--- title: Hillary Clinton: Record Bet Placed for Her to Win 2016 Race description: A $615,862 bet has been placed on Hillary Clinton to win the election—the biggest bet ever staked on any U.S. presidential election. canonical: https://time.com/4522662/bet-hillary-clinton-election/ author: Suyin Haynes article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-10-07T14:28:05.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-10-07T06:49:51.998Z og:title: Someone Placed a Record-Breaking Bet That Clinton Will Win the Election og:description: Bet taken by British bookmaker is biggest on the market og:url: https://time.com/4522662/bet-hillary-clinton-election/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta6ee50ba4e4bcfcf/6988a918fb4eacdd6388f644/gettyimages-612789232.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 3729 og:image:height: 2098 og:image:alt: Democratic Nominee for President of the United States former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Someone Placed a Record-Breaking Bet That Clinton Will Win the Election twitter:description: Bet taken by British bookmaker is biggest on the market twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta6ee50ba4e4bcfcf/6988a918fb4eacdd6388f644/gettyimages-612789232.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Someone Placed a Record-Breaking Bet That Hillary Clinton Will Win the Election > Sponsored content. 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British bookmaker William Hill announced on Friday that the bet had been made for €550,000\. A 46-year-old female client placed the amount on Clinton becoming President at odds of 4/11, or a 73% chance of success, in the hope of making a profit of around $224,000. “As far as we are aware, this is the biggest wager ever taken on the US Presidential Elections,” a William Hill spokesman said. “As a result of taking this bet, a win for Donald Trump has now become the favored outcome for us in terms of our liabilities for either of the two leading contenders.” ## Transcript [ APPLAUSE ] Hey, how are you, Donald? I'm good thanks. [ APPLAUSE ] I have a feeling that by the end of this evening I'm going to blamed for everything that's ever happened. Why not? Why not? Yeah, why not? [ LAUGH ] The next segment, we're continuing the subject of- Well at least I have a plan to fight ISIS. No, no. You're telling the enemy everything you want to do. No, we're not. See, you're telling the enemy everything you want to do. We are outlining- No wonder you've been fighting, No wonder you've been fighting ISIS your entire adult life. I think my strongest asset maybe by far is my temperament. I have a winning temperament I know how win . >> Wow okay . >> [ LAUGH ] l I will release my tax returns, against my lawyer's wishes, when she releases her 33, 000 emails that have been deleted. He has really started his political activity based on this racist lie that our first black president Was not an American citizen. We're talking about racial healing in this segment. What do you say to Americans- Well, I say nothing because I was able to get him to produce it, he should've produced it a long time before, I say nothing. Donald supported the invasion of Iraq. Wrong. That is absolutely- Wrong. Proved Over and over again. Wrong. He actually. When you have 4, 000 people killed in Chicago by guns from the beginning of the presidency of Barack Obama, his hometown, you have to have stop and frisk. Now, in all fairness to Secretary Clinton. Yes, is that okay? Good, I want you to be very happy. [ LAUGH ] Well I hope the fact checkers are turning up the volume and really working hard. Good night everyone. 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