My Official £50-£46,000 betting challenge

Marky · 2 Jan 2012 at 18:35

Jokester said:
I think it's for retards that don't know that less than 5 goals means 4 or less, rather than 5 or less.

OcUK. Where you'll make one mistake, and then forever be classed as a "Retard".

One More Solo · 2 Jan 2012 at 18:56

Over 5.5 goals is just a less convoluted way of saying 6 goals or more, and under 5.5 goals 5 goals or less.

Jokester · 2 Jan 2012 at 18:58

Or you could just say over 5 goals, or under 6 goals.

Edit: Ahh, it's so they can have both sets on the same page.

Marky · 2 Jan 2012 at 19:10

One More Solo said:
Over 5.5 goals is just a less convoluted way of saying 6 goals or more, and under 5.5 goals 5 goals or less.

Cool thanks for explaining it

POB · 2 Jan 2012 at 19:20

I think if I manage to make £100 from the £12 then I will split the pot between two different bets, rather then all in.

Marky · 2 Jan 2012 at 19:21

POB said:
I think if I manage to make £100 from the £12 then I will split the pot between two different bets, rather then all in.

That's a good idea I guess - That way if one bet loses you can start again but from a higher bank

SentineL-X · 2 Jan 2012 at 19:24

I was seriously going to give this a go.. So logged onto my Skybet account and realised I had £3 in there, so thought, ah, might as well use some of this up on some in-play bets considering Arsenal were playing...

So, initially put Fulham to win 2-1 before Djurou got sent off @ 34/1 but changed as I was placing the bet to 20/1 as he got sent off just at that point, but not a bad return from a £1 bet

May just withdraw this now and use it as a starting point for betfair

sloth · 2 Jan 2012 at 19:25

Start: £12.00
Day 1: £15.91 (+32%)
Day 2: £21.44 (+35%)
Day 3: £25.25 (+18%)
Day 4: £26.56 (+5%)
Day 5: £29.29 (+10%)

That's probably me for today, a few simple very low risk bets. That makes 40 bets without losing a single one.

Marky · 2 Jan 2012 at 19:25

Ooooof what happened with Arsenal

Nevermind, first bet is a win

I've decided not to limit mine to three bets a day. If I have time to spare, and my money isn't in play, it'll be put into play

One More Solo · 2 Jan 2012 at 19:28

Day 0: £10
Day 1: £14.70 (+47%)

I'm not limiting myself, if I see a good opportunity I will put it on. Your chances don't change whether you make your bets in one day or one week.

Jokester · 2 Jan 2012 at 19:28

I've certainly went down the route of splitting my money across several bets to avoid losing it all. If I hadn't I would have already been wiped out.

Pate · 2 Jan 2012 at 20:44

I'll stick £10 down on roulette. If I win £20 I'll take £10 back and bet £10 on this method. If I lose, well, thats life.

First I need £10.

Jokester · 2 Jan 2012 at 20:57

That's me for the day.

Day 1: 104.29 +4.29%
Day 2: 118.49 +13.62%
Day 3: 108.6 -8.35%
Day 4: 136.89 +26.05%

POB · 2 Jan 2012 at 21:05

Day 0: £12
Day 1: £17.40

Now splitting my bets 50% to try to prevent a total loss situation.

Marky · 2 Jan 2012 at 21:34

Are you just doing Football bets? And are you sticking to 1.02 bets or are you doing others?

I've done three bets tonight and made about 96 pence

POB · 2 Jan 2012 at 22:04

Marky said:
Are you just doing Football bets? And are you sticking to 1.02 bets or are you doing others?

That is based on around 12 bets

I like the inplay function and yes a few are over the 1.02 marker (1.08 being highest)

Most bets have come from inplay when a match is in the second half, it seems slightly less risky then before it starts.

Marky · 2 Jan 2012 at 22:09

POB said:
That is based on around 12 bets I like the inplay function and yes a few are over the 1.02 marker (1.08 being highest)

Most bets have come from inplay when a match is in the second half, it seems slightly less risky then before it starts.

Ahh cool

Yeah the in-play feature is really useful

MikeWild74 · 2 Jan 2012 at 22:16

Great thread, i've been mostly laying off bets today (+10 up).

might join the fun.

Russinating · 3 Jan 2012 at 10:59

Cocked up yesterday but learnt from my mistake so deposited the same back in and carrying on.

Lesson learnt: stick to your odds limit and never bet on Under 3.5. I bet on a game to be Under 3.5 when it was 1-0 at 65mins. Within 3 minutes there'd been 3 goals. Fail!

Jokester · 3 Jan 2012 at 12:44

Just done some quick sums based on results so far this season for the different leagues for the odds of any game having more than 5 goals in it:-

Premier League - 6.6%
The Championship - 3.5%
SPL - 7.6%