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- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is now 1/5 favourite for this year's Time Person of the Year award
- Queen Elizabeth II is 4/1 in the market following her passing earlier this year
- Previous winners of the last 10 years come from a variety of backgrounds
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is now 1/5 favourite for this year's Time Person of the Year award
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has been backed further in the betting market to win the Time Person of the Year award for 2022.
Bookies make Zelenskyy the 1/5 favourite for the award, with the People of Ukraine second in the market for a quite horrible year for the country.
On 24 February 2022, Russia invaded Ukraine in scenes which sparked uproar around the world and those scenes are still ongoing 9 months on.
Smarkets have a full market up over the award, with odds on who the winner will be this year.
| Time Person of the Year | Odds | Probability |
|---|---|---|
| Volodymyr Zelenskyy
|
1/5 | 83.3% |
| The Ukrainian People
|
1/1 | 50.0% |
| Queen Elizabeth II | 5/1 | 16.7% |
| Donald Trump | 6/1 | 14.3% |
| Elon Musk | 9/1 | 10.0% |
Donald Trump also features in the market for Time Person of the Year and he may well be running for US President again at the next election.
Trump's 2022 has been a whirlwind for the former President with the FBI raiding his home in Florida.
Queen Elizabeth II is 4/1 in the market following her passing earlier this year
The death of Queen Elizabeth II in September was arguably the biggest news story of the year with the UK basically stopping for a fortnight.
The Time Person of the Year award is given to the person or group who has "for better or for worse ... done the most to influence the events of the year".
There was hardly a more influential person in the world than the Queen and her passing was undoubtedly massive in terms of what has happened in 2022.
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 an extremely prestigious one.
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, at a time when he was the richest man in the world.
With the drama around his purchase of Twitter this year, it's near impossible that Musk would be considered again for the award.
| 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 |
