What a week in betting television events

What a week sportsbooks have in store insofar as betting television events. As she was from the beginning, Krist Yamaguchi is the overwhelming favorite to win "Dancing With the Stars".  The Las Vegas odds have her as an overwhelming 1/4 favorite.

Like Dancing with the Stars, the original favorite to win American Idol is alive as the final show gets ready to air. However the American Idol betting odds now have David Archuleta as the +145 underdog. The other David, David Cook is the favorite to be the Goliath at -190.

In other sports betting news, Big Brown has already been posted as a -275 to win the Belmont Stakes and take home the Triple Crown.

Hillary Clinton insists to not yet count her out of the race for US President. She is a 10/1 long shot, while Barack Obama is 5/7 and John McCain is 5/4. Libertarian candidate Bob Barr may take away just enough votes to ensure Obama wins.

Tout Wayne Allyn Root though is also a finalist for the Libertarian nominee. Intrade gives Obama a prohibitive 57 percent chance of winning the White House, compared to just 38.9 for McCain and a mere four-percent for Clinton.