In a sign of the rather desperate times, Bookmaker.eu has posted odds on Coronavirus impact events. As professional sports events are shuttered and pretty much all school events have been postponed, the oddsmaker claims that necessity is the mother of invention.
Current event trader Rick Daglass explains:
“With a large portion of the population working from home during these unprecedented times, we wanted to help create an entertaining distraction and help past the time. With a lack of games to wager on, we are looking at creating daily markets to fill that void. After all, how much Netflix can you watch?”
Ok.
Here are some of the current odds Bookmaker is posting:
Will any sitting US Senator be diagnosed with COVID-19 before July 4, 2020?
Yes 1/11
No 6/1
Will the Dow Jones suspend trading for 1 full day or more? On or before May 12th, 2020?
Yes 5/1
No 1/7
Will President Trumps approval rating drop below 40% before May 1, 2020 (per FiveThirtyEight.com)
Yes 1/4
No 3/1
What will be the price of Bitcoin at 7 pm pst on March 13th, 2020 per Coindesk.com-USD?
Over 5500 11/10
Under 5500 2/3
What will the Dow Jones Industrial cole at the end of the trading day (4 pm est.) 3-13-20?
Over 22000 11/10
Under 22000 2/3
What will the price of oil (WTI Crude) be at 7 pm pst on 3-13-20 per Marketwatch.com?
Over 32 11/10
Under 32 11/10
What will the S&P 500 close at on the end of the trading day (4 pm est.) on 3-13-20?
Over 2550 1/1
Under 2550 4/5
How many tweets will Trump make on 3/14/2020?
Over 15.5 10/11
Under 15.5 10/11
What will the price of Gold (Gold continuous contract) be at 7 pm pst. on 3-13-2020 per Marketwatch.com?
Over 1540 10/11
Under 1540 10/11
Will China send at least 100 doctors to the USA before July 4th to help combat COVID-19 (per Reuters)?
Yes 7/1
No 1/14
The stock price of “NetFlix at the end of the trading day (4 pm est.) on 3-13-20 (per Marketwatch.com)
Over 320 10/11
Under 320 10/11
The stock price of “Carnival Corp” at the end of the trading day (4 pm est.) on 3-13-20. (per Marketwatch.com)
Over 16 10/11
Under 16 10/11
The stock price of “Lyft Inc.” at the end of the trading day (4 pm est.) on 3-13-20. (per Marketwatch.com)
Over 24 1/1
Under 24 10/13
The stock price of “Trip Advisor INC.” at the end of the trading day (4 pm est.) 3-13-20. (Per Marketwatch.com)
Over 15 1/2
Under 15 8/5
The stock price of “Uber Technologies” at the end of the trading day (4 pm est.) on 3-13-20. (Per Marketwatch.com)
Over 22 7/5
Under 22 10/17