Here, at a glance, are the bookmakers’s betting
lines.
At the moment Paddy
Power is giving odds of 4 to 7 for Bush, 5 to 4 for Kerry. The line at Littlewoods betdirect is 4 to 6
for Bush, 11 to 10 for Kerry. At totalbet.com it’s also 4 to 6 for
Bush, 11 to 10 for Kerry. Coral is giving 8 to 13 for Bush, 6 to 5 for Kerry.
ukbetting.com is giving of 4 to 6
for Bush, 11 to 10 for Kerry. The odds at Sportingbet are 8 to 13 for
Bush, and 6 to 5 for Kerry. At Super
Odds (click on Politics), they’re 3 to 5 for Bush, 6 to 5 for
Kerry, and 501 to 1 for Nader.
And the betting at Sporting Index is that Bush will
receive between 272 and 280 electoral votes, making him the winner, with Kerry receiving
between 258 and 266 electoral votes. Ugh.
Postscript from Hammond Guthrie: “One tends to forget the election tout! Is there
an Exacta?”
