Originally Posted by
BCR
Obviously the top one is most likely, but it’s probably more profitable to buy no or yes on the individual races as they approach as opposed to locking up your money until Jan 5th.
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So they can actually lock it up until January 21!
Of course, you can buy it and then bail out before that at 99c or whatever.