Gamblers will bet on anything. At least one has placed a bet that Arnold Schwarzenegger will become President of the United States. But this is extremely unlikely to happen because Schwarzenegger was born in Thal, Austria.
The US Constitution, Article II, Section 1, Clause 5 clearly describes the requirements for being eligible for President:
No person except a natural born Citizen, or a Citizen of the United States, at the time of the Adoption of this Constitution, shall be eligible to the Office of President; neither shall any Person be eligible to that Office who shall not have attained to the Age of thirty-five Years, and been fourteen Years a Resident within the United States.
So one would have to be a natural-born citizen or a citizen at the time of the adoption of the Constitution and at least 35 years old and at least a resident for 14 years.
Some British bookies and gamblers are unfamiliar with our system. Robert Coppini from Little Acton, near Stourport-on-Severn, Worcs has wagered £200 on Arnie for President at odds of 500:1 (the payout would be £100,000). Bookmaker William Hill has now slashed the odds about President Schwarzenegger to 50:1.
Hill could set the odds to 1000:1. Schwarzenegger cannot become president unless the Constitution is ammended to allow non-natural-born citizens to become President. This would require a 2/3 majority in Congress and ratification by the states.
