New Betting Record For 2020 U.S. Election

November 28, 2020 by

Bookmakers have posted record-smashing volumes of wagers placed by bettors on the recently finalised 2020 U.S. Presidential election. So much so, that this year’s election has emerged the biggest political betting event in the history of the U.S. elections.

Since betting on political outcomes is illegal across the United States, the focus was this year once again on betting enthusiasts situated in the U.K. as well as in several other parts of regulated Europe.

Global betting giant Betfair confirmed having accepted a whopping £600 million in wagers placed ahead of the elections. 3 million individual wagers were placed ahead of the 2020 elections.

Betfair furthermore confirmed having taken a giant-sized £1 million (US$1.32 million) bet on Biden being voted the new president. The lucky punter gets to bank an incredible £1.54 million (US$2 million) in betting returns following their successful prediction of the outcome.

The majority of bookies across regulated Europe as well as the U.K. wasted no time moving their money-lines in favour of a Joe Biden-win.

Betfair, for one, emerged spot-on in its prediction of 290 electoral points in favour of Joe Biden – a prediction that ultimately proved only 6 points more than the actual outcome of 284.

Another on-the-money prediction posted was that of Nate Silver’s FiveThirtyEight – pegging a Biden win at a likelihood of 88%, while the Economist magazine emerged even closer to the hottest of spots with their 96% prediction in favour of Biden being elected the 46th President of the United States.

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