the official betting thread.

[Philby]

What a sad sack.

 

[Cloudy O'Ranieri]

Interesting case.

Man who blew £1.5m gambling on football sues Betfair in landmark fight

Lee Gibson, 47, of Leeds, went on to sue Betfair, alleging that it should have known he was a ‘problem gambler’

www.independent.co.uk

 

[Cork29]

World Grand Prix starts tomorrow [the one you have to hit a double to start scoring.)

These are my bets.

MVG 12/1 Star Sports
Wade 34/1 boyles
Ryan Searle 66/1 General

Andrew Gilding 200/1 Boyles.

I dont understand this price at all. He's mustard at tops, he's cool under pressure and he's a former major winner. He's the world number 29 and hes priced like he's the world number 200. He almost certainly won't win it, but at that price I'll happily take a chance

Worked out well

 

[Nollaig O Muracu]

Worked out well

100% record m8.

 

[Nollaig O Muracu]

£5 acca lands punter £400k as 106th-minute goal secures 19-fold

On a weekend where most attention fell on Chelsea's dramatic win over Liverpool, one punter enjoyed a last gasp victory of their own, pocketing almost £400,000 from a £5 stake in the 106th minute.

www.sportinglife.com

Lovely Jubbly

 

[Philby]

£5 acca lands punter £400k as 106th-minute goal secures 19-fold

On a weekend where most attention fell on Chelsea's dramatic win over Liverpool, one punter enjoyed a last gasp victory of their own, pocketing almost £400,000 from a £5 stake in the 106th minute.

www.sportinglife.com

Lovely Jubbly

Did they mention whether he was immediately gubbed?

 

[Philby]

That's quite the strong correlation, especially considering it excludes short price favourites

https://twitter.com/x/status/1978386858863202761

 

[Nollaig O Muracu]

I'm a graphtard. Can anyone tell me what that means?

 

[Nollaig O Muracu]

3 for the German darts open this weekend

James Wade 25/1
Danny Noppert 28/1
Jermaine Wattamena 45/1

All star sports, all EW, 1/2 Odds 2 places

 

[Philby]

I'm a graphtard. Can anyone tell me what that means?

It basically says that 99.12% of the actual win probability (post-race) of these ~114k horses can be explained just by their betfair starting price odds.

It doesn't mean that the Betfair odds are a perfect market but it indicates that, in aggregate, it is exceptionally efficient.