Betting on the election

[billy the kid]

Sportsbet is already paying out on Labour.......

Sportsbet, who have seen a similar PR stunt backfire.

In 2011, the online bookmaker declared that Carlton midfielder Chris Judd was such a certainty to walk away with the Brownlow Medal, they paid out punters more than $300,000 before the votes were even read out.

“We’re certain we’d be paying out on Juddy on Brownlow night as it is so punters might as well enjoy their cash early. They have had their money tied up for a long time so this is a service to them” Sportsbet’s Haydn Lane said at the time.

The only problem? Judd didn’t win.

He didn’t even come close.

Yep, Ill be the first to admit that the bookies get it wrong sometimes.....

[Serial Brain 9]

We wait and watch.

[LEFTWINGER supreme]

We wait and watch.

Hoping that wholesome honest Murdoch media will get you over the line

[Serial Brain 9]

We wait and watch.

Hoping that wholesome honest Murdoch media will get you over the line

I haven't seen any media at all.

Accept for maybe Clive Palmer.

[Bobby]

labor $1.14
LNP $5.75

https://promotions.sportsbet.com.au/pol ... OMEALw_wcB

[Black Orchid]

I think it will be closer than that. A lot closer. We shall see soon enough.

[Bobby]

I think it will be closer than that. A lot closer. We shall see soon enough.

If you think that then put a bet on the Libbos.
5.75 to 1 is good odds.

[Serial Brain 9]

As the federal election campaign got underway, Labor made no secret of its lofty ambitions for Western Australia.

"I've got my eye on five … I am campaigning hard in at least five seats," Labor's deputy leader Tanya Plibersek said in February.

Those high hopes were repeated in public by Bill Shorten and privately by no shortage of Labor strategists, who sniffed blood in the Liberal-held seats of Swan, Hasluck, Pearce, Stirling and Canning.

But, on the eve of polling day, that Labor optimism in WA is being considerably wound back.

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Hopes of beating Andrew Hastie in Canning were effectively abandoned weeks ago, with Labor conceding the Liberal incumbent has a strong profile and is well liked in his outer-suburban electorate.

Mr Shorten, Labor Senate leader Penny Wong and Shadow Treasurer Chris Bowen all hit the campaign trail in Pearce this week, but Labor is now also pessimistic about its chances of winning the seat from Attorney-General Christian Porter.

Labor is still confident of snaring Swan, but the Government is now hopeful it will hang on to Hasluck and Stirling — seats for which it held grave fears just a few weeks ago.

That means in just a few weeks, Labor has gone from talking up its chances of knocking off Mr Hastie's 6.8 per cent margin to conceding Ken Wyatt may well hold on in Hasluck, despite him having just a 2.1 per cent buffer.

Game on Biatches.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-05-17/ ... n/11120252

[Black Orchid]

I think it will be closer than that. A lot closer. We shall see soon enough.

If you think that then put a bet on the Libbos.
5.75 to 1 is good odds.

I said I think it will be a lot closer. I didn't say the Libs will win.

[billy the kid]

I think it will be closer than that. A lot closer. We shall see soon enough.

If you think that then put a bet on the Libbos.
5.75 to 1 is good odds.

5.75 includes your stake...
Therefore the odds are 4.75 to 1
Just a technicality....