In the 2010 General Election in the UK, the current Prime Minister, Gordon Brown, is fighting to stay in power. A hung parliament is what many people believe will happen. Many sportsbooks, especially those in casinos in London, are offering bets on who will become the next Prime Minister and the next party to lead the United Kingdom.
Looking at the latest UK General Election odds given by William Hill and Ladbrokes, the favorites are Labour and the Conservatives with the Liberal Democrats third.
Conservatives have odds of 1/20
Labour has odds of 8/1
Liberal Democrats have odds of 40/1
Betting on the numbers of Conservative seats:
Under 100 seats provides odds of 100/1
100-124 seats with odds of 150/1
200-224 seats provides odds of 50/1
275-299 seats provide competitive odds of 7/2
300-349 seats provide odds of 2/1
Labour’s seat totals are equally competitive:
If Labour scores 0-9 seats the odds are 200/1
If Labour scores 50-59 seats the odds are 14/1
If Labour scores 90-99 seats the odds are 4/1