Time Person of the Year Betting Odds: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy now 2/7 favourite to be the Person of the Year for 2022

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Time Person of the Year Betting Odds: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy now 2/7 favourite to be the Person of the Year for 2022
Jake Ashton Senior News Editor

Jake is a Football and Entertainment betting expert, with a Man City season ticket and a deep knowledge of reality TV betting angles

  • Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is the 2/7 favourite for this year's Time Person of the Year award
  • Vladimir Putin is third favourite for the award with Russia's invasion of Ukraine remaining the biggest worldwide news story
  • Previous winners of the last 10 years come from a variety of backgrounds

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is the 2/7 favourite for this year's Time Person of the Year award

Volodymyr Zelenskyy is the president of Ukraine and the man in charge of leading the defence of his country against the Russian invasion.

On 24 February 2022, Russia invaded Ukraine in scenes which sparked uproar across the globe and those scenes are still ongoing today.

Bookmakers make Zelenskyy the 2/7 favourite to be the Time Person of the Year for 2022 for his role as the Ukrainian President.

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
2/7 77.8%
The Ukrainian People
9/1 10.0%
Vladimir Putin
14/1 6.7%
US Supreme Court 14/1 6.7%
Pro choice/Abortion activists 14/1 6.7%


Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is now 2/7 favourite to be the Time Person of the Year for 2022, with the conflict between his country and Russia the biggest news story of the year.

Jake Ashton - Entertainment Betting Expert - OLBG.com

Vladimir Putin is joint third favourite for the award with Russia's invasion of Ukraine remaining the biggest worldwide news story

Vladimir Putin is the president of Russia and he has been criticised worldwide for the invasion of Ukraine by his country.

Putin is third favourite for the Time Person of the Year award and the war against Ukraine is the main reason for that.

The award isn't just for positive reasons and according to Time it's for the person or organisation who "had done the most to influence the events of the year."

Vladimir Putin is now joint third favourite for the Time Person of the Year award at odds of 14/1, with the award given for a variety of reasons, not all positive.

Jake Ashton - Entertainment Betting Expert - OLBG.com

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 for sure. 

The 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.

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

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