Walz and Vance go head-to-head in VP debate tonight, but who will win – and what buzzwords will we hear?

The bets are on ahead of tonight’s vice presidential debate, with bookies rounding up the odds on who will win the showdown: Democrat Tim Walz or Republican JD Vance?

Though the main bet is centered around who will be crowned winner or loser, there are dozens of fringe bets including whether the phrasees “weird” and “Tampon Tim” will be mentioned, how many false claims will be flagged, and whether Vance will sport a blue suit.

The two VP candidates will take the debate stage tonight at 9pm ET (October 1) on CBS News, for the only Walz-Vance matchup of the election.

Online betting companies have Minnesota Governor Walz well ahead as the favorite to win tonight’s debate against Ohio’s Senator Vance,.

Walz is forecast to be the debate winner on multiple betting platforms, with his odds at -300 via BetOnline and Vance at +200.

(Note: bets with a “+” mean that the odds are against this outcome, while a “-” means that the odds favor this outcome._

According to gambling odds aggregator website OddsChecker, 60 percent of bets so far have been placed for Walz, and 40 percent for Vance.

Meanwhile online prediction platform Polymarket shows that gamblers believe Walz has a 76 percent chance of winning.

Since the overall debate winner could be subjective, the bets are decided based on who wins in a CBS-affiliated poll.

Exclusive polling for The Independent shows that three in four people are planning to watch tonight’s debate; and most people believe that the VP pick has a significant impact to the overall election.

Among the many more obscure bets available on BetOnline for the debate, some stand out more than others.

There are high odds that Walz will say the word “cats” (-400), an animal that has become amajor talking