Christmas Number 1

Never wanted a bet to lose more than this one. Come on RAGE.

Layed Rage at 1.09 but only a small amount, not too fussed who wins.

How can anyone have sympathy for Joe -

[i]X Factor winner Joe McElderry has hit out at Rage Against The Machine's 'Killing In The Name' saying it is

Backed Joe at 20's not too bothered though

Apparently that's a complete mis-quote. In NME and the Sun picked it up.

They wouldn't get through to boot camp QUOTE OF THE YEAR, what a prize fud he is!

I saw the interview where he said it was quite catchy and that he was happy they were earning money for charity. I wouldnt trust the press!

FFS BBC GET ON WITH IT

Where did you see that Angela do you have a link?

was on the local news bud.

ok, sorry cider.
He's hardly an inspiring winner. The only one who comes out of the show with any credit is Lucie Jones after her great holy Moly interview.
Raging against the machine in her own quiet way, while looking great and tied to a chair.

still nervous here... shocking.

boom! :D :D :D

Wayed in ;)

rage is no.1 OFFICIAL!!!!!!

and release the tension.... this song will sound decent for once... and get the radio turned up for the NEW number1 :) :D

GET IN!!!!!!!!!

And relax!

1.08 £180
1.09 £109
1.10 £982
1.11 £1,886
1.12 £1,817
1.13 £4,954
1.14 £16,714
1.15 £8,921
1.16 £4,447
1.17 £2,350
1.18 £3,051
1.19 £2,983
1.20 £10,233
1.21 £6,679
1.22 £6,151
1.23 £5,990
1.24 £5,897
1.25 £6,707
1.26 £7,125
1.27 £5,333
1.28 £6,608
1.29 £7,313
1.30 £11,056
1.31 £5,645
1.32 £6,959
1.33 £5,132
1.34 £1,803
1.35 £2,809
1.36 £2,863
1.37 £3,227
1.38 £1,307
1.39 £1,337
1.40 £2,798
1.41 £1,325
1.42 £629
1.43 £1,052
1.44 £2,120
1.45 £2,672
1.46 £3,292
1.47 £1,325
1.48 £2,756
1.49 £1,342
1.50 £12,339

YYYYYYEEEEEEEEEESSSSSSSSSSS

Ollys live version was better than this, by a margin imho.

This is how the Russian Revolution began...

Joe is the REAL #1 B-)

Yep, Lucie will do well hopefully :)
Joe wasn't the enemy here, just a bit player.

WORST NUMBER ONE OF ALL TIME IMO.

ahh Joe didnt make it :(

TUNE !

euro_anchor 20 Dec 18:51

WORST NUMBER ONE OF ALL TIME IMO.



good :)

Didn't make it ffs! WALOFS, bottled it the little scrote.

Donate a large portion - 2%

"we'd like to congratulate Joe and Simon on getting the number 2 for xmas" :D

we would like to say well done to joe and simon for their no.2 !

Radio off - **ing yankee tripe.

Five By Five 20 Dec 18:52
TUNE !

:^0 quality

A superb day!

the sudden rise in the number at the top right hand of my screen tells me all i need to know, come onnnnn!

A pleasing xmas number one.. and finally a decent betting event also.

Fearne and Reggie will be moshing to this on Saturday on Xmas TOTP just before her majesty makes her speech B-)

After hammering Oasis - Whatever at 33s (with no betfair market) when I was in college, only to be overtaken on the last day by East 17, I have not had a bet on the market since.

This is great stuff though.

Betfair on the ball, settled.

WP all. Good market, good thread. May all your Christmases be green!

they aint settled album yet

and yours othh, many thanks for your info here.

dougs its susan**it was announced earlier in the show

Anyone fancy getting a group together to audition for xfactor and we'll do killing in the name of... shoe in to get thru or at least on tv ;)

yep, cheers to alan and othh.
excellent info as always.

oh my mistake, you mean betfair haven't!

i was one of the money buyers on**yesterday.
1% interest in 24 hours is more than you get from some banks in a year.

Nearly layed a chunk of that 1.5 up on Tuesday night, would have been a euphoric day today! Annoyed! Pleased for you lot though! WPA!

Mose 20 Dec 18:36
This would be an important victory for people in general if RAGE win.
It will give a good example of what can be achieved when people uprise against things that they feel strongly about. There is strength in numbers...

This is just for a song, imagine if people rose up against the bilge that is givien to us on a daily basis from our Right honourable friends 'running' this country.

too true Mose.
RATM is the greatest Christmas No1 of all-time for what it represents. An uplifting moment to defy Cowell's cynical and soulless money-making sham.

how much was matched on the market?

420k

Fair play to Alanjz for this as well, I missed it first time round:

alanjz 20 Dec 15:27
I pledged to donate anything I win after the result to shelter, my credit card company have just been on the phone!! Can't believe it's still there!

if anyone else in the industry lumped on after the information was confirmed, they should also do the same.

Congrats and WP all again.
Special thanks to Alan and OTHH - u deserve all you get out of this for your contribution

Merry Xmas everyone.
Long live the internet :D

Just been singing xmas carols :0

"Killing in the name of..."

What a blast,just fantastic :)

Cheers for the thread and info.Nice to get some minimal risk free money

Utter nonsense. But wd anybody who made money :)

have that up ya cowell! Evil ****!

''the people have the power back''''


:D


tards

hope it came in for CharlieBP as well,fantastic input

and all the other diehards holly,alanjz,chep and all the other crazy diamonds :)

I don't think Cowell and co care too much about it. Its actually album sales that make the most money. So, Cowell will still have the last laugh next year with new albums, singles for Joe, Alexandra, and leona.

