by happytorq » 30 Aug 2011, 15:19
bixieupnorth wrote:every so often i have a nice win, but generally, like most people i make a loss on the year, its an inexpensive hobby for me, i never go mad, £1 stakes and the occasional fiver
I miss gambling on the football
I used to turn a pretty nice profit, to be honest. Here are my rules.
- Never back odds-on away. You'd be amazed how many times teams that a really short (1/2 or worse) don't win away from home. And, because the odds are so short, they only need to get done one time out of every 3 or so to mess you up. I bet Crawley were odds on at Cheltenham.
Don't be scared of the big prices - I backed West Ham to win at Old Trafford twice in 2 years, 9/1 the first time (FA Cup) and 7/1 the time after (league). Off the top of my head I can think of QPR at Everton being an example. Don't know the exact price but I'd imagine you'd have got 3/1, easy.
Pay no attention to what a team 'needs' (for promotion, etc - in my experience it makes very little difference. Eg crap teams battling relegation don't suddenly become good)
Ignore games involving your own team (made that mistake a few times )
I used to have a £10 bet every weekend. I'd pick 5 fixtures, (sometimes draws) - I'd look for home odds around between evens and 2/1, maybe a draw or two (used to be at about 23/10) and the occasion lairy away win (at about 3/1)
20 x 50p Trebles
£5 acc.
if you're betting the odds I've suggested, getting 3 right would usually get most of your stake back (for example 17/10, 23/10, and 6/4 would get you just over £11 back) but of course you're really hoping to get more than 3 in. If you get 4, you're looking at a nice profit of maybe £30, but if you get all 5 in it's time for a holiday. I actually hit that twice (this was in about a 3 year period); the most memorable time was when I had 4/5 in and Wrexham scored a last minute penalty to equalise and I kopped about £1200. My punters (I was a betting shop manager at the time) we curious as to why I'd whooped at an apparently random time)
I really miss betting on the football.
[quote="bixieupnorth"]every so often i have a nice win, but generally, like most people i make a loss on the year, its an inexpensive hobby for me, i never go mad, £1 stakes and the occasional fiver[/quote]
I miss gambling on the football :( I used to turn a pretty nice profit, to be honest. Here are my rules.
[list][color=#FF0000]Never back odds-on away. You'd be amazed how many times teams that a really short (1/2 or worse) don't win away from home. And, because the odds are so short, they only need to get done one time out of every 3 or so to mess you up. I bet Crawley were odds on at Cheltenham. [/color]
[color=#4000FF]Don't be scared of the big prices - I backed West Ham to win at Old Trafford twice in 2 years, 9/1 the first time (FA Cup) and 7/1 the time after (league). Off the top of my head I can think of QPR at Everton being an example. Don't know the exact price but I'd imagine you'd have got 3/1, easy. [/color]
[color=#408000]Pay no attention to what a team 'needs' (for promotion, etc - in my experience it makes very little difference. Eg crap teams battling relegation don't suddenly become good)
Ignore games involving your own team (made that mistake a few times :( )[/color][/list]
I used to have a £10 bet every weekend. I'd pick 5 fixtures, (sometimes draws) - I'd look for home odds around between evens and 2/1, maybe a draw or two (used to be at about 23/10) and the occasion lairy away win (at about 3/1)
20 x 50p Trebles
£5 acc.
if you're betting the odds I've suggested, getting 3 right would usually get most of your stake back (for example 17/10, 23/10, and 6/4 would get you just over £11 back) but of course you're really hoping to get more than 3 in. If you get 4, you're looking at a nice profit of maybe £30, but if you get all 5 in it's time for a holiday. I actually hit that twice (this was in about a 3 year period); the most memorable time was when I had 4/5 in and Wrexham scored a last minute penalty to equalise and I kopped about £1200. My punters (I was a betting shop manager at the time) we curious as to why I'd whooped at an apparently random time)
I really miss betting on the football.
