Crazy Football Bets!

jonny68 · 22-10-2005 10:30pm #1

A bloke i know who drinks in my local bet around €900 at the start of the season on Wigan to get relagated at the end of this season

had a pint with him today,needless to say he's not too happy at all

Chucky the tree · 22-10-2005 10:44pm

how ecactly is that a crazy bet? At the start of the season they would of been one of the favourites to get relegated.

MrJoeSoap · 22-10-2005 11:38pm

I wouldn't say betting on Wigan to go down would be a "crazy" bet either, but if you were putting €900 on it you would want to be very confident. Maybe he could win his losses back by putting his mortgage on Chelsea to win the league,

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jonny68 · 22-10-2005 11:49pm

Id say crazy in the sense of putting that amount of money on them to get relegated,€50 maybe but fuc**n €900:rolleyes:

AARRRGH · 23-10-2005 1:12am

€900 is nothing if you can afford it. And... it's early days yet. Who knows where Wigan will be in 6 months.

applehunter · 23-10-2005 1:27am

Wigan were better equiped at the start of the season than most clubs.

i.e they have a suger daddy.

That guy is obviously a ****ing gowl. Who puts that kind of money on a team in all fairness.

At least Everton, Birmingham would have gicen you a bit of value.:rolleyes:

MrJoeSoap · 23-10-2005 1:36am

Yeah that Wigan guy (name escapes me right now, sounds Irish...) is a nutcase. Didn't he make a pregnant employee cry recently or something? Ah yes Dave Whelan, I remember now.

DoctorEdgeWild · 23-10-2005 3:49am

In fairness to the bloke with the bet, I had Wigan down as favourites to go down as well. I think most people would have them in their predicted bottom three pre season. Despite their mini Abramovich and great manager.

Very unlucky on your mate though, must have seemed like he was getting one over on the bookies at the time but there ain't many poor bookies out there though.

zAbbo · 23-10-2005 10:06am

Agreed that 900 is nothing, every betting system is points based, he just went in for wigan at 9 points, be it 9cent/euro or whatever scale it is.

Pigman II · 23-10-2005 10:34am

jonny68 wrote:

A bloke i know who drinks in my local bet around €900 at the start of the season on Wigan to get relagated at the end of this season had a pint with him today,needless to say he's not too happy at all

Until I see them with 40+ points beside their name I wouldn't call that a crazy bet. We all know they (like all teams outside the Big 4 are going to slump after Xmas).

sikes · 23-10-2005 10:44am

Pigman II wrote:

(like all teams outside the Big 4 are going to slump after Xmas).

not sure where you get that from. Teams like aston villa two seasons ago and west brom. they didnt slump!!..and the Big 4 are who? united, arse, chel, and everton..spurs...newcastle...liverpool...charlton?

thinkk wigan have a good chance of top ten...there approach to every game is exccellant...

Lemlin · 23-10-2005 11:12am

Pigman II wrote:

Until I see them with 40+ points beside their name I wouldn't call that a crazy bet. We all know they (like all teams outside the Big 4 are going to slump after Xmas).

I can't see Wigan slumping enough to get relegated. They've already acquitted themselves well enough against teams like Villa and Newastle, who are tough opposition.

They've half the points they need to stay up already so I'd see them as safe.

Serbian · 23-10-2005 12:16pm

sikes wrote:

not sure where you get that from. Teams like aston villa two seasons ago and west brom. they didnt slump!!..and the Big 4 are who? united, arse, chel, and everton..spurs...newcastle...liverpool...charlton?

thinkk wigan have a good chance of top ten...there approach to every game is exccellant...

A big 3 is generally considered to exist: Chelsea, Arsenal, Manchester United. I don't know who the 4th could possibly be since there are about 5 teams competing for 4th place.

Lemlin · 23-10-2005 12:21pm

Serbian wrote:

A big 3 is generally considered to exist: Chelsea, Arsenal, Manchester United. I don't know who the 4th could possibly be since there are about 5 teams competing for 4th place.

I'd say Tottenham or Charlton at the minute. People would of once automatically said Liverpool but not now.

ErinGoBrath · 23-10-2005 2:14pm

Stuck 600 on Chelsea to win today @ 1.45 on betfair

Hopefully that won't be a crazy bet

Lemlin · 23-10-2005 2:51pm

ErinGoBrath wrote:

Stuck 600 on Chelsea to win today @ 1.45 on betfair

Hopefully that won't be a crazy bet

You're a braver man than me, €20 is my limit!

