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Ditto here too. Stuck a small stake on the draw at 1.98 hoping to leave for 5-10 mins and to green up. Then came the Barce pen. Managed to trade out with a small profit on Barca win.

That's it, no more trading tonight otherwise will definitely undo today's good work.

Edit...I think I meant Real Mad and not Barca

LOL!
Riding my luck tonight. Managed to scalp a point in the over/unders before Barca scored.

Currently watching the golf - just flicked over to see what time Barca kick off to see theyre 1-0 up already

Barca scored after just 58secs.

Anyone trading the glasgow derby tonight ? Its on BBC Scotland (ch941 on sky digital).

Im confused by the rules slightly on the match odds - if i am reading it correctly the draw odds only apply after 120 mins not 90 mins and if so looks awfully short at 3.5. Can anyone check the rules and see if they agree with me


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Based upon the time of the match I would put the odds at around:-

2.24, 3.43, 3.80
HW, HD, HL

So it looks about right.

On 90 mins the draw should be trading around 1.59 for a 120 minute match in this case.

Thanks scrip

i miss rwad the rules initially but thanks for your view

Rangers look like they cant buy a goal at the moment so looking to back celtic


Also, Costa Rica v France game may be worth a look on the goals market. This is a game to raise money for charity and France have accordingly picked an attacking starting XI :

Barthez - Gallas, Thuram (cap), Givet, Abidal - Wiltord, A.Diarra, Dhorasoo, Malouda - Anelka, Henry

Currently over 2.5 available at 1.8 looks exceptionally good value and may look at some of the higher goals odds (the last charity game i believe ended 6-3)

90 mins + injury time would exclude extra time.

Incidentally the odds would reamin the same even if it were different lengths of match based upon the most commonly used models. All that would vary would be the time decay during the match.

Anelka just missed from 2 yards - both sides appear to be prepared to play a very attacking game

1-0 Celtic :-)

Costa Rica 1-0 up v France - overs bet looking good

On the sheff wed vs cardiff game someone laid the price about the wrong team. At 3-0 when the prices re-opened someone laid Cardiff (rather than Sheff Wed) at 42.0 for 600 - think they laid the wrong team - looks like theyve just cost themselves about 25K - ouch!!!

So there is, missed that, what a bummer.

Looking at the charts everything went AWOL there on both sides.

Costa Rica 2-0 vs France - wouldnt have minded some of the 12.0 before the game though the 1.60 currently available looks big to me

laid off some of my +4 goals but leaving my overs bet running

Scrip

you still around? How do match odds correlate to "to qualify odds" - ie celtic 1.33 to win match in 90 mins but 1.13 to qualify

re: cardiff game
It was so bizarre, I just sat and watched the money disappear and did nothing.

Just been looking - i see 3k got matched at 2.0 on Sheff Wed at the same time!!!

Sealed - get those fingers clicking!!!! didnt have on screen at time or id have been trying

2-1 - France have got one back (though very offside!) and overs bet landed after 50 mins - glad i didnt green up