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The latest weather forecast for General Election day is wet and windy and William Hill are predicting that voter turnout will be low, as a result. Hills are offering 5/6 that less than 67% turnout. “Although not snow the forecast is truly terrible, which could well deter all but the hardiest of voters,” said William Hill spokesman Rupert Adams.
William Hill are offering 8/1 (from 10/1) that snow falls on the Houses of Parliament on General Election day. In order to facilitate the betting for a flake of snow to fall over the 24hrs of 12th December, William Hill have engaged the professional services of Jim Dale, Senior Consultant meteorologist from the British Weather Services to observe and result should a single flake fall on the Houses of Parliament.
With snow falling in many parts of the country the odds of a White Christmas are coming under pressure. Aberdeen is the 3/1 favourite, whilst London has been cut from 8/1 into 6/1 this week. Hills have also trimmed the odds of Snow falling on the houses of Parliament on General Election day and it is 8/1 (from 10/1) that a flake falls over the 24hrs of 12th December.
With the forecast suggesting a big freeze this week, William Hill are predicting more money for a white Christmas and a white Election day. Aberdeen is the 3/1 favourite, whilst London has been cut from 8/1 into 6/1. Hills have also trimmed the odds of Snow falling on the houses of Parliament on General Election day and it is 8/1 (from 10/1) that a flake falls over the 24hrs of 12th December.
William Hill have today slashed the price of a record Easter weekend temperature from 10/1 to 8/1. The current record is 27.8C (2011) and if the temperature falls short Hills are just 11/8 that the Met Office record a temperature of over 25C this weekend.
William Hill have trimmed the price of a White Christmas across the UK, as punters gear up for next week’s snow. The Scottish cities are all 3/1, whilst Liverpool & Manchester have both been trimmed from 6/1 to 5/1. London is currently one of the outsiders at 8/1.
Bookies William Hill have pushed out the price of Europe seeing a record new temperature of over 48C this morning as it now looks as if the top temperature will fall just short. Meanwhile in the UK it is 11/4 that we will see a record temperature this summer.
With Britain braced for Storm Caroline, the bookies are bracing themselves for a potential £1m payout should a White Christmas happen.
William Hill have been forced to take evasive action on a White Christmas today after a nationwide gamble on snow falling over the 24hrs of Christmas Day. Hills have cut the price of snow in all 15 of the cities that they bet on and it is odds on at 8/13 that snow falls in at least one of the cities the bookies bet on.
With significant snow set to fall in the next 48hrs, William Hill are starting to see big bets on a White Christmas. Hills are 5/2 that snow falls over the 24hrs of Christmas day in the Scottish cities (Aberdeen, Glasgow and Edinburgh), snow in London is 6/1.