Re:Betfair still hasn't paid out its 2020 Presidential Elect...
by brink on Tuesday November 10, 2020 @09:12AM
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Isn't Biden still only the projected winner? Ballots are still being counted last I heard.
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Re:Betfair still hasn't paid out its 2020 Presidential Elect...
by pwinnski on Tuesday November 10, 2020 @09:26AM
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Yes, but that's the basis on which the site agreed to pay out:
This market will be settled according to the candidate that has the most projected Electoral College votes won at the 2020 presidential election.
Re:Betfair still hasn't paid out its 2020 Presidential Elect...
by Tokkemon on Tuesday November 10, 2020 @09:22AM
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He is projected because it is mathematically impossible for Trump to overtake him with any remaining ballots left to be counted.
Re:Betfair still hasn't paid out its 2020 Presidential Elect...
by otabdeveloper4 on Tuesday November 10, 2020 @09:17AM
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The actual election will be held on December 14.
(Source: the U.S. Constitution.)
Re:Betfair still hasn't paid out its 2020 Presidential Elect...
by richardARPANET on Tuesday November 10, 2020 @09:24AM
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That's correct. Instances of voter fraud must be investigated and resolved, then the winner will be officially be decided.
Re:Betfair still hasn't paid out its 2020 Presidential Elect...
by AlphaOne1 on Tuesday November 10, 2020 @09:22AM
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Exactly, previous elections were fairly predictable in what states each candidate would win. In the past, elections had been predicted incorrectly. Some may not know this, but the Chicago Tribune (in)famously preprinted copies stating that Dewey had defeated Truman in part due to the state-of-the-art election predictions which were straw poles. Ironic that Gallop rose to prominence from this situation and now history repeats itself in a way (meaning that if the poles were correct this election would have been called on election day).
[1] https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2020/11/05/george-gal...