U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris is the leading candidate to be the Democratic nominee after … [+] President Joe Biden withdrew from the race July 21. Betting market odds, updates, running mates and challengers to Donald Trump with information you can bet on. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)
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It’s ‘Game On’ in the U.S. Presidential race with Vice President Kamala Harris the new leading challenger to Donald Trump after President Joe Biden dropped out of the presidential race Sunday. But beyond the daily drama, conspiracy theories, chaos, controversies and continued chase to the White House and presidency, the betting markets are providing fascinating fodder and entertainment with millions of dollars wagered on the elections.
What To Know About Kamala Harris’ Record
While political fans and bettors are unable to place legal bets in the U.S. on the presidential election at the top online sportsbooks, offshore betting sites continue to take bets and brace for more massive wagering on the 2024 presidential election between Donald Trump, and now likely Democratic nominee Kamala Harris.
U.S. President Odds
Political odds are subject to change and are updated in real-time by BetOnline for President and Democratic Vice President.
Donald Trump is currently a -200 favorite to be the next U.S. President with Kamala Harris a +200, or 2/1 underdog.
On June 26 just before the Trump-Biden presidential debate, Trump’s odds to become the 47th President of the United States were -120, and then bet up again to -150 as the “high level of interest and wagering” continued, said BetOnline.ag sportsbook manager Adam Burns.
This past Thursday, July 18, BetOnline sportsbook brand marketing manager Dave Mason appeared on the WagerTalk podcast. He provided the updated odds to win the presidential election along with adjustments from the day before. And they were significant on Harris and Biden with pressure mounting for Joe Biden to pull out of the presidential race.
-250: Donald Trump (down from -300)
+280: Kamala Harris (down from +1200, or 12/1)
+850: Joe Biden (up from +325)
“I hate politics, but this is facinating, and the betting makes it more entertaining and fun,” Mason said. “I’m paying attention to it non-stop.”
Kamala Harris And Running Mate Odds
“We’re getting just as much if not more action on the Democratic nominee the last few weeks than the presidential election,” Mason said.
Harris went from -110 to -170 favorite, and she was +800 the day before on July 17. Now Harris is the heavy -900 favorite (1/9 odds) with Biden’s announcement that he’s out of the presidential race and endorsing Harris to be the next Democratic nominee ahead of Michelle Obama (+1600), Gavin Newsom (+1800), Hillary Clinton (+2000) and Gretchen Whitmer (+2800).
“It’s a huge betting market, and we offer as much as possible,” Mason said on the various presidential and election markets.
The newest market is odds to be Kamala Harris’ running mate. Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro has emerged as the front-runner to join Harris on the Democratic ticket should she be the party’s presidential nominee. North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper is a leading candidate along with Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear.
The odds were released July 21 shortly after Biden withdrew.
Josh Shapiro (7/4)
Roy Cooper (3/1)
Andy Beshear (5/1)
Mark Kelly (8/1)
Pete Buttigieg (8/1)
Gretchen Whitmer (16/1)
Michelle Obama (20/1)
Others: Tim Walz (25/1), Gavin Newsom (28/1), Wes Moore (40/1), Hillary Clinton (50/1), Raphael Warnock (50/1), J.B. Pritzker (80/1). For additional entertainment, George Clooney (100/1), Nick Saban (250/1) and Oprah Winfrey (250/1) are listed as potential running mates.
“Harris is a big loss, and Biden a huge loss,” Mason said Thursday of the sportsbooks liability. “Trump is actually a huge win for us,” he added, “but I think that will change.”
Now with Biden out of the race, the betting market and interest will grow and reach a crescendo ahead of the next presidential debate scheduled for Sept. 10, and further leading into the Nov. 4 presidential election.
The interest in the presidential and related elections draws more eyeballs and media coverage when there is added controversy, trash talk and heated rivalries. Just like in sports with the Yankees-Red Sox, Ohio State-Michigan and biggest NFL rivalries and matchups taking bigger betting action.
How Kamala Harris Performs In Polls Against Trump
The political betting interest on the presidential election is massive, and it will be entertaining and engaging to watch the debates, polls and voting play out with so much at stake.
Kamala Harris released a statement following Biden’s withdrawal and welcomed his endorsement, writing, “I will do everything in my power to unite the Democratic Party—and unite our nation—to defeat Donald Trump and his extreme Project 2025 agenda. We have 107 days until Election Day. Together, we will fight. And together, we will win.”
Polls and money wagered thus far are not betting on it.
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