Uninformed Gamblers Fooled Global Markets With Big Bets on Trump
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Shortly after 10 p.m. on election night, bettors went all-in on Donald Trump.
Huge swaths of the country were suddenly turning Republican red on the electoral maps splashed on TVs and websites everywhere -- Florida was in the bag for Trump; North Carolina and Ohio were breaking that way too, and early results from Georgia, Michigan and Wisconsin were all heavily in his favor.