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With five days to go until the election, multiple bets worth hundreds of thousands of dollars have been placed on the US 2020 presidential contest.
The largest, worth $650,000, backs Democratic nominee Joe Biden to become command-in-chief.
If the former vice president secures victory next Tuesday, the UK bettor stands to make just over $1 million.
Another British resident has wagered $202,000 on Biden winning the election, while an Australian bettor put $140,000 on Donald Trump winning four more years in the White House. If Trump wins, the bettor will be set to collect over $231,000.
Oddschecker, which provided the data, said there had been little movement in the odds offered for Trump and Biden to win in recent days.
"There's been no massive move in the 2020 election odds market this week," a spokesperson said. "Joe Biden's chances of winning the election have slightly worsened since Monday. On Monday, Joe Biden's odds implied he had a 69.2 percent chance of winning, this percentage has dropped to 65.2 percent."
But he added: "At the start of the year, Joe Biden's election odds implied he has just a 13 percent chance of winning in November."
The 2020 US election became the biggest ever betting event this week.
The previous record was held by the 2016 US Election, where nearly $256 million was staked on whether Trump or Hillary Clinton would become president.
Oddschecker said more money had now been placed on the election than last year's Super Bowl, Mayweather vs McGregor fight, the Kentucky Derby and the NBA Finals combined.
The data is taken from European bookmakers where, unlike in the US, political wagering is legal.
Bookmaker PaddyPower told Newsweek that Trump had attracted the largest number of bets in recent days.
"The amount of money being bet on Biden has increased significantly, but Trump is still far more popular," a spokesperson said.
"In terms of the number of bets placed in the last seven days, 80 percent have been on Trump compared to 20 percent on Biden".
Earlier this month, bookmaker Betfair said a record £300m ($388m) could be bet on the 2020 election result, far surpassing 2016's total of £199m.
Professional political gambler and Betfair election expert Paul Krishnamurty said at the time: "Trump supporters are true believers like no other previous candidate and that extends to every aspect of what he does in politics—but it also influences the betting.
"Trump is much better known than Biden in Britain and he engages people like nobody else whether positive or negative. He's driven money into the bettings markets due to his huge appeal as the great underdog candidate that pulled off one of the fairy-tale upsets of all time in 2016."
In 2016, £75m was bet once polls closed, suggesting much of the activity is likely to come in the latter stages of the race.
