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corban

monaghan to beat longford tonight, looks like a good bet...

corban

5 - 1 to monaghan! result

Xavi6

What was it paying?

corban

Xavi6 wrote: »

What was it paying?

backed it during the day yesterday at evens in terry rogers, then again boyles last night at 10/11...and had a tiny nibble on monaghan half/full time 21/10..boyles again

Gareth37

Sligo Rovers are just 8/11 tonight but they should dispose of a poor Rovers side that have nothing to play for. Rovers have a very long journey and are a part time team against a full time team. Sligo are chasing a UEFA cup spot and are a much better team than Rovers. The odds are poor but fingers crossed for a Sligo victory.

CiaranC

Gareth37 wrote: »

Sligo Rovers are just 8/11 tonight but they should dispose of a poor Rovers side that have nothing to play for. Rovers have a very long journey and are a part time team against a full time team. Sligo are chasing a UEFA cup spot and are a much better team than Rovers. The odds are poor but fingers crossed for a Sligo victory.

Those odds look very strong to me. 10/11 is widely available.

Eric McGill (ligament) and Darren Stapleton (cartilage) are out for the rest of the season, while Darragh Maguire is suspended.

John Martin (hip) is being rested. There are fitness doubts about both Aidan Price (hip) and Stephen Rice (hamstring).

"I've also introduced some lads from the A team to first team training. They've done really well and I wouldn't hesitate to give them an opportunity against Sligo Rovers."

6 first team regulars out injured...

Gareth37

Sligo are trading high enough on Betfair for some reason

Thats a bad sign.

dotsflan

right lads ive gone with ye and stuck a few bob on sligo to try recoup some losses:pac::pac:

Gareth37

dotsflan wrote: »

right lads ive gone with ye and stuck a few bob on sligo to try recoup some losses:pac::pac:

Congratulations

dotsflan

cheers for that must admit i thought my day was going to be a total disaster when they went 1 down:D betfair balance looking a bit better now though!!!!

dotsflan

just wondering did any of ye read about the suspicious betting patterns on the monaghan longford match?? seems very suspect, PP were hit for 30k and suspended betting an hour before kick off

corban

Paddy Power hit for €30k in suspected betting 'sting'

By JOHNNY WARD

Sunday November 02 2008

EXCLUSIVE

Paddy Power Bookmakers was hit by a loss of close to €30,000 when a wholesale gamble was landed in an apparently insignificant eircom League first division match on Friday night.

Monaghan United trounced Longford Town 5-1, costing bookmakers in Ireland and England a considerable sum of money after what are being viewed in the industry as suspicious betting patterns.

United, who prior to the match had scored 27 goals in their 32 league games, were slashed from 6/5 into odds-on by all bookmakers, with Paddy Power eventually forced to suspend betting in the hour before kick-off.

The bookmaker's spokesman, Paddy Power, estimated that the match attracted approximately 20 times the turnover he would normally expect for a low-grade first division game in the eircom League.

"It's a very low-profile game and you tend to take a handful of bets on it but the fact that there was a widespread gamble would certainly raise a few eyebrows.

"When we priced it up, we thought we might lay Longford at 15/8 -- they've been playing quite well -- but in fact it was all Monaghan. And rather than one big bet, it was a spread of bets on Thursday in our north Dublin shops. It just looked like a well-organised sting.

"We literally didn't take one bet on Longford. In that type of game, you'd be amazed if you even took one bet in the north Dublin shops involved and you'd expect a handful across the country.

"The thing that makes it look suspicious was that it was people putting on small bets to stay under the radar. Bets of €500 at 6/5 wouldn't raise many eyebrows."

Successful punters who backed winners Monaghan with Paddy Powers had to wait until yesterday to be paid out, and were informed by the bookmaker that the delay was due to the match being "under investigation due to irregular betting patterns".

Betting exchange giants Betfair, who have in place a memorandum of understanding with the FAI which allows the association to investigate betting movements on matches under its jurisdiction if requested, also reported that there was a higher-than normal level of trading on the match.

Contacted by the Sunday Independent yesterday, a spokesman for the FAI confirmed it would be looking into the matter.

"The FAI takes any such claims very seriously," he said. "We will be contacting the bookmakers concerned to look into whether there is any substance to these claims and will investigate further if appropriate."

- JOHNNY WARD

Howjoe1

dotsflan wrote: »

just wondering did any of ye read about the suspicious betting patterns on the monaghan longford match?? seems very suspect, PP were hit for 30k and suspended betting an hour before kick off

PP would have been hit for nothing mate. Just free advertisement for them. Large amounts being backed on a game like that would have alerted them in advance and laid off on the likes of betfair etc.

Gareth37

Howjoe1 wrote: »

PP would have been hit for nothing mate. Just free advertisement for them. Large amounts being backed on a game like that would have alerted them in advance and laid off on the likes of betfair etc.

I doubt there were many bets on Longford, probably a few hundred euro max

okidoki987

I doubt there were many bets on Longford, probably a few hundred euro max

Think you'll find it was the Monaghan bets that cost them