New Posts For Thread: forum polls - licence to print moneyhttps://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/28869055/forum-polls---licence-to-print-moneyif you invite 30 people to your house and ask them to guess the distance from your back door to your fence,average their guesses then you guess(remember you ve lived their for years,and walked your garden many times so your best placed to guess righthttp://superoctagonalshorseracingtips.blogspot.com/https://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/28869055/forum-polls---licence-to-print-money?post_id=515575827#515575827http://superoctagonalshorseracingtips.blogspot.com/Thu, 26 Jan 2012 15:21:47 -0600For a 'filler' in a team meeting I once arranged for half the group to guess the calories on a plate containing a ready meal ( lasagne-full fat ) plus 3 sticks of celery, and on a plate containing chicken kievs.The other half guessed the calories onhttps://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/28869055/forum-polls---licence-to-print-money?post_id=515573749#515573749For a 'filler' in a team meeting I once arranged for half the group to guess the calories on a plate containing a ready meal ( lasagne-full fat ) plus 3 sticks of celery, and on a plate containing chicken kievs.The other half guessed the calories onThu, 26 Jan 2012 14:27:07 -0600I don't suppose everyone could post their predictions for all the FA Cup games this weekend. I really would like to make a big juicy profit.Many thanks.https://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/28869055/forum-polls---licence-to-print-money?post_id=515572079#515572079I don't suppose everyone could post their predictions for all the FA Cup games this weekend. I really would like to make a big juicy profit.Many thanks.Thu, 26 Jan 2012 13:41:12 -0600@investor"What very specific conditions do you mean? I think it would work fine in the conditions stated if done properly. By which I mean, a few thousands people guessing independently without being given information on each other's guesses. And ofhttps://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/28869055/forum-polls---licence-to-print-money?post_id=515560359#515560359@investor"What very specific conditions do you mean? I think it would work fine in the conditions stated if done properly. By which I mean, a few thousands people guessing independently without being given information on each other's guesses. And ofThu, 26 Jan 2012 08:14:16 -0600QUESTION: so if I was to:a) offer up three football matches for people to choose from (they can choose one)b) they have to do their own research from their own anglec) submit their selection by 9AM match day (note: before final line ups announced, thhttps://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/28869055/forum-polls---licence-to-print-money?post_id=515552679#515552679QUESTION: so if I was to:a) offer up three football matches for people to choose from (they can choose one)b) they have to do their own research from their own anglec) submit their selection by 9AM match day (note: before final line ups announced, thThu, 26 Jan 2012 03:54:48 -0600"just back what the majority think in these polls ,will win nearly every time"would this have been the case when sunderland beat city, blackburn beat united, bolton beat liverpool, swansea beat arsenal, stoke beat spurs and qpr beat chelsea? I wouldhttps://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/28869055/forum-polls---licence-to-print-money?post_id=515522121#515522121"just back what the majority think in these polls ,will win nearly every time"would this have been the case when sunderland beat city, blackburn beat united, bolton beat liverpool, swansea beat arsenal, stoke beat spurs and qpr beat chelsea? I wouldWed, 25 Jan 2012 12:54:21 -0600Surely a householder knows the dimensions of their property? It's one if not the biggest investment they will ever make in their lives.https://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/28869055/forum-polls---licence-to-print-money?post_id=515513955#515513955Surely a householder knows the dimensions of their property? It's one if not the biggest investment they will ever make in their lives.Wed, 25 Jan 2012 09:33:24 -0600Wisdom of the crowds is a great book by the way.I'll go into a few peoples comments. The OP should at least have the person who lives there guess FIRST (or without being given info on the other people's guesses. Obviously the Clydebank strategy willhttps://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/28869055/forum-polls---licence-to-print-money?post_id=515513079#515513079Wisdom of the crowds is a great book by the way.I'll go into a few peoples comments. The OP should at least have the person who lives there guess FIRST (or without being given info on the other people's guesses. Obviously the Clydebank strategy willWed, 25 Jan 2012 09:10:43 -0600In addition there's equal weighting to each vote regardless of whether it's a well informed football fan voting or somebody who barely knows anything about the game.https://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/28869055/forum-polls---licence-to-print-money?post_id=515491363#515491363In addition there's equal weighting to each vote regardless of whether it's a well informed football fan voting or somebody who barely knows anything about the game.Tue, 24 Jan 2012 18:59:51 -0600it most probably is true that the average estimate for the lengthe of a fence by outsiders is better than the house owner. This is because the acuracy of the measurement depends only on someones ability to percive the length and to compare it to a rehttps://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/28869055/forum-polls---licence-to-print-money?post_id=515486077#515486077it most probably is true that the average estimate for the lengthe of a fence by outsiders is better than the house owner. This is because the acuracy of the measurement depends only on someones ability to percive the length and to compare it to a reTue, 24 Jan 2012 16:55:17 -0600