Line Shopping: How To Maximize Payouts On Vegas Election Odds

Another day, another dollar.

If you’re a savvy bettor, anyway.

And if you’re not, it’s time to step up your game.

Perhaps the best edge any online election bettor can get – or, really, any kind of online bettor can get – is to shop lines.

Now, we’ve mentioned line shopping before, and we still advocate this strategy for every single gambler, whether they’re brand new to the pastime or they’ve been at it for years.

It’s the easiest way to find value on every wager, and if you’re not shopping around between Vegas political betting sites to find the best deals, you’re not making the most of your money.

You wouldn’t pay your taxes without taking advantage of every possible deduction, right?

Well, the same holds true for gambling on politics.

If you want the most for your money, shopping the odds across different sportsbooks is mandatory.

In order to maximize your gains, you should sign up at several top-rated politics betting outlets and make sure you lay your money down only on the best possible odds.

As an example of this approach – and as a demonstration of just how easy it is to find real value betting politics online across multiple gambling venues – we’ve chosen a few “sure things” that carry markedly different odds at each of the major operators we recommend.

We’ve also included some of the most popular political futures, too, though these are anything but foregone conclusions.

If an operator isn’t listed below for any given bet (we’re looking at you, MyBookie!), they don’t currently offer action on the political prop bet or political futures bet in question.

Note: We’re (begrudgingly) straight-ticket Republicans here at VEO, so we’ve highlighted our picks on every race at the book with the best payout for each. Bets are for $100 (to make the math easy), and we’ll show you the payout difference between wagering with multiple sites vs. a single operator.

Current Vegas Election Odds – Line Shopping For The Best Value

Which party will control the Senate after the 2022 Midterm election?

BetOnline:

Republicans -140
Democrats +100

Bovada:

Republicans -120
Democrats -110

$100 wins $83.33 at Bovada vs. $71.43 at BetOnline.

Which party will win the House in the 2022 Midterm election?

BetOnline:

Republicans -300
Democrats +200

Bovada:

Republicans -260
Democrats +190

$100 wins $38.46 at Bovada vs. $33.33 at BetOnline.

2024 US Presidential Election – Winner

BetOnline:

Joe Biden +350
Donald Trump +400
Kamala Harris +400
Ron DeSantis +900
Pete Buttigieg +1250
+ More

Bovada:

Kamala Harris +400
Joe Biden +450
Donald Trump +550
Ron DeSantis +1000
Nikki Haley +2000
+ More

MyBookie:

Joe Biden +350
Kamala Harris +400
Donald Trump +700
Ron DeSantis +1000
Nikki Haley +1200
+ More

$100 wins $700 at MyBookie vs. $550 at Bovada and $400 at BetOnline.

2024 US Presidential Election – Republican Nominee

BetOnline:

Donald Trump +175
Ron DeSantis +475
Nikki Haley +800
Mike Pence +1400
Tucker Carlson +1400
+ More

Bovada:

Donald Trump +250
Ron DeSantis +250
Nikki Haley +700
Mike Pompeo +1200
Kristi Noem +1400
+ More

$100 wins $250 at Bovada vs. $175 at BetOnline.

2024 US Presidential Election – Democratic Nominee

BetOnline:

Joe Biden +130
Kamala Harris +180
Pete Buttigieg +500
Amy Klobuchar +1600
Elisabeth Warren +1600
+ More

Bovada:

Joe Biden +130
Kamala Harris +130
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez +2000
Elizabeth Warren +2000
Michelle Obama +2000
+ More

$100 wins $180 at BetOnline vs. $130 at Bovada.

Note: We don’t think Kamala Harris – or anyone else on the current list of Democratic candidate odds at any major election betting site – is going to get the DNC nomination, but we’re picking her for the sake of demonstration.

One-Foot-In-The-Grave Joe (Joe Dirt?) certainly won’t get the nod.

2022 Texas Gubernatorial Election – Winner

BetOnline:

Republicans -500
Democrats +500

Bovada:

Greg Abbott -300
Beto O’Rourke +500
Matthew McConaughey +600
Joaquin Castro +2000
Julian Castro +2000
+ More

$100 wins $33.33 at Bovada vs. $20 at BetOnline.

We know these odds aren’t asking the exact same question, but the calculus is that Abbott won’t be primaried and thus represents the “Republicans” as listed at BetOnline.

Meanwhile, Bovada lists several Democrats as contenders, and should any win, the Democrat catch-all at BetOnline covers that, too.

2022 Virginia Gubernatorial Election – Winner

BetOnline:

Democrats -650
Republicans +375

Bovada:

Democrats -450
Republicans +300

$100 wins $22.22 at Bovada vs. $15.38 at BetOnline.

Total Winnings Compared

Now, let’s see how we did shopping lines across multiple sportsbooks vs. placing all our bets with a single sportsbook. For these examples, we’ll assume all our wagers were winners.