1.0 link 226426 http://www.huffingtonpost.com/keith-thomson/how-gamblers-are-betting_b_226426.html The news of Sarah Palin's resignation reached gamblers while they were mired in holiday traffic, vacationing in cabins without internet access, or at the shore with children in need of supervision. Still, somehow, they found time to handicap and place a flurry of online bets regarding Palin's future.

Scientific studies show that, historically, gamblers are the most accurate forecasters of political outcomes, more so than the best polls or most insightful analysts. As the famously successful Kentucky horseplayer...

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