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Betting interest has been soaring in the U.S. presidential election with the Nov. 5 election day less than a week away. The swing states, or battleground states will once be the determining factor and big swing in the late innings to win the election for either former president Donald Trump or current vice president Kamala Harris.
Will Harris or Trump deliver like MVP Freddie Freeman in leading the Los Angeles Dodgers over the New York Yankees in the World Series?
BetOnline.ag, with a 20-year legacy in political odds markets, has already shattered previous election records in terms of total money wagered. The company said it expects the betting volume to eclipse the Super Bowl in February.
“Political betting has reached a level we’ve never seen in this industry,” BetOnline.ag CEO Eddie Robbins III said. “And we’ve also seen the action become very granular…getting heavy at the state level. Pennsylvania, in particular, has turned into a powerhouse betting market.”
A bet of more than 96,000 came in on Trump at BetOnline Oct. 30, pushing his odds up to -210; the highest his odds have reached since July 18. That followed a pair of $95,000 bets on Trump (-190) and a $50,000 bet on Kamala Harris to win $85,000 on Oct. 29 at +170 odds.
Prop Bets And Pennsylvania
BetOnline has also introduced options that combine the passions of politics and sports. Bettors can make parlay wagers that link Pennsylvania’s election results with season championship wins by the Eagles, Steelers, 76ers, Penguins and Flyers, merging sports fandom with election anticipation.
For example, if the Philadelphia Eagles win Super Bowl LIX and Kamala Harris wins the presidency, the payout is 40/1.
Customers can place bets on a plethora of outcomes beyond Pennsylvania’s presidential preference, including the hotly-contested Senate race, voter turnout, county-level margins of victory and the popular vote.
- Pennsylvania Winning Party (Republicans -155, Democrats +125)
- County Margins of Victory
- PA Sports-Election Parlays
- Blue Wall Sweeps/Swing States
- Pennsylvania Popular Vote
- Casey vs. McCormick Senate Race
Swing State Polls
The swing states race is tight across the board with recent CNN polls showing the two candidates tied in Pennsylvania. Harris holds a slight lead in Wisconsin (51-45%) and Michigan (48-43%) among likely voters.
Most reputable polls show Trump leading in Georgia. In the swing state where immigration and abortion ballot measures will play a key role, both candidates show slight edges in polls and voting for Arizona.
In two other key voter states, Trump holds the current lead and edge in North Carolina while Harris is hitting the jackpots and cashing in Nevada.
Election Betting Interest And Bitcoin Support
Election betting has become a major talking point this presidential election, earning a shoutout from Donald Trump. Earlier this month the regulator Commodity Futures Trading Commission expressed concerns that wagers may “threaten election integrity” as voters may be wrongly incentivized to support a certain candidate due to their bets. A federal court recently ruled against the CFTC in a case against Kalshi, a regulated exchange dedicated to trading on the outcome of future events.
Other sites where it’s illegal for American’s to bet like Polymarket may also be influencing election voters. Polymarket’s odds, created by massive bets, are not aligning with the polls. Speculation has arisen that Trump supporters (like Elon Musk among others) are pointing to those markets to create “fake news” that Trump is well ahead of Harris.
Digital Assets have moved higher in recent weeks with Trump declaring “Crypto is the Future,” creating a blowup in the price of Bitcoin.
And Elon Musk endorsed Bitcoin and Cryptocurrency this past week while speaking at a Trump campaign rally in Pittsburgh.
“I think cryptocurrency is an interesting and probably valuable bulwark against centralized control,” Musk said.
Millions of American’s are fearful of Project 2025 and Trump being in control as the Commander in Chief again with Presidential powers. So much is at stake for American’s and the controversial garbage man, who wore an orange vest climbing aboard a gargabe truck Wednesday on his campaign trail. A Trump victory would be a “get out of jail free card” for the former president, and another Hail Mary victory in D.C. A Harris victory could see Trump wearing an orange jump suit instead.
While you can’t bet (yet) whether or not Trump will be convicted of more crimes should he not become President, BetOnline will offer live betting on the presidential outcome throughout Tuesday, November 5. So customers can wager on the race while the votes are being counted, assuming there is no interference by Trump and his team.
You can bet on it.