Here’s where Vegas odds put the Democratic candidates ahead of the Missouri primary
With the primary field narrowed down to two leading candidates, Las Vegas bookmakers say the safe money in Missouri is on former Vice President Joe Biden.
Biden’s polling has taken off after his string of victories in South Carolina and on Super Tuesday. Polls show he has a commanding lead over Sen. Bernie Sanders for the Missouri primary with 60% of the vote compared to 32.6% for the Vermont senator, according to an aggregate of polls from the site FiveThirtyEight.
Rep. Tulsi Gabbard, the only other candidate left in the race, is polling at 2.5%.
Bovada, a popular online betting site, puts the odds on Biden at -6,000 and Sanders at +1,200. Those odds mean that if you bet $6,000 on Biden, you’d win $100. If you put down $100 on Sanders, you’d win $1,200.
“Sanders is on the ropes and losing ground by the day in a volatile Democratic primary race that suddenly looks like a Biden runaway,” the site Bookies News reports.
“Even more concerning for Sanders are Tuesday’s primary odds, with five states set to hold primaries (North Dakota holds a caucus). Sanders is now the underdog in all five primary states, and that included Idaho and Washington, where Sanders was favored to win just two days ago,” the site reported.
“Biden is now -250 to win Idaho and -155 to win Washington despite the fact that Sanders was just recently in great shape on the West Coast. Biden is also a massive favorite in Michigan (-3335), Mississippi (-10000) and Missouri (-10000),” according to Bookies News.
The site BetOnline also gives Biden the best odds to take the Democratic nomination, putting the former VP at -1,000 to +600 for the senator from Vermont.
Voters are also going to the polls Tuesday in Idaho, Michigan, Mississippi and Washington state, and caucusing in North Dakota.