Yup. Same applies to the tour.

attitude adjuster 20 Dec 20:27
Just been singing xmas carols :0

"Killing in the name of..."

What a blast,just fantastic :) :) :)



Cheers Alan for all your input in this market.

All the best

once again, well done to everyone who won cash!!

This week's singles chart update:

1 Joe McElderry (80k)
2 Rage Against The Machine (40k)
3 Lady GaGa
4 Cheryl Cole (When combined)
5 3OH!3 feat. Katy Perry

I knew Joe would be no.1, just got the wrong week ;-)

Well done the rage mob

It was a cracking market GB, one of the all time classics imo.

This result just goes to further cement my policy of never steaming into long odds-on shots, whether they look value or not, the risk is ultimately not worth the gains.

I'm just keeping this updated for the Joe #1 for one or two weeks backers.

Why are people still buying Rage ?:|

Perhaps people that didn't understand the midnight deadline in addition to those that bought it because it is #1 or maybe heard it for the first time on Sunday?

I just went in W ill Hil ls in town to collect my RATM (Without X Factor) & they asked me for ID.

Im 28 btw :^0

It was probably due to the red wellies, bobble hat and mittens hanging down from your sleeves, chep!

The States was a nightmare for that, 30 yoa and needing a passport to go on the lash :(

It was probably due to the red wellies, bobble hat and mittens hanging down from your sleeves, chep!

Lol Cider.

I think I know what it is tbh. As much as I would like to believe that I look 17 years old, I think my local shop plans on monitoring me. I have been taking a few quid off them lately so i collected in a different shop! I could see the girl reading a message on the screen and then suggested I collect in my local.

They must know I hang about on here speaking to the shrewides all day long :)

I received a mail from one of the firms withdrawing BOG but attacthed to it was an internal mail, maybe in error?

----- Original Message -----
From: MMDBTOOLS@STANJAMES.COM
Date: 19/12/2009 13:20:01
To: RiskDB@stanjames.com
Subject: ACCOUNT RISK CHANGED

ACCOUNT NUMBER -- SJ*******

OLD RISK VALUE = N

CHANGED TO NEW RISK VALUE = C

N = none ?
C= caution ?

N= Numpty
C= Chancer

Either one would apply to most of the clowns on here, present company excluded.

Two of the lads in our office used to work for Stans Cider, but unaware of that factoring.
What you say sounds about right though!

I hardly bet with them in the past, only the odd occasion that they were top price on a horse ahead of bf and I rarely bet ew. Only since I've got involved with specials this year have they seen much business with me. tbf one of the best firms for specials markets beyond the obvious ones.

They will limit you shortly Cider

Looks that way GB, unfortunately. I don't bet in bingo numbers so hopefully I can still get some bets on.

I think I tried to back Jo at 1.72. Typed in £2000 and it they offered me £5.80 lol

Curious, as I think I only had one win anywhere near big with them, Noirin eviction when Kenny walked

Mincey 84.5 was 5-6 for two days with them, so guess hardly anyone can get on, like the guys have said to me in the past.

xf had massive liquidity tho so they had no reason not to lay that, really.

Wonder what Chart Position RATM will have next Xmas?

I am pretty sure we will see a new campaign for it. Would not surprise me if it was 2nd in the charts, or perhaps even 1st again.

Would be funny to see RATM top this chart now for 10 years in a row :D :)

iirc they were the ones with 7-4 for Joe to get the pimp. How could any compiler price them up 7-4 each of three when Joe was 1-10 for the last two ?

Yep, they just don't like me. Mind you, even cheps knocked me back on that one ;-)

Cheps was off that day . . . . . . Luckily!

Yeah, you twot. Who said you could have a day off anyway? :-)

I reckon that one was a trap Cider. Anyone who backs this immediately gets restriction on account

They've set up about 20 trap bets so far this year then :p

I never knew about that sort of trap at the bookies.

What sort of bets should I look out for?

tia, guys. Any info gratefully received.

Tis true Cider, they ought to be advertising for a new specials setter as we speak

It was mildly tongue in cheek 1.01 ;-)

Fair dos GB, wouldn't surprise me tho'.

Hence mildly

Looks like Joe will be the New Year number one. So bit of a wasted effort. Being number one in christmas these days means nothing unless you're 15 years old.

attitude adjuster 20 Dec 22:57
hope it came in for CharlieBP as well,fantastic input

and all the other diehards holly,alanjz,chep and all the other crazy diamonds :)



Thanks AA. I had a big win on the W/O (hope I got others involved - can you believe Gaga trading at 2 something not long before the end?!!) - and only a small on the winner mkt as I lost my faith on that Thursday midweek update ! Shame! I thought Joe would sell more that 450K - Alex, Leona and Shane Ward? would have cruised past Rage. If Cowell had let Joe sing Journey he would have done a lot better IMO!

Anyone interested in a 'first number one of the New Year" market?

nice one charlie.

the w/o was a great result .. but i also went for it in the end on the outright as well.

it was a much smaller win,which i intended to trade ...but i got caught up in the excitement
of it all at the death and wanted a momento for an unforgettable day.

looking back,the crucial thing was the race being so close on the final friday morning figures
because it meant there was still hope for everyone that wanted to create history with the click of their mouse :p

war chest all sorted for the final CBB :)

"pmbets 20 Dec 09:23

Just read all RATM multi buys will be offically voided leaving Joe the overall winner.I will post the link short;y.Justreading it on officail So$%y site now. "

lol - what an utter donkey - love it when someone who posts which such retarded certainty is so wrong.

TTT

Whats this for Clydebank????

was looking at this a couple of weeks ago as it was a goods source of info.  now the event is over its handy to have it handy :)

I have just been reading my posts.

I wish I had a £ for ever time I wrote that you cant 'Wrap A Download' [:D]