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Sterling Archer Sterling Archer is offline
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Default Election betting odds: 24 October 2016 - Clinton 82.3%, Trump 16.8%

Neill Massello used his keyboard to write :
Sterling Archer wrote:

Not sure what your point(s) is / are. The people calculating these
odds are taking tens of millions of dollars in wagers on this and
numerous other issues. There is little doubt they are going to parse,
ad nauseam, all available, relevant data to maximize their return on
investment.

In the end, they are attempting to predict the future which is never a
sure thing. However, in my humble opinion, they have a far better
record of accuracy than any other soothsayers.


A better track record is your best argument. The fact that money is
involved doesn't really mean that much. The millions wagered represent
the sum of many small bets rather than a few large ones placed by savvy
investors. The individuals placing those bets didn't necessarily parse
ad nauseam.


If you re-read what I posted you will see I wrote the people who
calculate the odds are parsing, ad nauseam, all available data. This
is significantly different from the people who are placing wagers, they
are simply swinging dicks just like all of us in this group.