Trump Odds to Become the Next Pope Are Pretty Bleak
On Friday, US President Donald Trump posted an AI-generated image of himself as the pope on Truth Social, and it has gone viral.
Less than a week prior to the post, Trump was in Rome attending the funeral for the late Pope Francis. As the Vatican searches for a new pontiff, it's probably fair to say that Trump is not on the list (not even on the oddsmakers list).
The next pope odds at BetUS have been so popular they were listing them directly beneath the Kentucky Derby odds Saturday, which appeared near the top of their home page just under odds boost, prop builders and same game parlays.
There is no clear cut favorite.
Luis Antonio Tagle and Pietro Parolin both come in at +150 odds to be named the next pope.
Tagle is a Filipino prelate of the Catholic Church currently serving as the Pro-Prefect for the Section of First Evangelization of the Dicastery for Evangelization since June 5, 2022, and as the President of Interdicasterial Commission for Consecrated Religious since December 8, 2019.
Parolin OMRI is an Italian Catholic prelate who has served as the Vatican's Secretary of State since 2013 and as a member of the Council of Cardinals since 2014, the same year he was made a cardinal.
Polymarket, which does not accept bets from the USA, has reported over $14 million in next pope bets since the death of Pope Francis.
Next Pope Betting Odds
Rot Who Will Be The Next Pope After Francis I? MoneyLine
5201 Luis Antonio Tagle +150
5202 Pietro Parolin +150
5203 Peter Turkson +400
5204 Robert Sarah +800
5205 Matteo Zuppi +600
5206 Peter Erdo +800
5207 Pierbattista Pizzaballa +700
5208 Fridolin Ambongo Besungu +1400
5209 Kevin Farrell +2200
5210 Jean-Marc Aveline +1600
5211 Robert Prevost +1600
5212 Francis Arinze +2200
5213 Mario Grech +1800
5214 Raymond Leo Burke +2200
5215 Charles Maung Bo +2200
5216 Mark Ouellet +2500
5217 Mykola Bychok +2200
5218 Reihard Marx +2200
5219 Fernando Chomali Garib +2200
5220 Cristóbal López Romero +2000
5221 Angelo Scola +3000
5222 Timothy Dolan +2500
5223 Mauro Gambetti +2800
5224 Jean-Claude Hollerich +2800
5225 Thomas Aquino Manyo Maeda +2800
5226 Caludio Gugerotti +2800
5227 Joseph W. Tobin +2800
5228 José Tolentino de Mendonça +2800
5229 Timothy Radcliffe +3000
5230 Orani João Tempesta +2500
5231 Leopoldo Brenes +2800
5232 Wim Eijk +3000
5233 Anders Arborelius +3500
5234 Gerald Cyprien LaCroix +4000
5235 Giorgio Marengo +4000
5236 Sean O'Malley +3500
5237 Agostino Sandri +4000
5238 Christoph Schönborn +3000
5239 Malcolm Ranjith +3500
5240 Óscar Andrés Rodríguez Maradiaga +3500
5241 Piero Marini +4000
5242 João Braz de Aviz +4000
5243 Norberto Rivera Carrera +4000
5244 Odilo Pedro Scherer +4000
5245 Vincent Nichols +5000
5246 Angelo Bagnasco +5000
5247 Mauro Piacenza +5000
5248 Konrad Krajewski +4000
5249 Angelo De Donatis +5000
5250 Antonio Cañizares Llovera +5000
5251 Gerhard Ludwig Müller +5000
5252 Gianfranco Ravasi +5000
5253 Dominik Duka +5000
5254 Wilton Daniel Gregory +700
5255 Jaime Spengler +5000
5256 Angel Artime +5000
5257 Daniel Sturla +5000
5258 Chibly Langlois +5000
5259 Bechara Peter Rai +5000
5260 Artur Roche +5000
5261 Carlo Maria Vigano +5000
5262 Italo Dell'Oro +5000
5263 Blase J. Cupich +5000
5264 François-Xavier Bustillo +3000
5265 Luis Rafael I Sako +3000
5266 Leonardo Sandri +4000
5267 Diarmuid Martin +4000
5268 Thomas Collins +5000
5269 Vinko Puljic +4000
5270 Wilfrid Napier +4000
5271 William Goh Seng Chye +5000
5272 Lazarus You Heung-sik +2500
Which Cardenal or Archbishop will become Next Pope After Francis I. BetUS' decision is final. Wagers posted after public announcement will be void.
Rot Will The Next Pope Be Black? MoneyLine
5451 Yes +400
Next Pope After Francis I. BetUS' decision is final. Wagers posted after public announcement will be void.
Rot Conclave: Number Of Ballots MoneyLine
5461 1-2 +1200
5462 3-4 +200
5463 5-6 +150
5464 7-8 +175
5465 9-10 +350
5466 More Than 10 +550
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