General Election Black Jack: What are all the possible outcomes and what are the odds?

It is difficult to say which is harder to predict: a game of blackjack or the 2015 General Election

You would be stupid to bet on any outcome in this election. Polls give us different predictions several times a day, political commentators keep changing their minds and voters keep saying they are still undecided over who to vote for.

By far the safest bet is that no single party will win an overall majority – 326 seats are needed to guarantee your party will be able to pass laws in the House of Commons.

But you are unlikely to win much money from betting on a second hung parliament – odds are currently at 1/8, meaning a £10 bet would make you a measly profit of £1.25.

If – and more accurately when – voters deliver a hung Parliament, all bets are off as parties pack into darkened backrooms in Westminster to try and cobble together an agreement to form the next government.

Politics has often been synonymous with the word boring for many British voters, but if ever there was a time to get excited about politics, now is the time, and with the end of the Premier League season failing to produce the excitement of previous seasons, politics is currently the place to get your thrills from.

It's so exciting that we’ve compared it to blackjack and it is hard to say which is harder to predict – a game of blackjack or the 2015 General Election.

Watch our video to make sure you are up to speed with all the possible outcomes and you never know – you might be brave enough to have a flutter.