Political betting on the General Election has reached such a fever pitch that for the first time bookmakers William Hill will keep their telephone betting offices open throughout Election night and will also be continuously amending their odds for the outcome of the Election and constituency results, plus many other betting markets.
'We are predicting that up to a record political betting turnover of £25million is going to be riding on the outcome of the General Election and we intend to give our customers every opportunity of placing their bets right throughout the night either online or on the telephone' said Hill's spokesman Graham Sharpe.'David Cameron continued campaigning through the night so we figure we should do the same thing for our politically aware clients, who have come out in record numbers to bet this time round - since the start of the tv leaders' debates political betting has really come of age. Whereas it was once the preserve of political anoraks and obsessives it has now captured the imagination of the betting public as a whole.For the first time ever we have been taking bets on all 650 constituencies''
William Hill say that the main gamble has been on either a Lib Dem victory. 'The Lib Dems were 350/1 no-hopers to win the Election as Nick Clegg began the first tv debate - those odds collapsed dramatically to as low as 16/1 after that - it was the most sensational political gamble of all time and it will cost us a seven figure payout if it comes off' said Sharpe, 'However, political shrewdies have also been quietly punting on a Hung Parliament for the best part of a year now and if that happens it could also cost us a substantial payout.'

AS PART OF THEIR SUPPORT FOR GENERAL ELECTION BETTING WILLIAM HILL HAVE BECOME THE FIRST COMPANY EVER TO SPONSOR A POLITICAL PARTY AND ARE SUPPORTING THE MONSTER RAVING LOONY WILLIAM HILL PARTY WHICH IS FIELDING 25 CANDIDATES.

LATEST WILLIAM HILL GENERAL ELECTION ODDS.....

TO WIN OVERALL MAJORITY...5/6 CON; 20/1 LABOUR; 40/1 LIB DEMS
TO BE HUNG PARLIAMENT....5/6 YES
TO WIN MOST SEATS.......1/12 CONS; 6/1 LAB; 20/1 LIB DEM
TO BE PM ON JUNE 1....1/5 CAMERON; 5/1 BROWN; 7/1 CLEGG
TO BE PM IN HUNG PARLIAMENT....7/4 CAMERON; 11/4 BROWN; 7/1 CLEGG
WHO WILL LIB DEMS ALIGN WITH IN HUNG PARLIAMENT?.....1/3 LAB; 9/4 CON
PARTIES TO WIN ONE OR MORE SEATS....4/9 GREENS; 5/2 UKIP; 11/4 BNP; 1000/1 LOONY PARTY
BROWN TO QUIT BEFORE SATURDAY?......4/6 YES; 11/10 NO
 

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