Official Betting Thread

[wizzo_66]

£3.00 double on Greece V Czech Republic Under 2.5 Goals & Poland V Russia Over 2.5 goals @ 8/15 and 6/5 respectively.

Tits up on that. 2-0 Czech Repbulic already. Must be another goal coming

[Dyl]

I'm on a horrible run at the moment. Won £150 with France race to 9 corners then lost it on Sweden +1

So tonight, to make money you can bet against me!

I've gone for Russia race to 9 corners @ 7/1 and Russia -1 @ 15/4

[screech]

Petr poxy cech you absolute carrot!!!
I had czech -1 and Russia -1 £100 double at 22/1

[Dyl]

unlucky screech, petr Cech bottled it like a scared child. What a useless cuntsack.
I fractured my skull when I was 7 years old, I don't wear a ****ing crash helmet, little bitch.


I've added to my bets for the russia/Poland game - over 65 booking points @ 11/10, got to be a few cards in this one shirley...

[afcwhufc]

I've added to my bets for the russia/Poland game - over 65 booking points @ 11/10, got to be a few cards in this one shirley...

Also bet on cards. done 25 bets for this game, had £100 on Czechs so spent the winngs at £5 each......

Russia first corner, more corners than poland, poland last corner, poland more bookin points..........love gambling

If Kerzhakov (sp) scores first and Russia wins i'll break even......Hopefully be 2-1 Russia with Leadownski and Dzargov (i cant spell these players names) with other 2

[Dyl]

no surprises. Bet against me at all times guys

[davids cross]

I'm on a horrible run at the moment. Won £150 with France race to 9 corners

Dyl.

Serious question.

Aren't corner markets a horrible bet of chance. More like the spin of a jackpot machine than any real resemblence of skill or thought involved in making the bet. How do you do it ?

I think I've done one corner market in my whole life, think it was +10 (for one team) in the whole match. I lost. My theory was, I had backed the team who were likely to attack more and who had two wingers who were likely to get crosses deflected off full backs for corners, They reached a grand total of 6 corners.....

I felt helpless through the whole bet, much more so than just backing win/draw/loss etc or even +1 markets etc. I watched the entire match through the prism of corners and had TOTALLY disliked the experience.....

[jastons]

A novice betting question.

There are plenty of rumours that Harry Redknapp will be leaving Spurs. I have had a look at a few Betting sites but can't see any odds on the next manager to lose his job. If I go into a Ladbrokes, Coral ect will they be able to offer me odds on Harry being the next EPL manager to lose his job?

Thanks.

[twixy]

ANybody having a bet on the US Open. Rose looking a decent E/w bet @ 33s, also steve williams AKA Adam Scott @ 45s.

[Arch Dandy]

ANybody having a bet on the US Open. Rose looking a decent E/w bet @ 33s, also Steve Williams @ 45s.

I've done Furyk @ 35/1 and Mahan @ 40/1, both e/w.

[davids cross]

A novice betting question.

There are plenty of rumours that Harry Redknapp will be leaving Spurs. I have had a look at a few Betting sites but can't see any odds on the next manager to lose his job. If I go into a Ladbrokes, Coral ect will they be able to offer me odds on Harry being the next EPL manager to lose his job?

Thanks.

I can't find anything jastons,

Those markets are much more designed for the season as most of the betting results from how teams are doing and who is perceived to be under pressure. More likely you will just see "next spurs manager betting"

Though, e mailing them is nearly always fruitful, they generally reply quickly and may give you a price on Redknapp going. Rumours tend to have them closing that market though or giving you a price that isn't worth bothering with.

Maybe somone else can find the market....??

[rare as rockinghorse shat]

Aren't corner markets a horrible bet of chance. More like the spin of a jackpot machine than any real resemblence of skill or thought involved in making the bet. How do you do it ?

My experience with corners, is to back a big club, who are a goal down, in the last 25mins or so, for total corners.

It was always a decent tactic if Man Utd or Liverpool needed a goal after going a goal down, or being tied with a quarter of the game left.

[rare as rockinghorse shat]

I've still got my Klinsmann next manager bet running from months ago, as recommended by screech when it looked like Redknapp may take over England

[SammyLeeWasOffside]

I've still got my Klinsmann next manager bet running from months ago, as recommended by screech when it looked like Redknapp may take over England :lol

You and me both Although I believe Kilnsmann ruled himself out at the time

[twixy]

I've done Furyk @ 35/1 and Mahan @ 40/1, both e/w.

I quite fancy Furyk too, going to have a bit on him.

[Arch Dandy]

Aren't corner markets a horrible bet of chance. More like the spin of a jackpot machine than any real resemblence of skill or thought involved in making the bet. How do you do it ?

Actually it's the complete opposite, corners are usually one of the statistically more certain bets in football. I used to do them a lot when I gambled more and if you've got some stats they can be rewarding but the odds are tight and it's probably better on the spreads.

[rare as rockinghorse shat]

What were the regular values you looked for, AD?

[davids cross]

Arch.

The odds are terrible on corner markets, tight as nats crack.

Naturally, if you have a whole lot of data on corner markets you are going to have an advantage. I suspect most do not do this which makes the betting on these markets a waste for 99% of punters as there is no "value" at all in them. There are loads better for punters with greater value.

[davids cross]

As an aside I would doubt many punters would have a clue as to the percentages they are betting to when they look at a corners market or any market at all.

People betting in a 130% or 100% book wouldn't have a clue really. They just bet the odds...

[Arch Dandy]

What were the regular values you looked for, AD?

Depends on who was playing, but IIRC 11/10 was about fair on the corners and then you had the handicap markets which could play anywhere between -1 and -3 or the total corners in a game market and if you had the stats to look at at you could usually find yourself a fair bet.

It was an interesting market just because it could be backed up pretty well statistically, Aston Villa were always a good bet I think at the time I used to do it about 4 or 5 years ago they averaged 4/5 corners a game if the market was set at 11 they'd have to have a large swing to hit that so even if the odds weren't great at say evens they were more than fair.

dc - It really should be played a spread betting market.