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UpInArms

(51,252 posts)
Wed Jan 9, 2019, 01:41 PM Jan 2019

People Bet On How Much Trump Would Lie In His Oval Office Address And Won $276,424

A gambling site is paying out thousands of dollars to people who correctly bet that President Donald Trump would tell more than 3.5 lies in his Oval Office address on Tuesday.

Bookmaker.eu asked people to wager on the president's truthfulness, offering odds of -145 for more than 3.5 lies and +115 for less than 3.5 lies. That means if a person bet $145 dollars that Trump would lie at least four times, they would win $100.

And some people won big. Odds consultant John Lester told BuzzFeed News the site will lose $276,424, with 92% of its bettors correctly wagering that Trump would lie a lot.

"It's a bad day for Truthiness and Bookmaker," he said. "We knew we were in trouble early with this one."


More at https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/claudiakoerner/betting-wins-trump-speech-lies-gambling

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A whole new economic playing field
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People Bet On How Much Trump Would Lie In His Oval Office Address And Won $276,424 (Original Post) UpInArms Jan 2019 OP
I bet most of the winning bettors were republicans Achilleaze Jan 2019 #1
I like this quote marylandblue Jan 2019 #2
For legal purposes who decided what constituted a lie? brooklynite Jan 2019 #3
I wouldn't doubt Trump bet on himself and lied enough to win. dem4decades Jan 2019 #4
He's not that smart... nt FirstLight Jan 2019 #5

Achilleaze

(15,543 posts)
1. I bet most of the winning bettors were republicans
Wed Jan 9, 2019, 01:44 PM
Jan 2019

For they knoweth well what evil they hath done unto the US of A by colluding with russia to impose Dirty Donny, the deceitful & ignoble republican Draft-Dodger-in-Chief upon the world. There's just no way republicans would pass up such a sure bet like this.

marylandblue

(12,344 posts)
2. I like this quote
Wed Jan 9, 2019, 01:45 PM
Jan 2019

"Bookmaker expected Trump to lie, but that it had also factored in the time constraints the president would be under in delivering Tuesday's speech."

In other words, they foolishly underestimated how many lies Trump could tell in eight minutes. Bad idea he can tell four lies in one minute.

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