{"id":261014,"date":"2024-09-26T23:59:24","date_gmt":"2024-09-26T23:59:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/2024\/09\/26\/betting-markets-on-the-election-again\/"},"modified":"2025-06-25T17:11:06","modified_gmt":"2025-06-25T17:11:06","slug":"betting-markets-on-the-election-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/2024\/09\/26\/betting-markets-on-the-election-again\/","title":{"rendered":"Betting Markets on the Election, Again"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"post-53966\">\n\t\t\t\t<!-- .entry-header --><\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Perhaps someone can tell me why we get such different bets depending on platform (and why doesn\u2019t RealClearPolitics include PredictIt)?<\/p>\n<p>First, something that popped into my mailbox this AM from the UK\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oddschecker.com\/us\/\">OddsChecker<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/econbrowser.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/oddschecker_26sep24.png\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-53967\" src=\"https:\/\/econbrowser.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/oddschecker_26sep24.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"560\" height=\"405\" srcset=\"https:\/\/econbrowser.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/oddschecker_26sep24.png 560w, https:\/\/econbrowser.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/oddschecker_26sep24-300x217.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Compare against <a href=\"https:\/\/www.realclearpolling.com\/betting-odds\/2024\/president\">RCP<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/econbrowser.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/RCP_pres_26sep24.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-53968\" src=\"https:\/\/econbrowser.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/RCP_pres_26sep24.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"567\" height=\"498\" srcset=\"https:\/\/econbrowser.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/RCP_pres_26sep24.png 567w, https:\/\/econbrowser.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/RCP_pres_26sep24-300x263.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 567px) 100vw, 567px\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>All of these covered by RCP have much tighter odds.<\/p>\n<p>Then there\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.predictit.org\/markets\/detail\/7456\/Who-will-win-the-2024-US-presidential-election\">PredictIt<\/a>, which is much closer to OddsChecker.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/econbrowser.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/predictit_pres_26sep24.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-53969\" src=\"https:\/\/econbrowser.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/predictit_pres_26sep24.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"398\" height=\"380\" srcset=\"https:\/\/econbrowser.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/predictit_pres_26sep24.png 398w, https:\/\/econbrowser.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/predictit_pres_26sep24-300x286.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 398px) 100vw, 398px\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!-- .entry-content --><\/p>\n<footer class=\"entry-meta\">\n\t\t\tThis entry was posted on <a href=\"https:\/\/econbrowser.com\/archives\/2024\/09\/betting-markets-on-the-election-again\" title=\"4:08 pm\" rel=\"bookmark\"><time class=\"entry-date\" datetime=\"2024-09-26T16:08:41-07:00\">September 26, 2024<\/time><\/a><span class=\"by-author\"> by <span class=\"author vcard\"><a class=\"url fn n\" href=\"https:\/\/econbrowser.com\/archives\/author\/menzie_chinn\" title=\"View all posts by Menzie Chinn\" rel=\"author\">Menzie Chinn<\/a><\/span><\/span>.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/footer>\n<p><!-- .entry-meta -->\n\t<\/div>\n<p>[ad_2]<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/econbrowser.com\/archives\/2024\/09\/betting-markets-on-the-election-again\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] Perhaps someone can tell me why we get such different bets depending on platform (and why doesn\u2019t RealClearPolitics include PredictIt)? 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