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The chances have increased, according to British bookies, that President Donald Trump will leave the White House before his four-year term is over.
The bookmakers have seen a stream of bets that Trump will depart early after a report Tuesday that he asked the since-fired FBI director James Comey to shut down a probe into links between his inner circle and Russia.
“Overnight we’ve seen more than [£5,000] bet on Trump to leave before the end of his first term, and we expect to see a lot more bet today, with his odds now shortening from evens into 5/6,” Katie Baylis, spokeswoman at Betfair, said in a note Wednesday morning. That implies a 55% probability that the president will exit before his term ends.
“And many punters think it won’t be too long before he departs, with the odds of him leaving this year now into 12/5 from 11/2 — a 27% chance [up] from 16% before the latest allegations,” Baylis added.
The bookmakers have seen a stream of bets that Trump will depart early after a report Tuesday that he asked the since-fired FBI director James Comey to shut down a probe into links between his inner circle and Russia.
“Overnight we’ve seen more than [£5,000] bet on Trump to leave before the end of his first term, and we expect to see a lot more bet today, with his odds now shortening from evens into 5/6,” Katie Baylis, spokeswoman at Betfair, said in a note Wednesday morning. That implies a 55% probability that the president will exit before his term ends.
“And many punters think it won’t be too long before he departs, with the odds of him leaving this year now into 12/5 from 11/2 — a 27% chance [up] from 16% before the latest allegations,” Baylis added.
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