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ONE of Britain’s biggest bookies paid out more than £100,000 yesterday to punters who backed billionaire Donald Trump as the US Republican Party’s presidential candidate.
Paddy Power prematurely issued returns on 1,000 bets after the divisive property magnate extended his lead, winning seven of 11 US states holding primaries on “Super Tuesday.”
One politically savvy punter scooped £16,400 last June after placing a £400 bet at 40/1 when the then-outsider Mr Trump launched his campaign.
The prospect of the Democratic Socialists of America member’s victory in the mayoral race has terrified billionaires and outraged the centrist liberal Establishment by showing that listening to voters about class issues works, writes ZOLTAN ZIGEDY
