New Posts For Thread: Odds (odd numbers)https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/30058425/odds-odd-numbersMight be a stuipd question but why don't bookmakers offer odds like 13/,15/1,17/1,19/1 etcprices fitted old money 11/8, 13/8 etc. and 7/4, 9/4 etc. because 8 half crowns in a poundhttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/30058425/odds-odd-numbers?post_id=534979275#534979275prices fitted old money 11/8, 13/8 etc. and 7/4, 9/4 etc. because 8 half crowns in a poundSat, 24 Aug 2013 02:33:20 -0500Doubtless some mathematical genius or bookmaker will be along to correct me but I have a vague recollection from the far-off days when I used to understand these things, that the prices are evenly spaced on some probability distribution or other.https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/30058425/odds-odd-numbers?post_id=534978531#534978531Doubtless some mathematical genius or bookmaker will be along to correct me but I have a vague recollection from the far-off days when I used to understand these things, that the prices are evenly spaced on some probability distribution or other.Sat, 24 Aug 2013 00:48:29 -0500Earlier days the odds used to be worked out to win multiples of £100Indeed, or, for the working man, 100 shillings which was £5 (so 100/30 is $5 to 30 bob or £1 10s).https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/30058425/odds-odd-numbers?post_id=534978507#534978507Earlier days the odds used to be worked out to win multiples of £100Indeed, or, for the working man, 100 shillings which was £5 (so 100/30 is $5 to 30 bob or £1 10s).Sat, 24 Aug 2013 00:46:00 -0500Some on course bookmakers used to offer different odds to the norm, don't know if it still happens as don't go very often.Earlier days the odds used to be worked out to win multiples of £100, ie)100/30, 100/6,100/7, 100/8 and 100/9 which if you workhttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/30058425/odds-odd-numbers?post_id=534969541#534969541Some on course bookmakers used to offer different odds to the norm, don't know if it still happens as don't go very often.Earlier days the odds used to be worked out to win multiples of £100, ie)100/30, 100/6,100/7, 100/8 and 100/9 which if you workFri, 23 Aug 2013 15:40:49 -0500Might be a stuipd question but why don't bookmakers offer odds like 13/,15/1,17/1,19/1 etchttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/30058425/odds-odd-numbers?post_id=534969243#534969243Might be a stuipd question but why don't bookmakers offer odds like 13/,15/1,17/1,19/1 etcFri, 23 Aug 2013 15:32:58 -0500