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Best/worst bets you've made on cricket
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Bet that SA would win after day 2 of Melbourne 2008 vs Aus. They were something like 190/7 and still trailing by 200. Odds were insane and I made plenty.
GIMH
Norwood's on Fire
This like as yet unclaimed ftr
Challis
U19 12th Man
1st Test: Bangladesh v West Indies at Chittagong, Oct 21-25, 2011 | Cricket Scorecard | ESPN Cricinfo
At stumps day one, spotted that William Hill were offering a 1st innings only Shakib vs Mushfiqur Batsman match, with odds of 2.2 for Mushfiq even though Shakib was out on 40 and Mushy 68*. Convinced that WH would notice this glitch and with only having £35 in my account, I bet it all expecting the bet to be voided. However bet was accepted, so I then decided to deposit £100 into my account hoping it was small enough so that no one would notice. Again it was accepted.
I decided I shouldn't make a larger bet because it would be too suspicious given that my previous largest bet was only £20 or so. But I couldn't stop myself and foolishly deposited £1000 more and tried placing a bet. Unsurprisingly this bet was not automatically accepted, instead there was a message stating that the bet had to be checked by a manager or something.
At this point I was berating myself for being greedy and losing out on a tidy sum
But then a message popped up stating something like they would only allow a maximum bet of £827.50, I had to read it twice before snap-clicking the place bet button. I took some print screens of the bet receipt and started reading the bet policy rules, disappointingly finding out that these bets would most likely be voided once a competent person noticed that the event had already taken place.
The next couple of days were agonising as there was no play on days 2 and 3 due to rain (surprise surprise).
Play finally restarted Day 4, Mushy was out on the first ball he faced. I sheepishly checked my account, saw that the balance was over £2000, refreshed the page and double-checked, roared YESSSS!!! whilst doing a fist pump, then composed myself before frantically withdrawing it all.
At stumps day one, spotted that William Hill were offering a 1st innings only Shakib vs Mushfiqur Batsman match, with odds of 2.2 for Mushfiq even though Shakib was out on 40 and Mushy 68*. Convinced that WH would notice this glitch and with only having £35 in my account, I bet it all expecting the bet to be voided. However bet was accepted, so I then decided to deposit £100 into my account hoping it was small enough so that no one would notice. Again it was accepted.
I decided I shouldn't make a larger bet because it would be too suspicious given that my previous largest bet was only £20 or so. But I couldn't stop myself and foolishly deposited £1000 more and tried placing a bet. Unsurprisingly this bet was not automatically accepted, instead there was a message stating that the bet had to be checked by a manager or something.
At this point I was berating myself for being greedy and losing out on a tidy sum
But then a message popped up stating something like they would only allow a maximum bet of £827.50, I had to read it twice before snap-clicking the place bet button. I took some print screens of the bet receipt and started reading the bet policy rules, disappointingly finding out that these bets would most likely be voided once a competent person noticed that the event had already taken place.
The next couple of days were agonising as there was no play on days 2 and 3 due to rain (surprise surprise).
Play finally restarted Day 4, Mushy was out on the first ball he faced. I sheepishly checked my account, saw that the balance was over £2000, refreshed the page and double-checked, roared YESSSS!!! whilst doing a fist pump, then composed myself before frantically withdrawing it all.
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NUFAN
Y no Afghanistan flag
Challis is winning the thread so far, that's so foolish by William hill, I bet hardly anyone else noticed or it would have raised suspicion.
My Chris Martin will score a Test match 10 is my best bet! Nah it isn't really but for someone who loves cricket and loves to bet, I'd say that only about 1% of my total bets are on the sport. I don't have any amazing wins or losses that I can think of, I do like looking for value bets for highest team runscorer on ordinary teams though and won some cash on Afghanistan's Shenwari during the Cup.
Which format is everyone's favorite to bet on?
My Chris Martin will score a Test match 10 is my best bet! Nah it isn't really but for someone who loves cricket and loves to bet, I'd say that only about 1% of my total bets are on the sport. I don't have any amazing wins or losses that I can think of, I do like looking for value bets for highest team runscorer on ordinary teams though and won some cash on Afghanistan's Shenwari during the Cup.
Which format is everyone's favorite to bet on?
marc71178
Eyes not spreadsheets
I remember a similar glitch a few years ago for a Scotland vs Australia rugby international where the odds were switched round so I obviously loaded up on Australia only for Scotland to win 9-8 when Matt ****ing Giteau missed a conversion with the last kick of the game.
Jono
Virat Kohli (c)
Richard