The electoral dispute between Donald Trump and Kamala Harris is expected to be fierce, according to the global betting market. So far, more than R$ 550 million have been moved globally on the Betfair platform, and the company held an exclusive webinar for Brazilian journalists on Wednesday (9). There, they explained how the odds and available markets work on Betfair. The goal was to clarify the media about the dynamics of betting in the United States elections.
How to read the odds to understand the current American electoral scenario? What is the story behind each number and each market existing on the platform?
These questions were clarified by Betfair, a world leader in online betting, in an exclusive webinar for Brazilian journalists this Wednesday (9), where they presented how the odds and betting markets work within the Betfair platform, all so that the journalist can write about the dynamics of betting in the universe of the United States elections.
In Betfair Explains - American Politics, journalists received information on how percentage calculations work and what the numbers mean, how such "odds" are calculated, in addition to unveiling vocabularies and strategies from the world of bettors that can also be useful when building their stories in the mainstream media.
Moreover, for the first time, Betfair showed more information from its Exchange betting platform, where global bettors have already predicted the outcome of 22 of the last 24 major elections around the world, setting their own probabilities and betting against each other, like in a stock exchange.
The webinar was presented by Brazilian analysts from Betfair who work in London and Dublin. With them, journalists and Betfair representatives exchanged experiences, information, and assisted the present press to gain new perspectives and clear all their doubts about the topic, which today is of national interest.
For more information, contact betfairnet@sherlockcomms.com.
One of the largest providers of online sports betting in the world, Betfair is the official sponsor of the Cruzeiro and Vasco da Gama teams. The company, founded in London in 2000, was a pioneer in offering peer-to-peer betting (Betfair Exchange) and manages a complete set of sports betting, entertainment events, and online gaming products for more than four million customers over 18 years old worldwide.
Thanks to its cutting-edge technology, the platform offers a wide catalog of products that allows betting with your own odds and odds offered by other users. Betfair is licensed to operate online betting and other games in 19 countries, including Spain, Italy, Malta, and Great Britain.
Source: GMB
