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edgineered

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17. This chart looks more like a tote board - what you would see at a dog track
Sat Dec 12, 2015, 09:49 AM
Dec 2015

With Clinton on top with a 4 and the numbers increasing on down the list, it seems like a 4 to 1 bet on her. However, just like the doggies or the ponies, those odds will keep changing. By the time that the general come around it doesn't matter what the odds were when you made your bet. It might end up looking like this:

Dem: 7/10
Rep: 8/10
Ind: 12
Green: 45
etc

With those odds the payout would be (wager + (odds*wager));
a dem win on a $2 bet would payout $3.40

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The odds they're posting are very tempting. edgineered Dec 2015 #11
Although just got back from Vegas last week - still not Laura PourMeADrink Dec 2015 #14
This chart looks more like a tote board - what you would see at a dog track edgineered Dec 2015 #17
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