Looks like a few betting companies have already paid out on OBAMA winning. http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2008/1016/breaking51.htm hail president Obama
paddy power has a history of paying out very early on events, it's a way for them to get free publicity while still not risking that much money. Even if Obama doesn't win their loss will be less than what they would have to pay for that much publicity, and a loss would generate even more publicity. I think they are right though, Given the state of mccaines campaign and the fact that palin has become known as the most disastrous campaign decision in american political history obama has it in the bag. He would have to make a monumental error now to lose it. The only people still openly supporting mccain and palin are the blind partisan voters who would vote for a chimp and bucket of cow shit as long as it's running on the republican ticket.
Few more online betting corps have now started paying out. Although I am Uk and not US, it looks like mccaine lost this one rather than Obama Hussein winning it. I would have thought mccain would have started attacking his middle name by now