'Tidal wave of support' for Labor
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Punters have wagered less than $1,000 on the Country Liberals.
Bookmakers say Labor is the near unbackable favourite in what has been described as a one-sided contest for the Northern Territory government.
Centrebet describes it as a tidal wave, with 99.5 per cent of the Territory election money on Labor to win.
The betting agency has collected close to $250,000 during the campiagn.
Centrebet's Neil Evans says it's telling that punters have wagered less than $1,000 on the Country Liberals.
"You take it on face value and believe the Country Liberal Party has no chance of winning this election."
Today, Centrebet collected $50,000 from a Perth woman gambling on Labor returning to government.
Labor is now paying just $1.07 to win the election, while the price for the Country Liberals has blown out to $8.
Meanwhile, CLP polling suggests the Opposition is travelling well in the Darwin based seat of Fannie Bay and will win it narrowly.
The CLP poll of 200 people gives Garry Lambert a 51 to 49 per cent two party lead and shows twice as many voters view him favourably when compared with Labor's Michael Gunner.
Labor holds Fannie Bay by 15.7 per cent, but the sitting member and former chief minister Clare Martin is retiring at this election.
The poll also indicates CLP Leader Terry Mills has a 1 per cent lead over Chief Minister Paul Henderson in the favourability stakes and gives the CLP a 22 per cent lead on law and
order.
But Labor says the polling has no credibility and has been released to give the Opposition a last minute boost.
