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XaQ Morphy

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Oct 5, 2012, 5:50:20 PM10/5/12
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A friend and I are making a bet, loser pays for a sort of reunion lunch
for a group of 4 of us. Nothing fancy, just former co-workers getting
together for lunch. He wants Romney and said I could have Obama but wants
odds. What sort of odds should I give him? Is 3:1 ok or not enough?

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fffurken

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Oct 5, 2012, 6:14:57 PM10/5/12
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On Oct 5, 10:53 pm, "XaQ Morphy" <a1c5...@webnntp.invalid> wrote:
> A friend and I are making a bet, loser pays for a sort of reunion lunch
> for a group of 4 of us.  Nothing fancy, just former co-workers getting
> together for lunch.  He wants Romney and said I could have Obama but wants
> odds.  What sort of odds should I give him?  Is 3:1 ok or not enough?
>
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> Morphy
> xaqmor...@donkeymanifesto.comhttp://www.donkeymanifesto.comhttp://twitter.com/xaqmorphy

You should probably give him better odds so you can lose more.

Dave the Clueless

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Oct 5, 2012, 6:19:36 PM10/5/12
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2:1

http://www.intrade.com/v4/home/

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take heed: You aren't getting any more of our tax dollars until you can
show you're responsible and can be trusted with the money you have now."

- Debbie Dooley, state coordinator of the Georgia Tea Party Patriots

Dutch

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Oct 5, 2012, 6:29:40 PM10/5/12
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http://www.politicalbettingodds.com/2012-us-presidential-election-odds.html

otter

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Oct 5, 2012, 8:41:15 PM10/5/12
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On Oct 5, 4:53 pm, "XaQ Morphy" <a1c5...@webnntp.invalid> wrote:
> A friend and I are making a bet, loser pays for a sort of reunion lunch
> for a group of 4 of us.  Nothing fancy, just former co-workers getting
> together for lunch.  He wants Romney and said I could have Obama but wants
> odds.  What sort of odds should I give him?  Is 3:1 ok or not enough?

He should be demanding an Electoral College point spread.
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Dutch

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Oct 5, 2012, 10:47:15 PM10/5/12
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Vince wrote:
> fffurken <fffu...@hotmail.com> wrote in
> news:e0e49dad-68d4-4b5f...@d17g2000vbv.googlegroup
> s.com:
> You think Romney will win the election?
> The Prez has the blacks, the women, the MSM, the unions, the Govt
> workers, hispanics, gays, Hollywood. Sorry if I left anyone/group
> out.

Smart people

> Oh, the white guilt vote.
>

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Dutch

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Oct 6, 2012, 2:52:14 AM10/6/12
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Vince wrote:
> Dutch <n...@email.com> wrote in
> news:6ZMbs.4149$mt...@newsfe21.iad:
>
>> Vince wrote:
>
>>> You think Romney will win the election?
>>> The Prez has the blacks, the women, the MSM, the unions, the
>>> Govt workers, hispanics, gays, Hollywood. Sorry if I left
>>> anyone/group out.
>>
>> Smart people
>>
>>> Oh, the white guilt vote.
>
> So, what should the odds be? So high it's off the board?
>
>

2:1

fffurken

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Oct 6, 2012, 6:22:19 AM10/6/12
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On Oct 6, 3:29 am, Vince <vi...@hush.ai> wrote:

> > You should probably give him better odds so you can lose more.
>
> You think Romney will win the election?

That's really not what I said if you think about it as a gambling
proposition Vince.

AS far as the election is concerned, I may well be an ignoramus but I
doubt any presidential election could have been fairly adjudged 3:1
(or more) in favour of any candidate. But like I said, what do I know?
I'm an ignoramus, I only have a tenuous understanding of the electoral
college system thingy.

BillB

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Oct 6, 2012, 6:25:54 AM10/6/12
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On 10/6/2012 3:22 AM, fffurken wrote:

> AS far as the election is concerned, I may well be an ignoramus but I
> doubt any presidential election could have been fairly adjudged 3:1
> (or more) in favour of any candidate.

That's good instinct. There have been a few, but this certainly isn't
one of them.

I hope you took my advice, sold the farm, and bought Romney shares when
he was under 22%. I made you guys 60% on your money in a matter of days,
and nobody even bothered to thank me.

halfpastdead

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Oct 6, 2012, 9:15:21 AM10/6/12
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laying 3-1 against McCain would have been a bargain .. he was down 10
points

Intrade has it 66/33 and they have never missed an election.. never


Third of all, under UIGEA, transferring funds to and from any internet
gambling venue is illegal if any US financial institution is involved
in the transfer.

As has been pointed out in another thread, Visa cards seem to work
with Carbon Poker.


William "The Life" Coleman (ramashiva)

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Dutch

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Oct 6, 2012, 2:55:49 PM10/6/12
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Vince wrote:
> Dutch <n...@email.com> wrote in news:NyQbs.4319$mt1.2733
> @newsfe21.iad:
> You left off the zero after the two.

No I didn't, Obama's odds are 2:1. Idiots form a huge base for Romney.
If Obama were dumb enough to make "47%" comments he'd be referring to them.




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brattt

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Oct 6, 2012, 3:25:17 PM10/6/12
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On Oct 6 2012 1:55 PM, Dutch wrote:

Dutch - send me an email. I want to show you something.

hotdawgsbme at gmail dot com

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