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Will our high street bookies offer a lay market?

Trampas · 2009-08-30 08:58:44

Just wondering will the bookies we all know like PP, Lads, etc will they ever offer a lay market like Betfair? I know we can do it head to head by backing the others if odds move so we can get a profit either way but wondering would they offer it in bigger fields?

30-08-2009 8:58am

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Trampas

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Just wondering will the bookies we all know like PP, Lads, etc will they ever offer a lay market like Betfair?

I know we can do it head to head by backing the others if odds move so we can get a profit either way but wondering would they offer it in bigger fields?

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#2 30-08-2009 11:53am

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Short answer: no.

You would probably get quoted a price for something not to happen in almost any event (sports i'm referring to, no real knowledge of racing) but the price would have margin built in.

For argement sake, if United are 2/1 to win the title, a bookie would quote on them NOT wining the title (the same as you laying) but they will quote you 1/3 as opposed to 1/2.

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