John Kerry: 7/4 odds to win
 

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Re: John Kerry: 7/4 odds to win
 

Atm you can get 2 to 1 for Kerry at
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Re: John Kerry: 7/4 odds to win
 

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Do you think this is a good bet?

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Personally I never make a bet that I would be unhappy to win.

Jimbo

Re: John Kerry: 7/4 odds to win
 

I read in Amarillio Slim's book that you would make money if you always bet on the underdog.

Joe Public
 

The public tends, in general, to underestimate the dog and overestimate the favorite. There's a lot to be said about this and the APs therein. But to claim, as Amarillo Slim does, that always betting the dog will make you a winner is a very dangerous, if not unsound, proposition.

(Maybe that last word explains what Slim was on about.)

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Personally I never make a bet that I would be unhappy to win.


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Why? I bet on Europe to win the Ryder Cup (golf) at 2/1 odds. It was the easiest money I've made all year.

Re: John Kerry: 7/4 odds to win
 

To complete your thought you would have preferred a U.S. victory. I agree with your sentiment. When I bet on a particular outcome that I don't want to happen I always state I hope I'm dead wrong but ...

BTW I think I'd take Kerry at those odds. Even though many of his supporters have given up, I think the election could easily swing in his favor. Kerry's strategy now seems to be to convince enough people that only a total incompetant boob would have put the U.S. in the position that they're in as far as Iraq is concerned. Kerry's already got at least 40% of the electorate convinced of that. Trashing Allawi was a horrid move by the Democrats. The undecideds want to at least have the hope that Kerry will deliver on his promises of a diplomatic solution (we can argue if that's what Kerry's really saying) but I dare say that the Kerry and Democratic party actions regarding Allawi would dash those hopes for at least a few.