World Cup Betting

Was talking with my mate before the WC about possibly putting £10 on Klose to be top scorer after he did so well at the last WC, opted not to in the end as the Germans weren't playing well...
Ugh.
 
Charlie Bravo said:
I've just placed my first ever bets with Skybet (place £10 bet, get 2x £10 bets free)

Accum:

Costa Rica v Poland
Sweden v England
Paraguay v Trinidad & Tobago
Ecuador v Germany

Teams in bold to win, £10 stake, £737 winnings.
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Looks like that has gone down the pan then :rolleyes:
 
Hi,

Some of you may remember I made a thread a while ago about how to get a free footie shirt and some free money when backing/ laying bets in a certain way.

Now I placed a £30 bet on Argentina @ 9 (so £270 return including stake if they win the WC). I was planning to lay this bet, meaning I had bets on both argentina winning and losing the WC and ending up a few £ up regardless.

In the wake of the 6-0 pasting they gave Serbia & Montinegro last week, I'm wondering if I should not bother laying the result and just collect £270 if they win/ risk losing £30?

On the other hand, if I layed the result now, and they didnt win the WC, I would end up about £300 in profit, whereas if they do win, I will only end up about £3 up.

What do you think? Is it worth laying them? Are they good enough to win?

Cheers ;)
 
Bes said:
Hi,

Some of you may remember I made a thread a while ago about how to get a free footie shirt and some free money when backing/ laying bets in a certain way.

...snip...

Cheers ;)
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if it was me, i'd lay it for the 300.
i think it's the significantly more likely outcome.

or you could lay it less to win the same either way, what would that equate to?
 
MrWhippy said:
if it was me, i'd lay it for the 300.
i think it's the significantly more likely outcome.

or you could lay it less to win the same either way, what would that equate to?
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Hmm yeah was thinking that.... I'm sure I could lay it to guarantee at least £100 whatever happens.... Ought to pay for some new stick- on tat for the car ;)
 
Bes said:
Hi,

Some of you may remember I made a thread a while ago about how to get a free footie shirt and some free money when backing/ laying bets in a certain way.

Now I placed a £30 bet on Argentina @ 9 (so £270 return including stake if they win the WC). I was planning to lay this bet, meaning I had bets on both argentina winning and losing the WC and ending up a few £ up regardless.

In the wake of the 6-0 pasting they gave Serbia & Montinegro last week, I'm wondering if I should not bother laying the result and just collect £270 if they win/ risk losing £30?

On the other hand, if I layed the result now, and they didnt win the WC, I would end up about £300 in profit, whereas if they do win, I will only end up about £3 up.

What do you think? Is it worth laying them? Are they good enough to win?

Cheers ;)
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But if you lay Argentina, won't you just get your stake back ie lay £30 on Argentina would get your £30 back if they failed to win the WC?

I must admit that I don't understand how this (laying) works, unless you have a large enough stake. Betfair insists that you have enough in your pot to cover any potential loss so if Argentina were at 3/1 and I wanted to lay £30, I'd need £90 in my pot to cover it.
 
Sadgeek said:
But if you lay Argentina, won't you just get your stake back ie lay £30 on Argentina would get your £30 back if they failed to win the WC?

I must admit that I don't understand how this (laying) works, unless you have a large enough stake. Betfair insists that you have enough in your pot to cover any potential loss so if Argentina were at 3/1 and I wanted to lay £30, I'd need £90 in my pot to cover it.
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No Have a look at the payout and liability buttons to see potential return/ loss.
 
Bes said:
Some of you may remember I made a thread a while ago about how to get a free footie shirt and some free money when backing/ laying bets in a certain way.
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I've been thinking about my bets for the free shirt for the last few days. I think I'll do both bets. I know it's the safe option but I'd rather not risk losing the £30.
 
Bumhucker said:
I've been thinking about my bets for the free shirt for the last few days. I think I'll do both bets. I know it's the safe option but I'd rather not risk losing the £30.
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Did you do it? Who did you back on gamebookers?
 
Bes said:
On the other hand, if I layed the result now, and they didnt win the WC, I would end up about £300 in profit, whereas if they do win, I will only end up about £3 up.

What do you think? Is it worth laying them? Are they good enough to win?

Cheers ;)
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Personally I'd lay them now for £53.25 which needs a liabilty of £218.34 atm to make sure you get around £52, you always planned to lay it by the sounds of it so why get greedy now and risk losing £50? The other thing is that Argentina can't win as England are going to.
 
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