The 2014-15 Betting Thread *Spoilers*

[Erich Kriegler]

Although...

...Betvictor now have England at 7/1 to get out of the group. Worth a punt? Considering 'all' we need is for Italy to win their last two games and England to beat Costa Rica...?

Never. Back. England.

 

[Fulax]

**** it. Rules are made to be broken.

Opened an account and placed the bet with Sportingbet so I get my stake back as a free bet if it loses. Which is highly unlikely, of course.

 

[Martynt74]

Well i screwed the pooch yesterday. Was sat in the barbers and put money on Ivory Coast then i spotted a game in the 91st minute which was 2-2 so i threw a pile on under 4 goals.

Both lost. No more money in my pot. Any other available funds are in transit to my bank so no more bets for me till Monday at the earliest

 

[sk82jack]

Screw betting on England again.

Today I've gone for Honduras v Ecuador Over 2.5 goals @ Evens and BTTS @ Evens.

 

[shootersam]

Gone for

Italy 2-1, France 1-0 and Ecuador 2-1

Italy 3-1, France 2-1 and Ecuador Honduras 1-1

Italy 2-1, France 2-0 and Ecuador 2-1

Italy 2-1, Switzerland France 1-1 and Ecuador 2-1

Also got just, Italy, France and Ecuador all to win.

 

[Pighardia]

Screw betting on England again.

Today I've gone for Honduras v Ecuador Over 2.5 goals @ Evens and BTTS @ Evens.

Really?...good luck of course, but neither seem likely to me tbh!

 

[sk82jack]

Really?...good luck of course, but neither seem likely to me tbh!

Yeah they both need a win so I can see it being an open game.

Ecuador have had a few recent high scoring games:

Ecuador 2-2 England
Mexico 3-1 Ecuador
Australia 3-4 Ecuador

Also, back in November Honduras and Ecuador played each other in a friendly and the score was 2-2.

 

[Fulax]

For any mods reading: if I ever bet on anything positive to happen to England, you have my permission to change my username to something that suitably reflects my naive stupidity.

 

[Ayahuasca]

Last few days have been dreadful, Italy played worse than we did yesterday.

 

[bliss]

I have 3 bets left to run and 63p left in the pot. This was my first time betting and will be my last. I have nowhere near the needed level of luck.

 

[Pighardia]

Damn. Just realised I have Italy to qualify in my acca!...not confident now.

 

[Sui]

I have them to win the group

 

[Pighardia]

Doesn't matter anyway. I have Ecuador to qualify from their group, and they lost their first game

 

[Russinating]

So just looked at and tallied up the odds history for the World Cup. If you bet £1 on every single game, choosing either the favourites or the outsiders (ignoring the draw and the odds for that) then...

Picking Favourites
Stake: £24
Winnings: £22.64
Loss: £11
P/L: -£9.64

Picking Outsiders
Stake: £24
Winnings: £35.85
Loss: £17
P/L: £18.85

Interesting! Would take some balls to bet £100 on the underdogs from every single game but you'd be sitting on a profit of £1,885 if you had. And of course could/would probably be even more with better odds.

 

[Ayahuasca]

Might start doing that from now on with tenners.

 

[Pighardia]

So hard to tell with Switzerland. They are so hard to beat. I kind of fancy them for this.

 

[Ayahuasca]

Very physical side and although France won their first game comfortably something about them didn't look great.

 

[Russinating]

Might start doing that from now on with tenners.

Well, we're half way through as chance would have it so I've gone for it, albeit with a couple of quid.

 

[Russinating]

So hard to tell with Switzerland. They are so hard to beat. I kind of fancy them for this.

You were saying?

 

[Derek W]

I've got cabaye and benzema anytime scorers and he bloody misses the penalty ffs