Let this be a lesson: If you're a gambler betting on how many lies Donald Trump will tell, never go with the "unders." Always take the "overs."
People bet on how much Trump would lie during his Oval Office address and won $276,424
BuzzFeed News, Jan 9 2019 12:!7 AM
A gambling site is paying out thousands of dollars to people who correctly bet that President Donald Trump would tell more than 3.5 lies in his Oval Office address on Tuesday. Bookmaker.eu asked people to wager on the President's truthfulness, offering odds of -145 for more than 3.5 lies and +115 for less than 3.5 lies. That means if a person bet $145 that Trump would lie at least four times, he would win $100. And some people won big. The site will lose $276,424, with 92% of its bettors correctly wagering that Trump would lie a lot.
The maximum online wager was set at $2,000 but a few of the site's clients bet more upon request. The biggest bets of the night rang in at $25,000, $20,000, and $15,000 — all in favor of Trump telling more lies. The site used the Washington Post's Fact Checker as the arbiter of Trump's truth and lies. The Post's live blog corrected six statements that Trump made during the televised address.
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