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Published 10/16/2008 at Reuters: Politics
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Traders betting on future events in the political prediction markets are overwhelmingly predicting a Barack Obama victory in the U.S. presidential election, giving the Illinois Democrat a better than 80 percent chance of winning.
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