Trump vs Harris Betting Odds: Republican Surges as Election Results Come In

Newly released betting odds between former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris show the Republican candidate surging ahead as more election results continue to come in.
Data from BetMGM UK shows Trump with current odds to win the 2024 presidential election of -455, making him the favorite. The odds give Trump a 76.63 percent chance to win the election.
On the other hand, Harris is currently listed with odds of +300, which gives her a 23.37 percent chance to win the race.
According to ActionNetwork, when the polls closed on Tuesday afternoon, Trump had odds of -140, compared to odds of +120 for Harris.
The data from BetMGM UK was last updated at 9:30 p.m. ET on Tuesday evening.
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The cryptocurrency rose 7 percent to more than $75,000.
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As of 10:30 p.m. on the East Coast, former President Donald Trump was projected to take a handful of reliably red states like Indiana, Tennessee and Arkansas, while Vice President Kamala Harris notched wins in eastern blue states like Vermont, Massachusetts and Maryland.
Trump won Florida, a one-time battleground that has shifted heavily to Republicans in recent elections. He also notched early wins in reliably Republican states such as Texas, South Carolina and Indiana, while Harris took Democratic strongholds like New York, Massachusetts and Illinois.
None of the seven swing states had yet been called for either candidate.
Some 84 million people already cast their votes before Election Day, with the outcome set to come down to seven swing states: The “Blue Wall” of Pennsylvania, Michigan and Wisconsin as well as the Sunbelt states of Arizona, Georgia, Nevada and North Carolina.
Although there several election ballot scanners were inoperative at multiple polling locations in Cambria County in Pennsylvania, no widespread voting problems had been reported by the late afternoon.
However, the FBI said earlier on Tuesday that “Russian email domains” were to blame for bomb threats to polling locations across the U.S.
In a statement, the agency said: “The FBI is aware of bomb threats to polling locations in several states, many of which appear to originate from Russian email domains. None of the threats have been determined to be credible thus far.”
Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, a Republican, previously said that bomb threats were made at several polling locations across the state.
Update 11/5/24 9:45 p.m. ET: This story has been updated with further information.