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- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is now the 1/12 favourite for this year's Time Person of the Year award
- The Ukrainian people are evens in the betting market in what now looks a two horse race
- Previous winners of the last 10 years come from a variety of backgrounds
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is now the 1/12 favourite for this year's Time Person of the Year award
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is now as short as 1/12 in the betting market to win the 2022 Time Person of the Year award.
Bookies make Zelenskyy the heavy favourite for the award with the People of Ukraine second in the market with the eyes of the world on the country this year.
On 24 February 2022 Russia invaded Ukraine in scenes which sparked uproar around the globe and those scenes are still ongoing 10 months on.
Smarkets have a full market up over the award and Zelenskyy has been the favourite for at least the last 3 months to win the Person of the Year.
| Time Person of the Year | Odds | Probability |
|---|---|---|
| Volodymyr Zelenskyy
|
1/12 | 92.3% |
| The Ukrainian People
|
1/1 | 50.0% |
| Elon Musk | 9/1 | 10.0% |
| Vladimir Putin | 9/1 | 10.0% |
| Queen Elizabeth II
|
18/1 | 5.3% |
Russia's president Vladimir Putin is joint third favourite in the betting market despite his country invading Ukraine this year.
The Time Person of the Year award doesn't just focus on positivity but it also highlights people who have been involved in negative stories.
The Ukrainian people are evens in the betting market in what now looks a two horse race
The conflict in Ukraine is ongoing as we approach the Winter period and it's the people of Ukraine who are second favourites in the betting for Time Person of the Year.
Groups of people have won the award in the past with 4 years ago the last time that happened by 'The Guardians - Journalists Under Fire'.
The 2018 winners were four journalists and a news organisation that were fighting the war on truth across the globe.
Time Person of the Year Betting Odds and History of Winners
Previous winners of the last 10 years come from a variety of backgrounds
The role call for Time Person of the Year Betting and Odds is a prestigious one to say the least.
The last couple of years, Doctors, Nurses, 1st Responders, Epidemiologists and all things connected with Covid have been at the top of the specials betting markets.
In 2021 though, Elon Musk was an unexpected winner for his contribution to technological development and he is third favourite to win the award again this year.
With the drama around his purchase of Twitter this year Musk has been another huge figure across the worldwide media.
| Time Person Of The Year Since 2010
|
Winners
|
|---|---|
| 2021 | Elon Musk |
| 2020 | Joe Biden/Kamala Harris |
| 2019 | Greta Thunberg |
| 2018 | The Guardians - Journalists Under Fire |
| 2017 | The Silence Breakers - Me Too Movement |
| 2016 | President Donald Trump |
| 2015 | Angela Merkel |
| 2014 | Ebola Health Care Workers |
| 2013 | Pope Francis |
| 2012 | President Barack Obama |
| 2011 | Global Protestors |
| 2010 | Mark Zuckerberg - Facebook |
