The woman’s identity remains a secret, and I’m just guessing here, but she’s probably not going to relish making herself known any time soon, unless it’s to try to squeeze some viral fame out of all this in order to recoup some of the loss. But Sharpe says she was far from the only person to lose big on Clinton, although she was the biggest loser to place a bet with William Hill. Other sure-thing losers include a Northumberland gambler who tossed away almost $226,500 and a London bettor who was confident enough in a Clinton win to bet more than $187,000 on her the night before the election. Sharpe also spoke on how the election paralleled the recent Brexit vote in the UK from a betting industry standpoint: This ended up being very good for a lot of Trump bettors hoping to win big on a long shot, but Sharpe understandably characterizes it as a “disaster” for betting markets, with a reported 71 percent of bets going towards a Trump upset (a reflection of the enticing odds as much as any real belief he was going to win). Even though most of these bets were smaller than the ones placed on favorite Hillary Clinton, they still represent a massive, unexpected amount of payouts on the part of betting firms.
