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Olympic medal table

  • 02-07-2012 2:27pm
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    Registered Users Posts: 937 ✭✭✭


    Does anybody have knowledge of why china is second favourites behind USA?
    I know it was the Beijing games but they beat USA by 16 golds,

    6/4 on them finishing top could be value


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  • Registered Users Posts: 559 ✭✭✭DB74


    I backed USA last time out using the same logic - well beaten in the end

    Home advantage is massive in Olympics, can't see China doing as well this time around


  • Registered Users Posts: 38,925 ✭✭✭✭Mellor


    Does anybody have knowledge of why china is second favourites behind USA?
    I know it was the Beijing games but they beat USA by 16 golds,

    You answered your own question really.


  • Registered Users Posts: 39,478 ✭✭✭✭KevIRL


    Any markets around for number of Irish medals?


  • Registered Users Posts: 559 ✭✭✭DB74


    KevIRL wrote: »
    Any markets around for number of Irish medals?

    I had to ask for prices 4 years ago. Only Ladbrokes and Celtic came back to me. Most others wouldn't quote any.


  • Registered Users Posts: 38,925 ✭✭✭✭Mellor


    KevIRL wrote: »
    Any markets around for number of Irish medals?

    Yeah Kev, Boyles have it up
    1 medal only looks tempting


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  • Registered Users Posts: 7,706 ✭✭✭premierstone


    Mellor wrote: »
    Yeah Kev, Boyles have it up
    1 medal only looks tempting

    Cant access from work, any chance someone could post up prices for this cheers!!


  • Registered Users Posts: 4,408 ✭✭✭ft9


    One Irish Gold Medals 10/11
    Two Irish Gold Medals 9/4
    No Irish Gold Medals 4/1
    Three Or More Irish Gold Medals 9/1

    Two Or Three Irish Medals 5/6
    Four Or Five Irish Medals 7/4
    None Or One Irish Medals 13/2
    Six Or More Irish Medals 8/1


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 7,669 ✭✭✭Colonel Sanders


    ft9

    Who is quoting both sets of prices there?


  • Registered Users Posts: 4,408 ✭✭✭ft9


    ft9

    Who is quoting both sets of prices there?
    Boyles


  • Registered Users Posts: 38,925 ✭✭✭✭Mellor


    ft9

    Who is quoting both sets of prices there?
    As I said above, only boyles are the only bookies with a market so far.
    Betfair have something similar.

    They aren't two sets of prices either, look again


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 7,669 ✭✭✭Colonel Sanders


    Mellor wrote: »
    They aren't two sets of prices either, look again

    Eh one is number of gold medals, the other number of medals....


  • Registered Users Posts: 38,925 ✭✭✭✭Mellor


    Mellor wrote: »
    They aren't two sets of prices either, look again

    Eh one is number of gold medals, the other number of medals....
    Yes, as i said there aren't two people quoting prices, just boyles.


  • Registered Users Posts: 559 ✭✭✭DB74


    Paddy Power has

    2/7 Ireland < 1.5 Golds
    9/4 Ireland > 1.5 Golds

    http://www.paddypower.com/bet/olympics/2012-olympics?ev_oc_grp_ids=706735

    They also have markets for Total medals but no quote for Ireland for this market (only for USA, GB, Australia, Canada, France, Spain, Germany, Italy, Japan, South Korea, Russia, China)

    http://www.paddypower.com/bet/olympics/2012-olympics?ev_oc_grp_ids=721077

    Should rebrand as Plastic Paddy Power!


  • Registered Users Posts: 559 ✭✭✭DB74


    Ladbrokes have

    Ireland Total Golds
    3/1 - None
    8/13 - Exactly One
    4/1 - Exactly 2
    12/1 - Three or more

    http://sports.ladbrokes.com/en-gb/Olympics-c210000148#

    Ireland Total Medals
    12/1 - No Medals
    7/2 - One
    5/2 - Two
    3/1 - Three
    9/2 - Four
    9/2 - Five+

    http://sports.ladbrokes.com/en-gb/Olympics-c210000148#


  • Registered Users Posts: 39,478 ✭✭✭✭KevIRL


    PP market for number of Irish medals

    http://www.paddypower.com/bet?action=go_type&ev_class_id=83&disp_cat_id=&ev_type_id=18773&ev_oc_grp_ids=754367

    I reckon we could well end up with 3 - 2 in boxing and 1 more most likely in sailing

    However the 100/1 on no medals interests me here. We have one very likely medal from Katie Taylor obviously, but if she does mess up her first match or get a tricky draw, which is a bit more likely due to some weights being combined in the womens boxing then who knows...


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