On a different note, my mate put €50 on at 9-1 for Cyprus not to score in the first half against Ireland. A national bookmaker (I don't want to name them) took the bet.

Needless to say, he was thrilled and went back to collect his €500. He was informed by them though that it was a rival national bookmaker running that bet and they could not honour it. They offered him €66.

He has contacted his solicitor. Even if they weren't running that special though, if he has a slip from them and the girl accepted the bet, surely they have to honour it?

eirebhoy · 23-10-2005 3:19pm

Lemlin wrote:

You're a braver man than me, €20 is my limit!

On a different note, my mate put €50 on at 9-1 for Cyprus not to score in the first half against Ireland. A national bookmaker (I don't want to name them) took the bet.

Needless to say, he was thrilled and went back to collect his €500. He was informed by them though that it was a rival national bookmaker running that bet and they could not honour it. They offered him €66.

He has contacted his solicitor. Even if they weren't running that special though, if he has a slip from them and the girl accepted the bet, surely they have to honour it?

Not a chance.

They don't have time to go checking up all the odds. You can put some crazy odds on slips without them noticing. €66 is about right.

KdjaCL · 23-10-2005 3:23pm

Does the slip have "€50 and 9-1 and Cprus not to score 1st half" on it?

If so solicitor will cost about €150 so hes up 350 , they took the bet so have to honour if above is on slip.

kdjac

scojones · 23-10-2005 3:28pm

If west ham win today my uncle gets 2k from the soccer pools - and they just scored!!

Lemlin · 23-10-2005 3:55pm

sjones wrote:

If west ham win today my uncle gets 2k from the soccer pools - and they just scored!!

They're 2-1 up at the minute.

Not a chance. They don't have time to go checking up all the odds. You can put some crazy odds on slips without them noticing. €66 is about right.

In my book, a bookies' has to honour any bet they take and by printing the slip she accepted his bet.

Does the slip have "€50 and 9-1 and Cprus not to score 1st half" on it?

If so solicitor will cost about €150 so hes up 350 , they took the bet so have to honour if above is on slip.

kdjac

That's what we thought. I told him go to a paper but most of them told him get a solicitor first and then they'd look into running the story. He's in Glasgow at the Celtic game today so I'll find out any further developments when he's back Tuesday.

jonny68 · 23-10-2005 7:25pm

No way are Wigan going down,id be gobsmacked if they did.Fu*k me the amount of people who are saying €900 is nothing:eek: it's a hell of a lot of money to me;)

Davey Devil · 23-10-2005 7:45pm

KdjaC wrote:

Does the slip have "€50 and 9-1 and Cprus not to score 1st half" on it?

If so solicitor will cost about €150 so hes up 350 , they took the bet so have to honour if above is on slip.

kdjac

That's not true. It's up to the customer to ensure that they have have taken the right price. If the price for this bet was displayed in the shop then the bookmaker would have to pay out.

As someone else said, anyone could slip in a 10/1 on Chelsea to win a particular game. If the shop is really busy staff have no time to check prices. The shop only have to pay out on prices that they were offering at the time.

I also find it highly unlikely that any bookmaker would lay 9/1 on Cyprus not to score in the first half. Sounds like a load of of crap to me.

zAbbo · 23-10-2005 8:59pm

ErinGoBrath wrote:

Stuck 600 on Chelsea to win today @ 1.45 on betfair

Hopefully that won't be a crazy bet

Lots of punters stayed away from backing Chelsea, hence the higher odds to entice a few in.

Hard Luck mate, had money on a valencia and wigan double myself @ 20/1

Lemlin · 23-10-2005 10:22pm

Davey Devil wrote:

That's not true. It's up to the customer to ensure that they have have taken the right price. If the price for this bet was displayed in the shop then the bookmaker would have to pay out.

As someone else said, anyone could slip in a 10/1 on Chelsea to win a particular game. If the shop is really busy staff have no time to check prices. The shop only have to pay out on prices that they were offering at the time.

I also find it highly unlikely that any bookmaker would lay 9/1 on Cyprus not to score in the first half. Sounds like a load of of crap to me.

I thought that myself but even the bookie he placed the bet with told him that another bookies was running that as a special.

I've seen his slip too.

Davey Devil · 23-10-2005 10:27pm

The slip is not in doubt, the offer is.

That's not a special, that's a goldmine. If any bookies were laying that bet half the country would have been on it. Somebody has their wires crossed because I'm 99.9% confident no offical bookmakers were running that special.

MrJoeSoap · 23-10-2005 10:32pm

Wasn't that bet mentioned on here at the time of the game. Was it you Lemlin?

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