The Stossel odds showed Hillary Clinton at 84% and Trump at 15% at 17:55 EST on November 8th, 2016. That’s right, just a few hours before the polls closed.
I knew from watching the forum for just less than two months that it was being gamed by the Clinton camp. They thought it was a great ploy to drive her percentages up there and bad mouth anyone buying the other direction as absolute fools. They did this for months on end.
Who bets $84.00 to win $100? They did this for months while betters (Conservaives) were paying $20 to win $100 if Trump prevailed.
It was his forum that I won $1,100 dollars on.
Easiest $1,100 dollars I ever earned, and it was 100% Liberal money all the way.
How can you beat that.
Stossel is usually pretty savvy, but he missed this one by a country mile.
Clinton camp, cheating again! Love it!
Thanks for the money!
“Who bets $84.00 to win $100?”
Someone who thinks the outcome they bet on is almost a sure thing.
There were many Trump voters, including myself, who thought he was a long shot to win the Electoral College. One can hold that opinion and still bet on a Trump victory if the odds are favorable enough.
An important difference between a betting site and an election is that the former registers the intensity of preference by the participants (bettors), whereas in an election each participant (voter) is counted the same.
I think a simpler explanation for Hillary! being the odds-on favorite than that her supporters were “gaming the system” is that her true believers thought they had a near-sure thing and bid the odds to 5 or 6 to 1 in the process.
I see you made some financial arrangements as well! Nice cleanup D1!