Odds compiling

[SlimChance]

We all know the game is dead. The test for us all now is finding ways to get on to continue getting money out of it.

 

[trefflich]

I remember the memo that Celtic Bookmakers sent out to staff around 4 years ago. I guess I always knew the game was immoral, but that was the nail in the coffin.

What was the gist of that memo?

 

[SlimChance]

http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/ivan-yates-sharks-cost-bookies-dear-26480681.html

 

[qzy]

Maybe apocryphal, but there are many reports from ordinary punters evidencing the fact that they can "get on" via phone when they are heavily restricted online.

This is how my Coral account seems to work....

 

[Roddy Owen]

I would say that 90% of my bets are on the phone

 

[LUKE]

What was the gist of that memo?

It warned staff about "arbours".

 

[trefflich]

Bit late for Ivan then..arbours were the least of his worries.

 

[SlimChance]

One of the big firms was caught ripping 188bet prices off directly, a few smaller firms still do, its quite obvious which ones.

I presume you mean 888.com? What is so special about 188bet's prices?

 

[simmo]

It warned staff about "arbours".

Yes, you need to watch out for wooden framed garden seating areas - they're a bugger.

 

[J_C]

I presume you mean 888.com? What is so special about 188bet's prices?

No mate, 188.

 

[SlimChance]

No mate, 188.

No I mean 888 had the same prices as 188

 

[Relkeel]

The "Behind Enemy Lines" Q&A with the bookies' odds-compilers in today's RP gives an excellent insight into the skill of the Bet365 trading team...


Q Who will win the Champions League?
A Borussia Dortmund

Q Which team are the worst result in your book?
A Borussia Dortmund