The U.S. presidential election is just weeks away. For most Americans, that means being bombarded with political ads, arguing at family dinner's and against strangers online, and voting for the next leader of the free world.
For bettors and bookmakers, it means a once-every-four years market that has produced some fascinating results at times.
Most recently, of course, Donald Trump prevailed in 2016 despite the betting markets pegging him as something like a 6-to-1 underdog. Publicly available models gave Trump no better than a 29% likelihood of winning, with most far below that number.