Nearly a month after Britons voted to leave the European Union, it’s far from a sure bet the break will ever happen.
At least that’s what British oddsmakers said last week when they gave long odds that Article 50, the two-year notice Britain must give before exiting the EU, will be triggered before 2018 – if it happens at all.
The betting parlors have been wrong before, of course. Last summer they said there was a better chance of Elvis Presley being found alive than there was of Leicester City winning the English Premier League. Nine months later the Foxes were champions while the King remained indisposed, an error that cost the bookmakers millions.