THE BETTING THREAD

[Top Flight]

So far this short season I am 660 up..... put 20 worth of bets on and won 680 (rounded up)

put most into my cruise account and enough back into betting account to limit myself to a 5ver bet per weekend for the rest of the season.

Can you tell me what you're betting on so I can be 660 up as well.

football and it will never happen to you, because you are addicted to gambling

I am not addicted to gambling first of all.
Secondly, I have taken on board everyone's advice.
Before I was betting on the cricket, rugby super league, baseball, Iran Pro League all sorts of things. Now I have calmed it down a lot and am betting much more on things that I know and am familiar with. I only did a small bet on Chelsea last night and that was it. Maybe I am still over betting a little bit as I probably shouldn't have bet on the Dortmund Munich game on Sunday, but I have reduced what I bet on considerably. So I am definitely taking on board advise.

And I honestly don't know what acca is. I keep seeing it everywhere, but I don't know what it is or how you are supposed to use it.

I apologise if I was being a bit jokey in my last few messages, but I am serious about my betting and do want to get good at it.

Anyway, you slam me for betting on something with a good chance of coming off and where the price is showing some value and then you bet on something that has very little chance of happening but of course you got incredibly lucky.

[exileinleeds]

Sangers, Some might consider it unethical.... and some might say, that as long as it doesn't cost the company anything - given that he wrote the code in his own time, then why shouldn't we benefit.

As it stands, we don't.

If you work for Joe Blogs PLC, and all the noises are that the company is having a great year, is it unethical to go buy some shares ahead of the official notification to the stock market?

[Sanguine]

I am not addicted to gambling first of all.

'What can I bet on today?'

And an acca is an accumulator bet. Multiple odds for betting on a series of results.

[Sanguine]

Sangers, Some might consider it unethical.... and some might say, that as long as it doesn't cost the company anything - given that he wrote the code in his own time, then why shouldn't we benefit.

As it stands, we don't.

If you work for Joe Blogs PLC, and all the noises are that the company is having a great year, is it unethical to go buy some shares ahead of the official notification to the stock market?

If you benefit, then, even indirectly, it costs the company something.
I thought you were implying you were already receiving those alerts and betting accordingly.

Not sure what point you are making on Joe Blogs PLC. As you know, you can act only on publicly available information. If 'the noises are that' a PLC is having a great year, then they will report that to the market and to their shareholders. To act prior to that would be insider trading.

[Top Flight]

I am not addicted to gambling first of all.

'What can I bet on today?'

Yeah, but there are alot of fixtures going on today. I am just looking for an opportunity.

I am not betting any more than you.

I am still playing with my initial deposits from the beginning of the season. I am not topping my betting account.

I have just researched the Acca accumulator bet. I am just trying to figure out how you place one on Bet365.

[Top Flight]

Regarding the ACCA

I have made 4 selections and added them to my betting slip on Bet365. I have clicked on multiple bet options and am faced with numerous options. I am guessing that I wouldn't select singles.

The other options are doubles, trebles, 4 folds, yankee, lucky 15 and permed patent.

If I wanted to place an acca on Brighton, Norwich, Sheff Wed and Gillingham all winning at home, where would I put my stake? Is it 4 folds? It doesn't tell me how much the bet would return but it does say 4 folds 11.70. So I am guessing the price is 11.70 to 1 if I were to place that bet as an acca. Is that the correct way to place an acca on B365?

[jd82]

I am not addicted to gambling first of all.

'What can I bet on today?'

Yeah, but there are alot of fixtures going on today. I am just looking for an opportunity.

I am not betting any more than you.

I am still playing with my initial deposits from the beginning of the season. I am not topping my betting account.

I have just researched the Acca accumulator bet. I am just trying to figure out how you place one on Bet365.

Have to agree with others here TF - you are looking for something to bet on.

I can tell you the next stage - you'll start putting accas on with 3/4/5/6 short priced teams, thinking you're getting the mystical 'value' and then being incredulous when they don't come in.

The best bit of betting advice i can possibly give you is: You never see a bookie on the bus, other than possibly, stop listening to the advice you get from oxf*rd pundits

[Sanguine]

Regarding the ACCA

I have made 4 selections and added them to my betting slip on Bet365. I have clicked on multiple bet options and am faced with numerous options. I am guessing that I wouldn't select singles.

