‘Phone, Sportsbet, Biden $1.53’: Trump’s cognitive test gets the Sportsbet treatment

August 4, 2020 9:08

Odds for the US election are live on Sportsbet, with the brand releasing a tongue-in-cheek ad in newspapers, referencing President Trump’s July interview with Fox News in which he spoke about passing a cognitive test.

President Trump repeated the words ‘Person, woman, man, camera, TV’ throughout his interview. Sportsbet has added ‘phone, Sportsbet, Biden $1.53’ to the list, indicating people can bet with the brand on Trump or Democratic candidate Joe Biden.

The ad ran in Nine’s mastheads

In the interview, President Trump believed the test he undertook, the Montreal Cognitive Assessment, indicated his IQ, however, it is actually used to indicate early signs of dementia.

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Zoe Wilkinson

Zoe Wilkinson was a reporter at Mumbrella and the producer of the Mumbrellacast from March 2019 to May 2021.

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