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Casino Beacon > Online Casinos > New Casino Bonuses > Bonus Archive 05 November 2008 Barack Obama New US President - Already Favourite For 2012 After Record Gamble A record £10 million-plus total was gambled on the outcome of the US Presidential Election, say bookmakers William Hill who have already installed Barack Obama as even money favourite to win again in 2012. And after the first black President was appointed, William Hill are betting on who will be the first female Commander in Chief of the country - and have made Sarah Palin 6/1 favourite to do so - with Michelle Obama a 16/1 chance. One William Hill customer who staked £25,000 on Obama collected £42,000 as a result and another who bet £17,500 received £45,925. "When the campaign began Obama was a 50/1 outsider. By the time we stopped betting, he was priced at 1/50." said William Hill's spokesman Graham Sharpe. "With Americans unable to bet on the outcome in their own country we took a considerable amount of money from exiled Americans around the world, who clearly wanted to speculate on what would happen." |
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