What is the best bet you can do in a bookmakers?

arekgreenman888 · 24 Jun 2012 at 18:36

Coral or Hill please? Anyone know? thanks

jsmoke · 24 Jun 2012 at 18:38

arekgreenman888 said:
Coral or Hill please? Anyone know? thanks

Probably betfair.

Destination · 24 Jun 2012 at 18:41

arekgreenman888 said:
Coral or Hill please? Anyone know? thanks

What do you mean, 'the best bet?'

Which is offering the best odds?
Do you mean in general, or on a particular thing?

Arek to get himself weaponised before being commited is on fairly long odds at the moment. It's possible you could literally make a killing if that one came to pass.

Ahleckz · 24 Jun 2012 at 18:41

Paddy Power offer the best odds of the high street bookies in my experience.

Joshct · 24 Jun 2012 at 18:45

Make sure you find an eco betting shop.

Kosmiche · 24 Jun 2012 at 18:48

Norris from Coronation Street to become next Prime Minister - 10,000,000 : 1

steve-h · 24 Jun 2012 at 18:49

I stick with Ladbrokes because it's easy and familiar. I got some pretty sexy odds on England getting battered today.

Kenai · 24 Jun 2012 at 18:50

The best bet you can do is to not bet at all.

There is a reason bookmakers (and casinos etc.) make plenty of money.

arekgreenman888 · 24 Jun 2012 at 18:50

I mean maximum amount you can put on i.e euro cup on Eng vs Ita? Is it 1000 or 10.000. or 100.000 pounds?

Or can you put on a million?

T345 · 24 Jun 2012 at 18:51

£10?
£100?

dfarrall · 24 Jun 2012 at 18:52

arekgreenman888 said:
I mean maximum amount you can put on i.e euro cup on Eng vs Ita? Is it 1000 or 10.000. or 100.000 pounds?

Or can you put on a million?

Depends on your previous history with them, and what they're liability. Most bookies lay off big bets so they will take most of them!

One More Solo · 24 Jun 2012 at 18:56

Shop limits at Ladbrokes are £1000 per bet on major football matches, or £2500 payout, whichever is lower so I imagine WH and Coral will be similar.

SexyGreyFox · 24 Jun 2012 at 18:56

For many years my Dad always has a footbal match at '3 v 1 about' and at the end of the year he is always up.

Skillmister · 24 Jun 2012 at 18:57

Betting isn't green.

piggeh · 24 Jun 2012 at 19:02

Kenai said:
The best bet you can do is to not bet at all.

or use the matched betting technique with the free bet offers. Good money to be made that way (until you run out of free bets). Made £800 on that last year.

Pawnless Endgame · 24 Jun 2012 at 20:22

The main thing is to stay off those roulette terminals. On the few occasions that I've visited a bookmaker's, I've seen people feeding sheet after sheet on those machines, £10 bets, going balls deep chasing their losses. The same people were on them throughout our entire visit and were still on them as we left.

Just stick to the horses and dogs.

msmalls74 · 24 Jun 2012 at 20:59

Last year 2 blokes at work bet 50p each on a footy accumlator thing, one of the matches was cancelled due to bad weather but they won close to 7 grand!! Gits lol