Grand National 2016

dodsi · Dirty Carny Joined: 06 Aug 2004 Karma :

I'm surprised that there is not a thread about this already, are you betting this year? If so which horse are you backing?

CaNsA · Super Spammer Joined: 02 Jan 2008 Karma :

Bet Victor is paying to 6 places on e/w bets.

stan james has a free 5pond bet for current and new members

dodsi · Dirty Carny Joined: 06 Aug 2004 Karma :

victor also were giving a £5 casino token. After wagering mine turned into £125 which offset the £125 I had on B365 (£250 - £125 refund).

So I currently have £250 on the national with £0 cost to myself. Plus a few others kicking around.

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GhostRider · World Chat Champion Joined: 31 Jan 2008 Karma :

From a straight gambling point of view, I've just used my £10 loyalty bonus from B365 on Many Clouds.

Not gonna chuck my own money at it, as it literally could be anyones - if I was gonna stick £5 on a horse I'd do it on a more calculated basis.

From a matched betting point of view I've got about 23 horses covered - if any of those come 5th it'll be a good payday. If some of them also happen to come 6th it'll be a very good payday. Already made £440 from B365 refund offer alone so the rest is down to fate.

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ScaredyCat · World Chat Champion Joined: 19 May 2012 Karma :

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/188253/_bcf/betting.png

But if Aachen comes in I'm quids in... twice Crying or Very sad

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dydey90 · World Chat Champion Joined: 01 Oct 2013 Karma :

Well I've just stuck a couple of quid on a few nags.
Got four on each way, paying out to five places. If all come in it's about £300. If my last few flutters are anything to go by though it'll end with one winning with no jockey, one ploughing through a fence and two getting shot.
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Beehive Bedlam · World Chat Champion Joined: 28 Oct 2013 Karma :

No I don't bet any other time of the year and I find horse racing more mind numbing than football. It makes me sleepy literally.

Rob Fzs · World Chat Champion Joined: 07 Oct 2015 Karma :

Won 22 ponds on the winner with a 5 quid free bet from stan james Very Happy

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dydey90 · World Chat Champion Joined: 01 Oct 2013 Karma :

Holy poo I got two in the top five and won £39 Shocked

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S1417 · Nitrous Nuisance Joined: 30 Apr 2014 Karma :

Had £21 on various horses....Won £6....Used free casino ponds and converted to £130 after I'd reached wagering requirements.

So £115 up from the day Thumbs Up

dodsi · Dirty Carny Joined: 06 Aug 2004 Karma :

My wife had £4 ew on rule the world... £208 squids returned.

My £12.50 ew came in on last samurai so £48 something back on that.

Non too shabby today.

Mr Nice Guy · World Chat Champion Joined: 18 Jul 2007 Karma :

I won £129 from a £3 EW bet Very Happy

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AngelGrinder · World Chat Champion Joined: 09 Jun 2007 Karma :

I had about £1,500 on it, and won precisely £0. Only about £20 of that was actual punts though!
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GhostRider · World Chat Champion Joined: 31 Jan 2008 Karma :

Was about £5-6k - when you lay off a winner in a race, the liability is only as high as the highest odds horse (since only one horse can win) so the others cancel each other out after a certain point. Same thing happens with the place market after you lay off so many horses.

Didn't hit anything for 5th or 6th place though, was somewhat disappointed about that since I missed out on Cheltenham largely and the fact I spent all facking day scouring for matches.

Still, a good days pay was still had.

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recman · World Chat Champion Joined: 26 Mar 2012 Karma :

My work sweepstake came in 6th.
Probably the best I've ever done on the National. Rolling Eyes

dodsi · Dirty Carny Joined: 06 Aug 2004 Karma :

Yeah, I wouldn't be comfortable with that level of liability. Luckily I didn't need to lay anything off due to other winnings.

How many of your friends have accounts with 365? It would appear to me they have around five or six!

GhostRider · World Chat Champion Joined: 31 Jan 2008 Karma :

Yeah a year ago I'd have been shitting my knickers, but its like the Matrix really, after a while you stop seeing the numbers and it's just shifting them from one place to the other.

Gotta be careful though, a guy over at PA thought he;d backed and layed Rule The World, turns out he'd layed it but backed a different horse by mistake, cost him £2,500 Shocked

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Lord Percy · World Chat Champion Joined: 03 Aug 2012 Karma :

I couldn't do that Bet365 £125 matched betting malarkey because my funds are locked up with Ladbrokes exchange who have taken about 3 weeks now with some bollocks ID verifcation thing. The money is sat in limbo, I can't use it on Ladbrokes exchange and they still haven't released it into my bank account. I need that money before I can afford any big lay bets.

And to make matters even better, I ended up getting drunk with my brother and his missus who were placing bog standard bets on it, so I joined in for the hell of it, bet £2 E/W on the top 5 best winning odds, then a few rums later decided to place the same bets again on another website. Can't believe only one of them finished high enough to get any result. Lost £22 altogether. Not a huge loss but a nice reminder of why standard gambling is a chump's game.

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trevoriv · World Chat Champion Joined: 04 Jun 2005 Karma :

I had a few bets on the national but my biggy was £100 EW on Vic's Canvas @ 100/1.

Wee came out when it was tied for first with a few f to go, still happy with my returns mind.
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