The other options are doubles, trebles, 4 folds, yankee, lucky 15 and permed patent.

If I wanted to place an acca on Brighton, Norwich, Sheff Wed and Gillingham all winning at home, where would I put my stake? Is it 4 folds? It doesn't tell me how much the bet would return but it does say 4 folds 11.70. So I am guessing the price is 11.70 to 1 if I were to place that bet as an acca. Is that the correct way to place an acca on B365?

Yes.

And trebles, for example, would cover every 3-game combination within that selection. And doubles every pair of results.

[jd82]

I can tell you the next stage - you'll start putting accas on with 3/4/5/6 short priced teams, thinking you're getting the mystical 'value' and then being incredulous when they don't come in.

If I wanted to place an acca on Brighton, Norwich, Sheff Wed and Gillingham all winning at home

[exileinleeds]

I am not addicted to gambling first of all.

'What can I bet on today?'

Yeah, but there are alot of fixtures going on today. I am just looking for an opportunity.

I am not betting any more than you.

I am still playing with my initial deposits from the beginning of the season. I am not topping my betting account.

I have just researched the Acca accumulator bet. I am just trying to figure out how you place one on Bet365.

On B365, make your selections, they appear on the right of your screen....scroll down and it gives you a 'Multiple Bet' button, which then gives you the option of doubles/trebles/yankies etc....


Sangers, I figured you had misunderstood me. Yes he has this little alert going- he has all sorts of monitoring tools and stuff going on....the volume of transactions is HUGE (as in billions) and he works with the real time data...fraud prevention is a massive issue- as is 'gamble aware'....
It is actually quite interesting* sometimes to listen to the data miners, how they extract the information about you to enable them to predict what you are going to do next.
Data mining is scary.

[Top Flight]

Regarding the ACCA

I have made 4 selections and added them to my betting slip on Bet365. I have clicked on multiple bet options and am faced with numerous options. I am guessing that I wouldn't select singles.

The other options are doubles, trebles, 4 folds, yankee, lucky 15 and permed patent.

If I wanted to place an acca on Brighton, Norwich, Sheff Wed and Gillingham all winning at home, where would I put my stake? Is it 4 folds? It doesn't tell me how much the bet would return but it does say 4 folds 11.70. So I am guessing the price is 11.70 to 1 if I were to place that bet as an acca. Is that the correct way to place an acca on B365?

Yes.

And trebles, for example, would cover every 3-game combination within that selection. And doubles every pair of results.

OK, but then when I put my £5 stake into trebles it tells me that I am staking £20 and it doesn't tell me how much will be returned if I win.
So it looks like I am putting a fiver on each selection and my winnings won't be accumulated.

[Sanguine]

Regarding the ACCA

I have made 4 selections and added them to my betting slip on Bet365. I have clicked on multiple bet options and am faced with numerous options. I am guessing that I wouldn't select singles.

The other options are doubles, trebles, 4 folds, yankee, lucky 15 and permed patent.

If I wanted to place an acca on Brighton, Norwich, Sheff Wed and Gillingham all winning at home, where would I put my stake? Is it 4 folds? It doesn't tell me how much the bet would return but it does say 4 folds 11.70. So I am guessing the price is 11.70 to 1 if I were to place that bet as an acca. Is that the correct way to place an acca on B365?

Yes.

And trebles, for example, would cover every 3-game combination within that selection. And doubles every pair of results.

OK, but then when I put my £5 stake into trebles it tells me that I am staking £20 and it doesn't tell me how much will be returned if I win.
So it looks like I am putting a fiver on each selection and my winnings won't be accumulated.

#hugefacepalm

IF YOU DON'T GET IT, DON'T BET ON IT.

A four-fold = every one of your four selections to win
A treble = three of your selections to win. There are 4 combinations of these (BNS, BNG, BSG and NSG). So if you want to bet £5 in total, you wager £1.25 per treble. Each of those £1.25 trebles will pay out the accumulated odds of the three selections.

[Top Flight]

Yes.

And trebles, for example, would cover every 3-game combination within that selection. And doubles every pair of results.

