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Weekend bets
- Thread starter Nevizade
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supercity36
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on the surface a good bet. but be sure one will let you down (usually the one that finishes last)
South City
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i have 10 on everton to beat liverpool draw no bet paying 35
and a 10 on multi
city to beat hull
manure to beat ports
chelsea to beat arsenal
paying 35
and a 10 on multi
city to beat hull
manure to beat ports
chelsea to beat arsenal
paying 35
MCFCinUSA
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Solihull Samba Boys said:What's everyone gone for?
I've got 5 draws:
Burnley v West Ham
Blackpool v Leicester
Peterborough v QPR
Swindon v Charlton
Walsall v Bristol Rovers
£1 pays out £335.54!
yeah, there's a reason you're getting a payout of 300 quid for a single, and that's because each event you've parlayed is around 2/1 odds; so the chances of all of them coming off for you is around 300-1. Despite what SuperCity thinks, your parlay is a bit of a long shot, a bit like putting one joker in amongst six decks of cards and you pulling it out in one pick.
of course, if finding 300-1 parlays that pay off was that easy, we'd all be getting banned from the Bookmakers because that's what they do to professionals who win money regularly. They're in the business of taking it off of you - not giving it away.
if you want to test your gambling smarts try this:-
<a class="postlink" href="http://www.okcupid.com/tests/the-professional-gambler-aptitude-test" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://www.okcupid.com/tests/the-profes ... itude-test</a>
bizzbo
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heh, seems like an ideal amateur punt to me, a high return and a small stake, and exciting to follow!MCFCinUSA said:Solihull Samba Boys said:What's everyone gone for?
I've got 5 draws:
Burnley v West Ham
Blackpool v Leicester
Peterborough v QPR
Swindon v Charlton
Walsall v Bristol Rovers
£1 pays out £335.54!
yeah, there's a reason you're getting a payout of 300 quid for a single, and that's because each event you've parlayed is around 2/1 odds; so the chances of all of them coming off for you is around 300-1. Despite what SuperCity thinks, your parlay is a bit of a long shot, a bit like putting one joker in amongst six decks of cards and you pulling it out in one pick.
of course, if finding 300-1 parlays that pay off was that easy, we'd all be getting banned from the Bookmakers because that's what they do to professionals who win money regularly. They're in the business of taking it off of you - not giving it away.
if you want to test your gambling smarts try this:-
<a class="postlink" href="http://www.okcupid.com/tests/the-professional-gambler-aptitude-test" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://www.okcupid.com/tests/the-profes ... itude-test</a>
isn't the thing here, because they all come in at once you don't think of it this way, but if 5 of the results came in, you'd effectively be staking a huge amount on the 6th result, no matter what 'value' it offered? but you wouldn't have that huge stake otherwise.... wouldn't you be better making individual bets on 2/1 events that happened consecutively? so you could decide whether or not you wanted to continue?
I'll be honest, it makes my head hurt to think about this stuff. that's why I don't get involved ;)
ali benarbia's studs
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a friend of mine is banned from most betting shops cos he is so good
MCFCinUSA
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des hardi said:a friend of mine is banned from most betting shops cos he is so good
yeah it happens, but he probably doesn't go around punting on long-shot parlay bets; only a tiny fraction of those who frequent bookmakers actually make a profit in the long term - the number is in single % figures.