Total goal minutes supremacy

Must of done summit right got  a ton back for a 10pence stake

It's the purest form of gambling known to man, the crack cocaine, the Daddy of them all, with the ups and downs being both thrilling and terrifying. Give it a go, it really is great fun!

Basically the more you are right the more you win , the more you are wrong the more you lose

Here's one of my experiences with spread betting, (which I might have posted years ago, so apologies if you've read it before)


I`m an indie, so have innumerable tales of luck, both good and bad. There are, however, two particular examples of bad luck that stand out. Both involved an uncannily similar set of circumstances, without which, they would be in the `good luck` stories folder!

The first, and smaller, of the two involved that infamous rick by the Sporting Index boys, when pricing up the number of `wides` in the 1999 Cricket One Day International World Cup. I think it was Paul Kealy, writing in the RP, who suggested that the opening quote of (from memory, something like) 270-280 had been calculated using the wrong assumptions. Perhaps that the compiler had based his figures on the 5-day game, which bore no real relevance to the tournament in question.

So convincing was the article, so little apparent downside, that I decided to have a decent crack at it, I rang another local indie with whom I had done loads of business and who was also a good friend, to have a buy at the 280, £100 a point. I asked him if he had seen the article, (don`t forget, these were pre-internet days). He hadn`t, but said he would, and call me back soon. Which he didn`t. Next day, I called him again. He had seen the article and, as I had asked to buy at 280, he felt honour-bound to accept it, even though the quote had now risen to (again from memory, something like) 300-310. As his friend, I appreciated his offer, but couldn`t do it to him. After all, no bet had actually been struck the day before, at the 280. I don`t remember the rest of the conversation, but, for some unknown reason, I ended up having no bet.

Only to see the quote go to, from memory, 1200? Before finally making up at something like 970. 70-odd grand win, if only my bookie had seen the article...