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9th January 2019 18:20
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President Trump’s truthiness makes history as betting site pays out bigly
President Trump’s truthiness makes history as betting site pays out bigly
Published: Jan 9, 2019 12:18 p.m. ET
‘Never in our 30-year history have we been this one-sided (9 to 1) on a wager’
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/pr...gly-2019-01-09
By
Shawn
Langlois
Social-media editor
Donald Trump’s loose grip on the truth just cost one gambling site dearly.
Before the president’s address on border security Tuesday night, Bookmaker.eu put the over/under on the number of lies he’d spew at 3.5. For bettors, it was a no-brainer, as hundreds of thousands of dollars loaded up on the over.
In fact, Bookmaker odds consultant John Lester told MarketWatch that the site has never seen such a lopsided response from its customers.
“Never in our 30-year history have we been this one-sided (9 to 1) on a wager,” he said. “You would have to go back to the early Mike Tyson fights (pre-Buster Douglas) to find a wager with comparable one-sided demand.”
Lester explained that no matter how much he adjusted the odds, hardly anybody seemed interested in taking the under. Smart move, considering the Washington Post found that there were at least six false statements during the address.
“We knew the President would be prone to exaggeration to support his need for Democratic support to fund his wall,” Lester said. “However, we hoped the 8-minute time constraint coupled with the unlikelihood of the President going off-script would keep the total number of false statements low.”
Nope.
This isn’t the first time the site has been crushed by a wrong-sided Trump bet, having lost more than a million dollars when he won the presidency.
“Bookmaker seems to be snake-bit with President Trump,” he said.
That won’t stop the site from offering more political wagers, considering demand for such action has been on the rise in recent years.
“As the political arena starts to mirror the drama and colorful personalities that comprise the sporting world,” Lester said, “players seem to be finding as much excitement in wagering on political props as they would on their favorite team.”
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9th January 2019 23:47
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Re: President Trump’s truthiness makes history as betting site pays out bigly
Who is the judge of whether the "at least six" statements were false? By what measure or test can the statements be judged to be false? How reliable are the truthful statements or facts on the topic relative to which it is claimed he made false statements, when compared to the claimed false statements?
I'm not defending Trump. I'm trying to make a point.
Which is: The person(s) claiming he made false statements are very likely guilty of making false statements, including statements that Trump's alleged false statements are false.
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9th January 2019 23:57
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