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cloud88111
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Hi Guys,

I saw quite an interesting topic on the Betfair community forum. Basically some time ago someone mentioned a plan to place 364 bets at 1.02 and putting the full balance on each match, by the end you would have £47,000. Quite rightly someone pointed out that odds of 1.02 implied that 1 in 50 would not win so picking 364 of them would be quite a challenge.

Another recent topic was backing under 6.5 goals, which averages odds of 1.02. From what I can see less than 1 in 50 matches has over 6.5 goals and picking them I think could be doable. Any thoughts?
cloud88111
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Obviously, before anyone mentions it, I know that at a certain point of this strategy it will be very hard to get 000s filled on a market like this.
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gazuty
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Google "Gambler's ruin".
Alpha322
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cloud88111 wrote:Hi Guys,

I saw quite an interesting topic on the Betfair community forum. Basically some time ago someone mentioned a plan to place 364 bets at 1.02 and putting the full balance on each match, by the end you would have £47,000. Quite rightly someone pointed out that odds of 1.02 implied that 1 in 50 would not win so picking 364 of them would be quite a challenge.

Another recent topic was backing under 6.5 goals, which averages odds of 1.02. From what I can see less than 1 in 50 matches has over 6.5 goals and picking them I think could be doable. Any thoughts?
Cant understand why people just cant create a normal strategy and develop an edge and be profitable just the same, if you have a big enough bank after one year i bet you 1.01 you will achive this Patience and the drip effect.

I remember on one course a tutor said forget about your balance and P&L if your trading correctly they will look after themselves
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LeTiss
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That's a pure gambler speaking.
They seem to detach themselves from the reality of 1.02 favourites occasionally losing

2011/2012 Premier League
Matches: 380
Over 6.5 Goals: 11
cloud88111
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Firstly I have no argument whatsoever that this is a gamblers strategy. I think in an earlier post I did mention I can make a nice profit from weeks of trading then throw it all away on a punt.

Interesting point about the 11 matches being over from 380. You might have noticed that 8 of these all came from the same 3 teams Arsenal, City and United. Chelsea were also involved in 2 but 1 has already been counted as it was against Arsenal so lets say 9 of these 11 matches involved 4 teams.

I would never suggest doing this blindly and I would probably ignore the higher scoring teams. Saying you ignore these 4 teams you then have 240 matches with 2 over 6.5 goals. That can be considered as 1 in 120 but you are getting odds implying 1 in 50 will be over. Just at a quick glance the numbers are fairly similar in La Liga when you discount Barce and Real.
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