THE BETTING THREAD

[TFF]

Anyone doing this Skybet, free £5 every week thing?

I was going to 'til I read the Ts&Cs. Acca with combined odds of 7/1 or you drop out and have to bet a tenner the following week to qualify.

As much as I love my accumulators I'd not sure I want to commit £5 a week on long shots

[Pepe the Horseman]

5/1 ennit?

[TFF]

Hmm, you're right

I must've been pissed or something when I read it. Checking again they include L15s so I might give it a go

[Alexander Litvinenko]

Surely combined odds of 5/1 isn't much to ask for from an accumulator?

[TFF]

No, for instance Reading/QPR double is 5.3/1

[paultheroyal]

Swansea + 35 points on handicap at 16/1 will have £50 on that!

[RG30]

Europa League games will catch up with them. Personally like Southampton +36.

[LWJ]

Swansea + 35 points on handicap at 16/1 will have £50 on that!

Really strange, me and LW lumped on this a couple of weeks ago.. You could find 40+ 15/1 as well m8.

[Tails]

It's with the other handicap scores on to.

Think of it like horse racing.

[LWJ]

When you see the handicaps does it include all other teams with the added points too?

Or is it swansea +35 with rest of the league starting on 0?

If that makes sense.

I just work it out that Swansea have to be within 35 points of whoever wins the league..

[Ouroboros]

When you see the handicaps does it include all other teams with the added points too?

Or is it swansea +35 with rest of the league starting on 0?

If that makes sense.

I just work it out that Swansea have to be within 35 points of whoever wins the league..

This... is why you fail.

[Ouroboros]

Also probably entails Swansea finishing in the top 7... not sure if it's that enticing.

[LWJ]

This... is why you fail.

Explain...?

[Ouroboros]

This... is why you fail.

Explain...?

They have to beat all the other teams, including the point bonuses that each other team gets in the handicap.

Eg if Swansea are +35 and Arsenal are +15, with Man Utd 0, then finishing points like this:

Man Utd 88
Arsenal 80
Swansea 59

would mean that Arsenal won the handicap, not Swansea. So being within 35 points of whoever wins the league may or may not mean that Swansea win the handicap.

Essentially, take the final league table and add each team's points from the handicap, then find who is top of the table. They are the handicap winners.

[Tails]

This... is why you fail.

Explain...?

They have to beat all the other teams, including the point bonuses that each other team gets in the handicap.

Eg if Swansea are +35 and Arsenal are +15, with Man Utd 0, then finishing points like this:

Man Utd 88
Arsenal 80
Swansea 59

would mean that Arsenal won the handicap, not Swansea. So being within 35 points of whoever wins the league may or may not mean that Swansea win the handicap.

Essentially, take the final league table and add each team's points from the handicap, then find who is top of the table. They are the handicap winners.

LWJ, you seem fairly well exposed to horse racing. How does horse racing handicaps work?


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[paultheroyal]

Did mine at corals. Top 3are scratch.

Swansea just need 53 points to top them surely.

What will stuff this bet is whether likes of Stoke or Cardiff do well or even Arsenal for that matter. But for me this is bet of the week!

[paultheroyal]

Grimsby vs Aldershot - Grimsby are 1/2 for this match against Aldershot who are picking their players up from various stops across the country to play for the first time together.

Free money... £200 on Grimsby.

[paultheroyal]

Whilst I am at it HT/FT GRIMSBY at 5/4 has to be worth another £50.

[Ouroboros]

Did mine at corals. Top 3are scratch.

Swansea just need 53 points to top them surely.

To the top those three, yes, but isn't the more likely danger from someone like Everton, Newcastle or West Ham?

[paultheroyal]

No, No and er definitely No.