Vegas Bookie Talks U.S. Presidential Odds: Millions of Dollars to be Bet
Following Tuesday night’s U.S. Presidential Democratic debate, MSNBC’s Chris Matthews sat down with the self-professed “Bookmaking King of Las Vegas” Jimmy Vaccaro to discuss the latest odds on which candidate will win the nomination of each party and ultimately the Presidency. (This article was originally published October 14, 2015 but has seen significant readership the weeks leading up to the 2016 US Presidential Election)
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Matthews declared that the bookies expect millions of dollars to be placed on this race.
Contrasting with Chris Matthews’ overt smarts on all things Presidential history (Matthews ends the segment with an obligatory George Washington reference), Vaccaro displays an extremely sharp mind on the gambling and odds-making circuits, both domestic and international. After Tuesday night’s debate, Vaccaro — who Matthews referred to as “the most legendary bookmaker in Las Vegas” — noted that the odds-favorite was still Hillary Clinton.
“You don’t over or under react to one meeting — it’s like the March madness, you gotta win six games. Hillary was the favorite so she had a pretty easy first round.”
Online odds for the U.S. Presidential elections can be found here.
- Gilbert Horowitz, Gambling911.com
