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Whether you follow politics or just casually glance at the newspaper, big events like presidential elections and history-altering referendums rarely leave anyone without an opinion. In recent years, politics have been much more present in the news, with numerous high profile events happening each year. This gave rise to politics betting. Why not cash in on your political opinion?
That has helped to make the politics betting markets even busier but what can bettors look forward to if they want to get involved?
Firstly, it’s worth remembering that elections and by-elections take place around the world on a regular basis. It’s not just the big elections that make it to our betting tables. You can bet on elections of a neighbouring country, or even on elections in a country across the globe.
And it doesn’t stop there. If anything is being voted on a big scale – A country leaving a Union, a country joining, even political summits, you can always place a bet at Unibet.
Within those markets, the side bets are usually stripped away so you only have to focus on choosing your winner from the list. Options such as overall majority lines may be available for bigger events such as US Presidential and UK General Elections.
Betting on politics and ‘novelty’ markets has been popular since before the dawn of the internet and it’s taken very seriously indeed. Exit and Opinion Polls in the run up to the election itself have usually been very reliable and that’s why certain members of the betting community like to get involved.
However, those shock outcomes in the UK and US show that actually, this can be very volatile at times, but that in itself leads to more value. You can also make election night that much more interesting with a punt so political betting is a good choice for many areas of our customer base. You can visit US Presidential Elections odds here!