US Presidential Election 2020

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Derek27
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They should offer a prize to the backer and layer that takes it over the £1B mark.
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Euler
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Somebody just took out all the money at 1.03 to push it through the £1bn mark

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Euler wrote:
Wed Nov 25, 2020 10:05 am
Somebody just took out all the money at 1.03 to push it through the £1bn mark


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Quick, there's another £800k+ available...

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Euler wrote:
Wed Nov 25, 2020 10:05 am
Somebody just took out all the money at 1.03 to push it through the £1bn mark


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i mean, it is crazy free money -especially with the liquidity available. shame i hadn't had a spare £1m that i could tie up for a few weeks at this time last week.. :roll:
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Euler
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Curiously the volume this afternoon has dropped back towards £1bn?!!?!!?!?


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Never seen that before
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Euler wrote:
Wed Nov 25, 2020 4:08 pm
Curiously the volume this afternoon has dropped back towards £1bn?!!?!!?!?



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I feel like we saw this when Trump went to hospital and the market suspended, the matched amount kept moving.

My guess would be they use another currency and convert it to GBP every few hours.
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Euler
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Surely the forex rate is fixed when the bet is struck?
Jukebox
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or caught with a hand in the cookie jar.
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Jukebox wrote:
Wed Nov 25, 2020 4:21 pm
or caught with a hand in the cookie jar.
Yip. Trump was betting against himself. BF have voided all his bets. Surprised it's not gone down by more...
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Euler wrote:
Wed Nov 25, 2020 4:08 pm
Curiously the volume this afternoon has dropped back towards £1bn?!!?!!?!?



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Do they use Dominion software?
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Jukebox wrote:
Wed Nov 25, 2020 5:45 pm
Euler wrote:
Wed Nov 25, 2020 4:08 pm
Curiously the volume this afternoon has dropped back towards £1bn?!!?!!?!?



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Do they use Dominion software?
:lol: this was my comment to the Twitter post.
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Naffman
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The 'big spikes' that occurred in PA, Biden received 570,000 votes whilst Trump got 3,200 - Biden back out to 1.05
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Naffman
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1.07/08 with 13k either side, scalpers seemed to have evaporated
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Naffman wrote:
Wed Nov 25, 2020 8:07 pm
The 'big spikes' that occurred in PA, Biden received 570,000 votes whilst Trump got 3,200 - Biden back out to 1.05
Trump team putting their case live now in Pennsylvania

https://www.c-span.org/video/?478422-1/ ... overturned
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