World Cup Betting Thread

[jd82]

Colombia v Ivory Coast - Ivory Coast Win @3.9
Japan v Greece - Draw @3.4
Uruguay v England - England Win @2.2

£10 bets chosen by random.org

So you're -£30 roughly?

I'd say he's £4 in the black

[Whatevs]

what jd82 said but it's a long term thing....also it's only to show that random betting usually outperforms the average bettor over time not that you'll make money

[Whatevs]

LWJ i'm quite happy to bet against you for the remainder of the WC

[LWJ]

Colombia v Ivory Coast - Ivory Coast Win @3.9
Japan v Greece - Draw @3.4
Uruguay v England - England Win @2.2

£10 bets chosen by random.org

So you're -£30 roughly?

I'd say he's £4 in the black

I was counting in the 4 other bets above it as well which all lost at £10 a pop.

[Whatevs]

Fri
Italy v Costa Rica £10 Italy @1.57
Switzerland v France £10 France 1.91
Honduras v Ecuador £10 Honduras @5.75
return:


Sat
Argentina v Iran £10 Iran @29
Nigeria v Bos-Herce £10 Draw @3.75
Germany v Ghana £10 Ghana @11
return:

[Whatevs]

I was counting in the 4 other bets above it as well which all lost at £10 a pop.

fair enough we can start from then (i've bet on every game so far but haven't posted so they don't exist etc)

[LWJ]

LWJ i'm quite happy to bet against you for the remainder of the WC

As long as I remember - I'm using betfair Exchange for odds.

Fixtures 20/6
£10 Italy @ 1.57
£10 France @ 1.91
£10 Draw @ 4

Fixtures 21/6
£10 Argentina -1 @ 1.40
£10 Germany -1 @ 1.88
£10 Bosnia @ 1.93

[Whatevs]

you don't have to pick every game m8. It's your considered choices against my random relentless autism.

Just do it on the ROI (the bank it would take to fund it). If you feel more strongly about certain bets put more on

I took mine from oddschecker but will do it from betfair as well from now on

[LWJ]

Your using randomness for every game, il use 'skill' or knowledge I guess. We'll see who prevails. Argentina and Germany odds are so short I felt -1 was the only reasonable bet.

[Whatevs]

Your using randomness for every game, il use 'skill' or knowledge I guess. We'll see who prevails. Argentina and Germany odds are so short I felt -1 was the only reasonable bet.

didn't see that. That's a one goal handicap? They'd have to win 2-0 amirite

If Iran win i'm in the money </fingers_crossed>

There have already been a fair number of upsets (Spain etc)

[Ouroboros]

what jd82 said but it's a long term thing....also it's only to show that random betting usually outperforms the average bettor over time not that you'll make money

So you hope to prove that the average punter is rubbish?

Don't think anybody in the world will disagree with you there, m8 - it's just that nobody in the world thinks of themselves as average (or below).

[jd82]

Lolz - all the proof you need that the average punter is a mug is the bookies profits

As the saying goes "you never see a bookie on the bus"

[LWJ]

Your using randomness for every game, il use 'skill' or knowledge I guess. We'll see who prevails. Argentina and Germany odds are so short I felt -1 was the only reasonable bet.

didn't see that. That's a one goal handicap? They'd have to win 2-0 amirite

If Iran win i'm in the money </fingers_crossed>

There have already been a fair number of upsets (Spain etc)

Correct

[Whatevs]

it's more to have a team in every game and make it slightly more interesting

by posting here it gives additional interest of looking like an even bigger tw@t than previously thought

[Ouroboros]

That is true.

But I imagine the problem there is being outcompeted by other firms, failing to cover their overheads etc, rather than losing money to canny punters.

Unless they are really fucking thick.


EDIT: er... this is in response to a post you have deleted, making me look a weirdo.

[AbovetheI]

£5 on Benzema 1st goal scorer and France to win 2-0 @ 25/1

[AbovetheI]

oxf*rd

[AbovetheI]

£5 on France to win 2-0 @ 4/1
£5 on Ecuador to win 3-0 @ 12/1

[LWJ]

Fri
Italy v Costa Rica £10 Italy @1.57 L
Switzerland v France £10 France 1.91 W
Honduras v Ecuador £10 Honduras @5.75 L
return: -£10.90

Fixtures 20/6
£10 Italy @ 1.57 L
£10 France @ 1.91 W
£10 Draw @ 4 L
return: -£10.90

All square so far

[LWJ]

Fixtures 22/6
£10 Belgium @ 1.97
£10 Draw @ 3.45
£10 Over 2.5 (USA v Portugal) @ 2.02