Londoners (among them many faithful Midas Oracle readers) go voting today. Spot, in the first chart, that British political betting expert Mike Smithson serves some (IMPLIED) PROBABILITIES EXPRESSED IN PERCENTAGES to his readers —and not those fu***ng fractional odds, or those equally fu***ng digital / decimal odds.

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Boris Johnson, next mayor of London:

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RELATED: BetFair’s “percentage vote share” prediction markets are illiquid, alas.

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BetFair blog’s London page — Tabloid style. I don’t like it much. I think politics should be treated more seriously.

Mike Robb’s index page —maybe he’ll publish something new today (if he finds inspiration after a good Guinness).

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MORE INFO: I read a story on Slate, yesterday, about the London mayoral race, but it was overall uninteresting. Also, I haven’t spotted any New York Times stories on that election, lately, that I could recommend to you. So, you’re left with digging Google News, if you want more to read.

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PERSONAL NOTE: I enjoyed London and the Londoners, last year. Was my first time there. (Knew well Bristol and Bath, for years.) Can’t wait returning to London.

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