UK sportsbook Sporting Index has reported a six figure profit on the US Presidential election thanks to Donald Trump’s stunning and largely unexpected victory.
Echoing similar results across the board – with the vast majority of money being placed on Hillary Clinton in the lead-up – Sporting Index said there was unprecedented interest in the election with a huge number of bets taken after 22:00 on Tuesday.
Incredibly, at the time of writing Trump was still a chance to reach 300 electoral college votes after earlier predictions of around 213, with Clinton predicted at 325.
Ed Fulton, political trading spokesman for Sporting Index, said: “Five months of hard work has gone into our election book, covering all of the scandals, midnight suspensions of markets and more.
“The most divisive election in history has also proved to be one of the most volatile. While many expected Hillary to walk away with the keys to the White House, we were happy to take her on and that has paid off.
The further Trump wins by the better for us.”
