Weekend betting

[The Peanut Roaster]

Haven't been in a bookies since Bunny Holland's.

Dear old Bunny.

Was that the one near Hove station about 25 years ago?

 

[withdeanwombat]

Dear old Bunny.

Was that the one near Hove station about 25 years ago?

The very same,though I used it in the early 70's,and once walked out with a very nice win Yankee,though it all went back in the end.

 

[Paxton Dazo]

We agree on the Stirling nap then.
After last weeks Forfar let down, I've decided to leave Scottish Football alone.

TOTTENHAM v Stoke.
NEWCASTLE v Doncaster.

I've gone big. £50 returns £101.

 

[dingobruce]

I've gone:

Chelsea V Blackburn
Tottenham V Stoke
Wolves V Aston Villa
West Ham V Arsenal
Birmingham V Sunderland

£2 bet returns just under £3000

Optimistic I know

 

[Trigger]

Oldham look a bit overpriced.

 

[getofftheropes]

spurs
av
colchester
h/pool
b/mouth
hearts
stirling
1x£10.00 acc £270.48 corals good luck beat the bookies

 

[1066gull]

We agree on the Stirling nap then.
After last weeks Forfar let down, I've decided to leave Scottish Football alone.

TOTTENHAM v Stoke.
NEWCASTLE v Doncaster.

I've gone big. £50 returns £101.

Newcastle are sketchy. Should win though. Good luck to you.

 

[Leekbrookgull]

Checked this one out (well football is a funny old game !) Man Utd to win at Liverpool & Owen to 'net' the winner 13/2 only go odds at Betfred.

 

[Ninja Elephant]

Crystal Palace vs NOTTINGHAM FOREST
Derby vs QPR
Peterborough vs Scunthorpe
Plymouth vs Ipswich
Millwall vs Leeds

£1 acca returns £99.49.

I also have two 50p 10 team accumulators aswell.

 

[Mtoto]

On the subject of gambling, while I was in the bookies at lunch time today selecting my footy bets for the weekend, I noticed a guy on the roulette machine who must have put £200-£300 through the bloody thing. Surely these things are programmed to win?? Anyone else play these?

They are not programmed to win as such, though they work from a central hub which generates the random numbers to produce the results. If you press a button on a machine in Plymouth at the exact same moment someones else presses it in Sunderland, the "ball" will "land" in the same place.

What they rely on, just like the roulette wheel in a casino, is the inbuilt margin from the zero. You can no more get around that than you can drop a ball from your hand and persuade it to fall up. Their percentage - ie profit margin - is around 2 per cent, and for as long as the universe is governed by the basic laws of mathematics and probability, there is absolutely nothing you can do about it in the long term. In fact, the more you play, the more your results will tend towards a two per cent loss.

 

[Taybha]

Brighton 3-1 Oldham £5

Same bet and with Crofts to score 1st £3

 

[SeagullTim]

Man u
Brighton
Forest
Southampton

£2 returns around £70.

 

[LABHA]

2.20 doncaster, river falcon, 25-1, 4lb lower than for his last win,always seems to run well at doncaster ,albeit,never won here,1st time he has ground in his favour this year,came 4th in race last year,should get good run for your money, 25/1 is available at all hight street bookies.

 

[Barry Izbak]

Mugs game.

When's it running?


Villa, Spurs and Argyle to draw.
Palace to win (using the US theory that I can fcuk em up)

and ........ 3 goals or more in the Villa game, with Albion, Crawley and Eastbourne all to win

 

[1066gull]

We agree on the Stirling nap then.
After last weeks Forfar let down, I've decided to leave Scottish Football alone.

TOTTENHAM v Stoke.
NEWCASTLE v Doncaster.

I've gone big. £50 returns £101.

I was gonna say 'what have we said about betting on your own team?' I hope you really didnt put 50 quid on after your losses from last week, thats f***ing gambling for you, it happened all the time to me.

I like hindsight alot, far too often this season the games have been to easy to predict with very few draws. Up until three weeks ago I said this, and it was due to change.

My guess is a fortnight's time things will become clearer (and easier) to bet again....

But having said that, its still gambling! The odds of gambling are always 9/1. You will lose nine times before you make a win.

 

[Trigger]

Oldham look a bit overpriced.

Hmmm...

 

[Foolg]

The late equaliser from the pikeys against charlton cost me well over £50!

 

[Spun Cuppa]

Over 3.5 goals in Liverpool v. Man. Utd.

Come on Berbatov, Rooney and Torres!!!!!!!!