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2012 Republican GOP Presidential Nomination Odds

It's become almost too much to take; all this chatter over who's in, who's out, who might run and who can't win if they do – for the 2012 Presidential Republican nomination. Well, if anything, it's providing good entertainment. Now the odds-people are getting involved by posting GOP Presidential Odds on this growing GOP presidential field. Online sportsbook BODOG, now …

by Reno Gold on May 28th, 2011 Leave a comment »

2012 Presidential Betting Odds Democratic Nominee

2012 Presidential Betting Odds Democratic Nominee: The betting odds have been posted for the 2010 Presidential Nominee. The most likely candidate to win the Democratic Nominee is President Barack Obama. Vice President Joe Biden is also in the running along with Hillary Clinton with +1000 odds of winning (a $100 wager pays out $1000). BetUS.com has posted betting odds on …

by Trixie Hammer on April 13th, 2010 Leave a comment »

Iranian Presidential Election Results Favor Ahmadinejad

Point-Spreads.com is recommending that all readers go out and fill up their gas tanks before they announce the winner of the Iranian Presidential Election results this weekend. If Mir Hossein Mousavi does not win the Iranian Presidential Election, their could be riots in the streets of Tehran. Mousavi is a 11 to 10 odds underdog to win the Iranian Presidential …

by Thomas Jensen on June 12th, 2009 Leave a comment »

Oddsmakers predict Bernie Madoff gets Assaulted

Did self proclaimed $50 Billion dollar Ponzi Schemer Bernie Madoff execute a single trade while running his fraudulent scam? Regulators are trying to get at the heart of the matter but the early evidence suggests he did not. Bernie Madoff was a 50 year veteran of Wall Street and a former chairman of the Nasdaq Stock Market. "Our exams showed …

by Thomas Jensen on January 16th, 2009 Leave a comment »

Will John McCain Presidential Concession Speech go Double Maverick?

Republican Presidential Candidate John McCain jokingly told viewers of the Weekend Update on SNL that he would deploy a few new strategies in the final days of his campaign including the Double Maverick "where I go totally berserker and just freak everybody out." A pit boss friend of Point-Spreads.com saw Arizona Senator John McCain going Double Maverick at a craps …

by Thomas Jensen on November 3rd, 2008 Leave a comment »

Election Odds show Barack Obama 44th President of the United States

History has shown that the predictions markets are extremely accurate at determining the outcome of political events and with 55% of the betting public on Democratic Presidential Candidate Barack Obama, it looks like the Illinois Senator will be named the 44th President of the United States. Sportsbook.com predicts Barack Obama will earn 313 votes compared to 225 for John McCain. …

by Thomas Jensen on November 3rd, 2008 Leave a comment »

Presidential Election Odds Experts Weigh In on Obama vs McCain

The election odds are stacked against Arizona Senator John McCain and his Republican Party in 2008. The Republican brand is damaged and the Democrats should secure control of both houses of Congress and have their President in the White House. Barack Obama is a heavy favorite to be named the 44th President of the United States but that does not …

by Thomas Jensen on November 3rd, 2008 Leave a comment »

Bookmaker Pays Off Barack Obama Bets as Odds Gap Widens

I was shocked this morning when I picked up my local newspaper to read that Irish bookmaker PaddyPower.com is already calling Democratic Party presidential candidate Barack Obama the victor over Republican nominee John McCain in the November election and paying-off those who wagered on his winning. A spokesman from Paddy Power PLC says it is so sure Barak Obama will …

by Alexander Banks on October 17th, 2008 Leave a comment »

Election Odds stacked against John McCain

With the US economy in complete meltdown just like his poll numbers in key battle ground states, Arizona Senator John McCain has decided to allow his Vice Presidential barracuda to go on the attack trying to link Democratic Presidential Candidate Barack Obama to sixties radical William Ayers. Part of the reason why is that the election odds at Sportsbook.com show …

by Thomas Jensen on October 9th, 2008 Leave a comment »

Ron Paul rails on $700 Billion Wall Street Bailout

It comes as no surprise to Point-Spreads.com that internet gambling advocate and Texas Congressman Dr. Ron Paul is against the current Wall Street Bailout being proposed by the Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke, Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson and the Bush Administration. In a speech to the Joint Economic Committee earlier this week, conservative Republican Ron Paul stated that government intervention …

by Thomas Jensen on September 27th, 2008 Leave a comment »