From the BetOnline Laboratory: (Un)Scientific Study Finds Fans Rooting for Musk, Zuck the Huge Betting Favorite
A semi-scientific Twitter study conducted over the past 36 hours shows who America is rooting for in the "Musk vs. Zuck" cage fight. And here is a hint: It's not the oddsmaker favorite.
The entertainment and gaming website, BetOnline.ag, pulled every tweet, hashtag and direct keyword phrase from Twitter about who people would be rooting for in a potential cage match between Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg. For example, #TeamElon, #TeamMusk, #TeamZuck, #TeamZuckerberg, etc.
In total, nearly 100,000 tweets were collected and analyzed.
Those results were run through a geo-tracking program that showed which states each post came from. The fighter most associated with those keywords and phrases then "won" that state.
Zuckerberg is a sizable favorite in terms of the fight odds, but the results show that America would be rooting for Musk. It’s not much of a surprise as Musk is the more popular of the two tech titans.
In all, Musk won 36 states to Zuckerberg’s 14 states.
Alaska, Arizona, Connecticut, Delaware, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Hampshire, New Mexico, New York, Oregon, Rhode Island, Utah and Vermont are the 14 states supporting Zuckerberg. Musk took the rest of the country.
For us here at Gambling911.com we'll be rooting for Musk. Facebook we love, but that's primarily for personal usage whereas Gambling911 enjoys a strong presence of Twitter.
On Friday, BetOnline released a number of props (likely just the beginning).
Musk vs. Zuck Official Broadcast Partner
Twitter/Facebook JV -300
ESPN +400
NBC +1000
FOX +1400
ABC +2000
Disney+ +2000
Netflix +2500
Google/YouTube +3300
ZEE +3300
CCTV (China) +5000
Musk vs. Zuck Title Sponsor
Saudi Aramco +450
Qatar +500
Twitter/Facebook JV +600
VISA +800
Alphabet/Google +1000
Apple +1000
Coca-Cola +1000
Samsung +1000
GSK +1600
McDonalds +1600
Microsoft +1600
Toyota +1600
AstraZeneca +2000
Red Bull +3300
TikTok +6600
EA Sports +10000
Musk vs. Zuck Method of Victory
Judge Decision -200
Submission +250
- Jordan Bach, Gambling911.com