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Pope Francis addressing the faithful in St. Peter’s Square in the Vatican.
According to the gaming houses, they are the Italian Pietro Parolin and the Philippine Luis Antonio Tagle who compete in the place left by Pope Francis. Tolentino de Mendonça Portuguese comes below. Get to know the main odds.
Game houses allow you to bet on Francisco’s successor, who died on Monday, and in the name he will choose as Pope, with the Italian Pietro Parolin eo Filipino Luis Antonio Tagle Como Favoritos.
Parolin leads to the diplomacy of the Holy See, the Vatican State Government, and Tagle the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, an institution created for over 400 years to promote the reunification of Christians and spread faith.
On betting sites, according to EFE news agency, the names of “papable” cardinals appear next to the corresponding odds, that is, what would be paid for each unit betting on the event of being elected.
Favorites and Odds
Because they are pointed out as favorites, Parolin and Tagle are the ones who yield the least to any gamblers.
The Italian is slightly favoritewith probabilities of 2.75 euros for each euro bet, against 3.20 for tag in a Spanish betting house.
The following are Ghana Peter Tukson and Italian Matteo Zuppi, with probabilities of 8.00, and Hungarian Peter Erddo, with 9.00, which also appear among the first in other betting companies.
In English betting houses, the cradle of sports bets, the fight is also between Parolin and Tagle. Ds on Monday, Francisco’s death day, 2.75, Parolin won the favoritism on Tuesday and went down to 2.5, leaving Tagle at 3.00.
Madeiran cardinal Tolentino de Mendonçawhich has been pointed out as one of Pope Francis’ most likely “papables” and most likely successors, does not arise among the favorites, and therefore a bet on the “Cardinal Poet” yields much more if the modernist voice of the church comes to sag the pontiff. A Euro in the 59 -year -old cardinal is surrendering between 20 and 28 euros on most sites, but the one is more optimistic, and supposes that tolente has more than 9% hypothesis of being a Papa, with an euro bet 11 euros.
And name? Francisco is a favorite
Something that generates expectation and curiosity is also the name that the new pontiff will choose and some bookmakers allow gamblers to risk predicting it.
The favorite names in one of the English betting houses are the last three chosen.
With probabilities of 2.50, the favorite is Franciscoin what would be a repetition and thus become Francisco II. It follows Bento, with probabilities of 4.00, João Paulo, with probabilities of 6.00, and Lion, with an award of 8.00 euros for each bet.
Francisco, from Argentine nationality, died on Monday at the age of 88 after a 12-year-old. The funeral takes place on Saturday, with the successor to be chosen from between 135 cardinals who will meet next month, in a still-scheduled conclave.
