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Bookmakers bet on the Time Person of the year
The title of “the Person of the Year” of the Time magazine is one of the most prestigious prizes in the world, each year bookmakers offer odds on this ranking.
The prize is given by the office of american sociopolitical weekly Time since 1927. This title can be obtained by a person, group of people, machine, idea or society which in a given year was of the greatest influence on world affairs. This symbolic title can be given for both positive and negative activity. In the 70 years long history of the prize of “the Man of the Year” few controversial people had received it. In this group there were among others Adolf Hitler, Joseph Stalin and Haile Selassie I. Not once the prize of weekly Time was an abstract choice for instance, hungarian freedom fighter, american soldier, computer, You as a part of Internet community, american scientists, protesters, the endangered Earth and so on. It also has to be mentioned about British persons, which were honored by this title: Wallis Simpson in 1936, Winston Churchill 1940 and 1949, Queen Elizabeth II in 1952.
Known Internet bookmakers have also decided to prospect who is going to be “the Person of the Year” according to the Time magazine. The biggest chance according to them have refugees seeking asylum. For their win bookmakers are paying 6/4-15/8 for each bet dollar. A big chance have also premier of Greece Alexis Tsipras, Barack Obama and Angela Merkel.
We are presenting you a table of odds for the winner in the plebiscite “Person of the Year 2015” according to the Times. Bookmakers Betfair, Paddy Power and Unibet offer attractive odds for this event.
Nominated | Betfair | Paddy Power | Unibet |
---|---|---|---|
The refugee | 15/8 | 6/4 | 2/1 |
Alexis Tsipras | 6/1 | 5/1 | 5/1 |
Barack Obama | 8/1 | 8/1 | 11/1 |
Angela Merkel | 10/1 | 10/1 | 11/1 |
Caitlyn Jenner | 12/1 | 10/1 | 16/1 |
Vladimir Putin | 16/1 | 16/1 | 10/1 |
Donald Trump | 14/1 | - | 14/1 |
Pope Francis | 14/1 | 18/1 | 20/1 |
Taylor Swift | 14/1 | 14/1 | - |
Malala Yousafzai | 22/1 | 20/1 | 25/1 |
Christine Lagarde | 22/1 | 16/1 | 20/1 |
David Cameron | 22/1 | 20/1 | 25/1 |
Bill and Melinda Gates | 25/1 | 16/1 | 20/1 |
Edward Snowden | 25/1 | - | 30/1 |
Bashar Al-Assad | 25/1 | 20/1 | 20/1 |
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