For the want of a nailsworth, the shoe was lost

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Ancient Colin
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For the want of a nailsworth, the shoe was lost

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A betting boot: bet £5 on one of the bets in (a) and £5 on one of the bets in (b). Person with highest end total wins.


(a) what is the full-time result:
a1 Ox win (5 to 4 on)
a2 Draw (5 to 2)
a3 Lose (3 to 1)

(b) pick one of the following:
b1 total goals two or less (evens)
b2 Ox win 1-0 (6 to 1)
b3 Ox win 2-1 (7 to 1)
b4 Ox win 3-0 (16 to 1)
b5 FG win 1-2 (10 to 1)
b6 Ox winning first half and win game (2 to 1)
b7 Ox winning first half, game drawn (13 to 1)
b8 First half drawing, Ox win game (3 to 1)
b9 First half drawing, FG win game (7 to 1)

TB: time of first goal: no repeats. If equidistant, earlier predicted time wins.

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Re: For the want of a nailsworth, the shoe was lost

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So this is why bookmakers make money and punters lose.

Everyone is -£10 except:
Geoff (nett break even),
Radley (nett plus £7.50) and
Me (nett plus £17.50)

(Bookie is up £16, 22% return on £70 turnover - I don't think I've ever run a betting boot where the bookie hasn't come out on top)

Sorry.
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So what you're saying AC is that I should leave my job and become a professional gambler. For every £10 I invest, I'll get an extra £7.50 back - right?

I'll hand my notice in this morning.
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Or (I see it is now the afternoon and so this may be too late) that for every £1 you invest, you'll get £0.78 back. So it depends how long those retirement savings last! I remember being at a conference in Nevada watching market-efficiency espousing economists marching into a casino displaying over the door "By State law, we must inform you that we pay back $0.82 to the dollar".
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Argh - too late - I got caught in the moment - best brush up the CV then. :shock: :shock:
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