Kamala Harris is now predicted to win the US election after the odds took a dramatic turn during the televised debate last night,according to online betting exchange Betfair.
Harris is currently the odds-on favorite at 20/21,having started the debate at 11/10,odds on Betfair Exchange show.
It was a night to forget for Donald Trump,as his odds drifted out to 11/10,their biggest in the last four weeks.
Punters were quick to react to the key moments in the debate,with more than £1m wagered overnight.
Harris was widely declared the winner of the contest on ABC as she delivered a performance that earned her the endorsement of pop superstar Taylor Swift.
She succeeded in rattling her Republican opponent as he was grilled on hot-button issues from abortion to democracy - and accused of being a friend to dictators.
Republican presidential nominee,former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to reporters in the spin room after the debate
Trump insisted that while having pushed for the end of the federal right to abortion,he wanted individual states to make their own policy.
Harris said he was telling a 'bunch of lies' and called his policies 'insulting to the women of America.'
Within minutes,Trump hammered at the Democrat's weak spot on immigration by falsely claiming that she and Biden had allowed 'millions of people pouring into our country from prisons and jails,from mental institutions and insane asylums.'
Harris pointed out that Trump is a convicted felon,called him 'extreme' and said it is 'a tragedy' that throughout his career he had used 'race to divide the American people.'
The rivals also clashed on foreign policy,with Harris telling Trump that Russian President Vladimir Putin would 'eat you for lunch' when it came to the war in Ukraine and that foreign dictators were 'laughing' at him.
Trump shot back by accusing Harris of being weak on the war in Gaza,saying she 'hated Israel' and that Israel would be 'gone' within two weeks if she was president.
Another jarring moment came when Trump doubled down on his unprecedented refusal to accept losing to Biden in the 2020 election,before trying to overturn the result.
Harris responded by mocking his catchphrase as a reality TV star.
'Donald Trump was fired by 81 million people. So let's be clear about that. And clearly he is having a very difficult time processing that,' she said.
'And I'm going to tell you that I have traveled the world as vice president of the United States. And world leaders are laughing at Donald Trump.'
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