Doug Ford’s PCs softening slightly as favourites at Ontario sportsbooks
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Gaming News Canada checked 18 sportsbooks at noon on Tuesday and found only FanDuel and Bet99 have a market on the “sworn in government.” But, there is a marked difference between the odds at both books.
Both have the Progressive Conservatives as the favourites, but Bet99 has them at -1400 and FanDuel has them at -700, followed by the Liberals (FD: +750, Bet99: +900), NDP (+1500 at both books) and Green Party (FD: +3100, Bet99: +3000).
On Feb. 6, FanDuel was the only sportsbook to have a market on the Ontario election. At that time, it had the PCs at -1500 and the Liberals at +1500 with the NDP and Greens the same as today at +1500 and +3100, respectively. That indicates FanDuel is following the general polling trend which shows the Conservatives’ support softening and the Liberals’ support growing.
Interestingly, three sportsbooks (all likely using the same backend software) are now taking bets on which party will win the second-most seats at Queen’s Park, which is an important distinction.
In that market, BetMGM, PartySports and Sports Interaction all have the Liberals favoured at -278, followed by the NDP at +175, the Conservatives at +2000 and the Green Party at +10000. One can broadly assume by that, the PCs are still the favourites of those sportsbooks to win the election. Considering recent polls have them about 10 points ahead of the Liberals, that’s not surprising.
Remember, unlike U.S. sportsbooks, betting on elections is legal in Ontario. Though, most operators are not taking bets on the provincial election, GNC found seven sportsbooks — bet365, Betano, BetVictor, Caesars, DraftKings, PointsBet and theScore BET — taking wagers on federal elections in a number of countries. For example, bet365 has markets for the next federal elections in Canada, the U.S., the UK, Germany, Australia and Sweden.
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