UPDATE:Yanukovych a sure bet?

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Betting on the outcome of the presidential election is a safer bet then a horse race.

NO MORE BETS: 8:00AM - Betting has closed as election is in play.

UPDATE: 4:10 Kyiv time
The betting score is now  Yanukovych 2/5, Tymoshenko 17/10, Tigipko 8, Yushchenko remains on 24 with no change in all other candidates


According to the latest betting score 
Candidate
 Bet Score
Viktor Yanukovych
 5/11
Yulia Tymoshenko
 11/17
Serhiy Tigipko
 9
Viktor Yushchenko
 24
Arseniy Yatsenyuk
 49
Volodymyr Lytvyn
 99
Petro Symonenko
 99
Inna Bogoslovska
 299
Oleh Tyahnybok
 299
Anatoliy Hrytsenko
 299
Others
 299

The punters are betting on a Tymoshenko win with Yanukovych offering the best odds for someone who is guaranteed to be in the final round contest.

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