not the opinion of a bookie or parimutual pool.
Their numbers are based on the dollar action being wagered by their bettors.
Right now Carolina is a 6 point fave in the Super Bowl not because the bookies think they'll win but rather because most of the money is being bet by gamblers on them to win.
The line then adjusts to draw more bettors to the other side to balance out the action and the bottom line balance sheet at the end of the day.
If the bookies say it it's because their numbers and bettors say it.

[edgineered]

13. Precisely. Dogs and horses cannot read the tote board.

It's like explaining to someone at the track that you don't have to know anything dogs, horses, or odds. To win I only have to be smarter than you. It doesn't go over very well despite being the truth.

[TeamPooka]

16. In one of the best gambling movies ever LET IT RIDE Richard Dreyfuss plays a loser on a winning

streak.
One of the things he does when he doesn't know what horse to bet on is realize everyone at the track is a loser too so he asks what horse they like and there's a great montage of all his cronies saying the horse by number but no one picks #7 or whatever and he bets on that horse and it wins.

Hilarious movie about gambling and human nature.

Teri Garr plays his non gambling girlfriend and as they sit in the fancy turf club she asks out loud why these people can't just watch the race without betting on it and the whole restaurant just laughs at her.

[edgineered]

20. Thanks. Let It Ride is now on my watch list.

What you said is why one should run to the window before it closes for any entry that has $0 in the pool.

[TeamPooka]

22. or almost nothing. :) Enjoy the movie. If you're been to the track in your life you will

recognize every character in the film.

[In_The_Wind]

8. Some people will make book on anything.

[TeamPooka]

11. Wanna bet on that? :) nt

[In_The_Wind]

15. What kinda odds ya givin'

[alittlelark]

9. uh, yeah.....

....... really... yeah....

[HERVEPA]

14. You're showing your ignorance of odds-making. Bookies don't predict who will win.

Bookies just try to get the same amount of money on both sides of the bet. And I now see Team Pooka made the same point above.