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At Noon ET Friday, another round of voting was expected to determine who the House Speaker will be, with Republican Kevin McCarthy fighting for his (leadership) life. The House went through 11 rounds so far to close the day Thursday.
BetOnline has now begun offering odds on the Over/Under number of votes McCarthy will receive with the number now set at 201.5, a number that was down two points after Thursday. Additionally, BetOnline is offering odds on the Over/Under round of voting. That number had been set at 9.5 ahead of Thursday's voting. The Over won bigly.
McCarthy and crew were pulling out all the stops to win over the 20 members voting for someone else to be their leader.
Items discussed in the meetings, according to a Hill source, included lowering the threshold for a motion to vacate the chair, which, in theory, would allow for a single member to oust the speaker.
McCarthy was a -160 favorite to become the next speaker at BetOnline on Thursday morning. Oddsmakers were actually a little more bullish on the California Republican as his odds were now -225.
McCarthy Round 12 Votes
12:00 PM
Over 201.5 Votes
-120
Under 201.5 Votes
-120
Next Speaker
12:00 PM
Kevin McCarthy
-225
Steve Scalise
+250
Donald Trump
+2000
Hakeem Jeffries
+2500
Jim Jordan
+4000
Kevin Hern
+4500
Elise Stefanik
+5000
Byron Donalds
+5000
Cathy McMorris Rodgers
+6600
Jim Banks
+8000
Steny Hoyer
+15000
Nancy Pelosi
+15000
James Clyburn
+15000
Adam Schiff
+25000
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
+25000
What Were the Odds on Thursday?
McCarthy Round 7 Votes
Over 203.5 Votes
-120
Under 203.5 Votes
-120
Next Speaker
Kevin McCarthy
-160
Steve Scalise
+175
Elise Stefanik
+2500
Hakeem Jeffries
+2500
Donald Trump
+3500
Byron Donalds
+3500
Jim Jordan
+5000
Jim Banks
+5000
Cathy McMorris Rodgers
+5000
Steny Hoyer
+12500
James Clyburn
+12500
Nancy Pelosi
+15000
Adam Schiff
+25000
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
+25000
Total Rounds of Voting
Over 9.5 Rounds
-120
Under 9.5 Rounds
-120
- Gilbert Horowitz, Gambling911.com