OK, but then when I put my £5 stake into trebles it tells me that I am staking £20 and it doesn't tell me how much will be returned if I win.
So it looks like I am putting a fiver on each selection and my winnings won't be accumulated.

#hugefacepalm

IF YOU DON'T GET IT, DON'T BET ON IT.

A four-fold = every one of your four selections to win
A treble = three of your selections to win. There are 4 combinations of these (BNS, BNG, BSG and NSG). So if you want to bet £5 in total, you wager £1.25 per treble. Each of those £1.25 trebles will pay out the accumulated odds of the three selections.

That's why I have been backing teams or laying them off and only betting on individual selections. It is confusing. On Betfair, I just had a look and you can EDGE your ACCA whatever the hell that means.

[Sanguine]

Well I'll leave you to it, what with the women's Olympic cycling, the 3.30 at Ripon and the Czech Masters golf all ready for you to bet on.

[exileinleeds]

Sangers, Some might consider it unethical.... and some might say, that as long as it doesn't cost the company anything - given that he wrote the code in his own time, then why shouldn't we benefit.

As it stands, we don't.

If you work for Joe Blogs PLC, and all the noises are that the company is having a great year, is it unethical to go buy some shares ahead of the official notification to the stock market?

If you benefit, then, even indirectly, it costs the company something.
I thought you were implying you were already receiving those alerts and betting accordingly.

Not sure what point you are making on Joe Blogs PLC. As you know, you can act only on publicly available information. If 'the noises are that' a PLC is having a great year, then they will report that to the market and to their shareholders. To act prior to that would be insider trading.

I don't see how it costs the company anything if I make a profit elsewhere.

As for the Joe Bloggs plc- many years ago, I was in hospital, and a fellow patient worked on a checkout in Asda (pre Walmart days)- she mentioned that if I had any spare cash I should buy shares, as every week in the team meetings they were being told of stores going massively over targets. I think she was looking forward to a bonus....as it happened I had some cash that I knew I wouldn't need for at least 90 days - so I bought some Asda shares.

A few weeks later they made their announcements and the share price went up significantly....and I made some money from my 'gamble'. You really think that is insider trading?

[exileinleeds]

Regarding the ACCA

I have made 4 selections and added them to my betting slip on Bet365. I have clicked on multiple bet options and am faced with numerous options. I am guessing that I wouldn't select singles.

The other options are doubles, trebles, 4 folds, yankee, lucky 15 and permed patent.

If I wanted to place an acca on Brighton, Norwich, Sheff Wed and Gillingham all winning at home, where would I put my stake? Is it 4 folds? It doesn't tell me how much the bet would return but it does say 4 folds 11.70. So I am guessing the price is 11.70 to 1 if I were to place that bet as an acca. Is that the correct way to place an acca on B365?

To find the returns on multiple bet, if you want the 4 above to win- put it on a 4fold - it is 1 bet, odds are shown, and it will give you the possible returns.
If you select say the 'yankie' option it is multiple bets on those 4 selections- doubles, trebles, 4 fold- so instead of putting £5 on a 4 fold- which you need to win all elements to get any return, if you use a 'yankee' or whatever it is say 10 x 0.50 bets....if all 4 don't come in, only 2 say, then you will still get some of your money. Try putting in an amount, then click where it says 'yankee' and a window will pop up telling you what the bets are, and how much return you will get on each of them.

If you don't understand the terms like 'yankee' or whatever, Google is your friend. Easy explanations out there.

[Top Flight]

Well I'll leave you to it, what with the women's Olympic cycling, the 3.30 at Ripon and the Czech Masters golf all ready for you to bet on.

Oh yeah, who do you think will win the cycling?

[Sanguine]

Well I'll leave you to it, what with the women's Olympic cycling, the 3.30 at Ripon and the Czech Masters golf all ready for you to bet on.

Oh yeah, who do you think will win the cycling?

Alan Brazil.

[Top Flight]

Well I'll leave you to it, what with the women's Olympic cycling, the 3.30 at Ripon and the Czech Masters golf all ready for you to bet on.

Oh yeah, who do you think will win the cycling?

Alan Brazil.

[Top Flight]

Don't worry, I'm not going to bet on it.

I am fully focussed on tonights football.