“He seems to have the Midas touch and if his supporters encourage him to stand he may shake up the whole race,” at least that is what Ladbrokes spokesman Robin Hutchison said.

Bookmakers are sweating Al Gore now over a 100-1 bet they offered on Gore if he met three conditions.

Players win the bet if Al Gore wins an Oscar, becomes a Nobel laureate and takes up residence in the White House.

An Inconvenient Truth, a movie about climate change put together by Gore won an Oscar this year and Friday Al Gore won the Nobel Peace Price.

Prior to Friday, bookmakers had Gore 10-1 to win the Presidency, now those odds have dropped to 8-1. Hilary Clinton is still the odds on favorite at 4-7.

—Just goes to show you, never bet against a man who invented the internet.