Â£10 to Â£10,000

harry2 · Post by **harry2** » Fri Jan 22, 2010 2:36 pm

Angola versus Mali. Draw was 1000 on Betfair after Angola went 4-0 up after 74 minutes and came in.

1.01 Shots lose everyday in running on the horses, so beware.

Good luck with this bet though. Keep us updated.

Drpepper · Post by **Drpepper** » Fri Jan 22, 2010 3:28 pm

some kid bet his whole student loan on that game where the odds were 1//100 and lost

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keno · Post by **keno** » Fri Jan 22, 2010 3:57 pm

Drpepper wrote:some kid bet his whole student loan on that game where the odds were 1//100 and lost .

It turned out to be a blag.

ma71lda · Post by **ma71lda** » Fri Jan 22, 2010 6:18 pm

What about betting on football matches which are 1/4, 1/5? Thats 1.25 and 1.20, right?

How many matches would it take to accumulate £10k this way? This weeks F.A Cup should be interesting for short odds.

QuizMaster · Post by **QuizMaster** » Fri Jan 22, 2010 6:43 pm

Spurs were pretty close to 1.3 last week at home to Hull and they drew.

There's a big difference between odds of 1.2 and odds of 1.03 i.e if you think 1.2 is a safe bet, you are 7 times more likely to win at 1.03, and 20 times more likely to win at 1.01.

Put simply, however, if it takes you 235 games to turn £10 into £10000 and you're betting at 1.03, you should mathematically lose 7 times. So you've got to avoid those potential 7 pitfalls.

As a fun exercise where the risk is a tenner, i think it's inspired

QM

harry2 · Post by **harry2** » Fri Jan 22, 2010 7:09 pm

1/4 shots = 31 winners.

1/5 shots = 38 winners.

ming · Post by **ming** » Fri Jan 22, 2010 8:43 pm

1/5 favs on football are unreliable and i doubt 10000 will be reached, rugby would be safer at those odds in my opinion but still wont get there

joe3_3 · Post by **joe3_3** » Fri Jan 22, 2010 10:48 pm

joe3_3 wrote: The price for Man city on tues was 6/5 with Ladbr0kes.
(2.2/1decimal odds)
Just before the kick off I got 4.1/1 for city on betfair!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Yes I should not of put /1 in my example put simpler £20 on city with ladbrokes would of returned £44.
With betfair it returned £82, though bet fair make their money by charging around 5% on winnings.
So 5% of winnngs of £62= £3.10.
So after commision I got back about £78.90, still alot better than the £44 on the high st!

ma71lda · Post by **ma71lda** » Sat Jan 23, 2010 11:03 am

Good info and stats QM & H.

HorseRacingKing · Post by **HorseRacingKing** » Sat Jan 23, 2010 4:47 pm

Lets hope you didnt start with UNITED mate, ouch lol

spa · Post by **spa** » Sat Jan 23, 2010 4:54 pm

Lol, a man u is a bad start!

HorseRacingKing · Post by **HorseRacingKing** » Sat Jan 23, 2010 4:58 pm

QuizMaster wrote:
There's a big difference between odds of 1.2 and odds of 1.03 i.e if you think 1.2 is a safe bet, you are 7 times more likely to win at 1.03, and 20 times more likely to win at 1.01.

QM

FALSE.

Odds are made up via other peoples opinions, they are not law.

Hope this helps, probs why your accumlater thread is so shit.

Barry Trotter · Post by **Barry Trotter** » Sat Jan 23, 2010 5:51 pm

Well failing at the first hurdle wasn't part of the plan. Loll
. Will Start again tomorrow and let you know how I get on

JG · Post by JG » Sat Jan 23, 2010 8:22 pm

Accumlater? What's that? A way of delaying premature ejaculation by plugging oneself into the mains?

I think QM is about £1000 up over three and a half seasons of football, can't be that shit surely?

Hard luck Barry, get the bad luck out the way, clear the path for that 10k.

Barry Trotter · Post by **Barry Trotter** » Sat Jan 23, 2010 8:32 pm

Stoke vs Arsenal tomorrow. Will update every five or so games...