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  • #62
    mikemac
    Closed Accounts Posts: 19,986 ✭✭✭✭mikemac


    Pretty significant that Paddy Power paid out early.
    They have traders and mathematicans working out liability and risk and they have managers all over the country too.
    I think that's a boost for the Yes camp if they want reassuring.

    Of course, sometimes go wrong like Fred Done bookmakers who paid out early on the 1998 Premier League


  • #63
    Hitman Actual
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,362 ✭✭✭Hitman Actual


    micmclo wrote: »
    Pretty significant that Paddy Power paid out early.
    They have traders and mathematicans working out liability and risk and they have managers all over the country too.
    I think that's a boost for the Yes camp if they want reassuring.

    I really, really hope so. But I also heard a snippet on the news this morning where the statisticians on the Yes side reckoned they needed 45% turn-out to be 'safe'. And as the Poker forum is my normal home on boards, I'm a big believer in stats and maths. I reckon it's still going down to the wire.


  • #64
    Pal
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,115 ✭✭✭Pal


    must take a look at the poker forum. never could quite get the hang of Texas Holdem


  • #65
    Hitman Actual
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,362 ✭✭✭Hitman Actual


    Pal wrote: »
    must take a look at the poker forum. never could quite get the hang of Texas Holdem

    You're very welcome, but a quick word of warning: it's not always as civil as this forum! There are a few guys here, both on the Yes and No side, who could show the rest of boards how to post proper constructive arguments. It's been an enlightening few weeks here, personally speaking.


  • #66
    Khannie
    Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 37,485 Mod ✭✭✭✭Khannie


    micmclo wrote: »
    Pretty significant that Paddy Power paid out early.
    They have traders and mathematicans working out liability and risk and they have managers all over the country too.

    Don't forget....part of it is marketing. They get their name out on every radio station and internet board by paying out early.


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  • #67
    DeVore
    Business & Finance Moderators, Entertainment Moderators Posts: 32,387 Mod ✭✭✭✭DeVore


    Khannie wrote: »
    Don't forget....part of it is marketing. They get their name out on every radio station and internet board by paying out early.
    Exactly. Its a deliberate ploy by them. Clever though!

    DeV.


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