Staking £10K With a Chance to Win Back £400

[MrMarkyMark]

Who would be stupid enough to do that

[TestMangler]

Must be an absolute cert. No one could possibly be dumb enough to place a bet like that if there was even a remote chance it could go the other way.

Unless.......they'd maybe had a misplaced childhood and they were now clutching at straws....

[MrMarkyMark]

Must be an absolute cert. No one could possibly be dumb enough to place a bet like that if there was even a remote chance it could go the other way.

Unless.......they'd maybe had a misplaced childhood and they were now clutching at straws....

You mean like Brexit or Trump, maybe

He will be clutching at something, more likely to be an appendage rather than a straw.

[BrilloPad]

Is that the odds and Brexit going ahead?

[MrMarkyMark]

Is that the odds and Brexit going ahead?

Not quite

http://forums.contractoruk.com/gener...r-hates-2.html

[MrMarkyMark]

£10K on a Tory majority now gets you £2.5K on Betfair, if it happens.

http://forums.contractoruk.com/gener...-1-16-a-9.html

[MarillionFan]

Who would be stupid enough to do that

Yeah, well we all could have taken the bet at 1/4, but there's much more chance of that losing than the 1/25 I took.

Up here for thinking, down there for dancing mate.

[pjclarke]

The trend may not be your friend.

You can now lay a Con majority at betfair for 1.26. You never see a bookie on a bus .....

[Lambert Simnel]

I certainly was happy to bet on Macron at 10/1 on (once he had made the second round vs Le Pen). Now that was a sure thing, and the odds came close to reflecting it.

May will likely still get her majority, but taking a bet on that at 25/1 on is ludicrous, and shows a significant lack of understanding of the recent volatility of British politics. No doubt when the Tories win the better in question will feel vindicated with his £400 to wave around - it won't change the fact that this was a dumb bet to take, with a poor understanding of the actual odds.

[tomtomagain]

I certainly was happy to bet on Macron at 10/1 on (once he had made the second round vs Le Pen). Now that was a sure thing, and the odds came close to reflecting it.

May will likely still get her majority, but taking a bet on that at 25/1 on is ludicrous, and shows a significant lack of understanding of the recent volatility of British politics. No doubt when the Tories win the better in question will feel vindicated with his £400 to wave around - it won't change the fact that this was a dumb bet to take, with a poor understanding of the actual odds.

It's picking up pennies in front of a steamroller.