New Posts For Thread: Pot 3 oddshttps://community.betfair.com/world_cup/go/thread/view/107734/23766930/pot-3-oddsGiven that there are 3 S american teams and 5 african teams of which the first drawn S american team is guranteed in South Africans group and the first 2 drawn african teams go into Brazil and argentinas groups why are the odds shorter for England toTeams from Pot 4 is much stronger than Pot 2 and 3 and almost as strong as Pot 1 What a joke ;-)https://community.betfair.com/world_cup/go/thread/view/107734/23766930/pot-3-odds?post_id=427353466#427353466Teams from Pot 4 is much stronger than Pot 2 and 3 and almost as strong as Pot 1 What a joke ;-)Fri, 04 Dec 2009 08:57:44 -0600chile, paraguay and urugauay cant be drawn in the same group as argies or brazil so his leaves them with 6 possible groups, which each s american team has a 1 in 6 chance of facing englandthe 5 african teams cant be drawn against s africa, this leahttps://community.betfair.com/world_cup/go/thread/view/107734/23766930/pot-3-odds?post_id=427353446#427353446chile, paraguay and urugauay cant be drawn in the same group as argies or brazil so his leaves them with 6 possible groups, which each s american team has a 1 in 6 chance of facing englandthe 5 african teams cant be drawn against s africa, this leaFri, 04 Dec 2009 08:05:05 -0600Thanks very much!Have done a bit more work on this - the European seed in the "lowest" group (e.g. Group B) is the most likely of all the European sides to draw a South American side, assuming FIFA proceed as they have suggested they will. A big asshttps://community.betfair.com/world_cup/go/thread/view/107734/23766930/pot-3-odds?post_id=427353310#427353310Thanks very much!Have done a bit more work on this - the European seed in the "lowest" group (e.g. Group B) is the most likely of all the European sides to draw a South American side, assuming FIFA proceed as they have suggested they will. A big assThu, 03 Dec 2009 09:53:56 -0600BUSHY!!Long time no see!!!Congrats on the Krypton Factor mate!https://community.betfair.com/world_cup/go/thread/view/107734/23766930/pot-3-odds?post_id=427353306#427353306BUSHY!!Long time no see!!!Congrats on the Krypton Factor mate!Thu, 03 Dec 2009 09:09:55 -0600Your confusion has arisen because England are indeed shorter to draw an African side rather than a South American one (3:2, or 4/6 v 6/4).But there are 5 African sides to choose from and only 3 South Americans, so each African side ends up longer oddhttps://community.betfair.com/world_cup/go/thread/view/107734/23766930/pot-3-odds?post_id=427353302#427353302Your confusion has arisen because England are indeed shorter to draw an African side rather than a South American one (3:2, or 4/6 v 6/4).But there are 5 African sides to choose from and only 3 South Americans, so each African side ends up longer oddThu, 03 Dec 2009 09:05:15 -0600Each African side has a 2/5 chance of drawing a S. Am seed = 40%, leaving 60% for the 5 European seeds, = 12% each.Each S. American side has a 1/3 chance of drawing South Africa = 33.33%, leaving 66.67% for the 5 European seeds, = 13.33% each.You arehttps://community.betfair.com/world_cup/go/thread/view/107734/23766930/pot-3-odds?post_id=427353298#427353298Each African side has a 2/5 chance of drawing a S. Am seed = 40%, leaving 60% for the 5 European seeds, = 12% each.Each S. American side has a 1/3 chance of drawing South Africa = 33.33%, leaving 66.67% for the 5 European seeds, = 13.33% each.You areThu, 03 Dec 2009 08:57:16 -0600No idea what the formula is but agree it doesn't appear to make sense ! a s.american team has to go in group a with s.africa, so at that point there will be 5 african and only 2 s.american sides left for england to face. Obviously depends which grouhttps://community.betfair.com/world_cup/go/thread/view/107734/23766930/pot-3-odds?post_id=427353290#427353290No idea what the formula is but agree it doesn't appear to make sense ! a s.american team has to go in group a with s.africa, so at that point there will be 5 african and only 2 s.american sides left for england to face. Obviously depends which grouThu, 03 Dec 2009 07:23:08 -0600Given that there are 3 S american teams and 5 african teams of which the first drawn S american team is guranteed in South Africans group and the first 2 drawn african teams go into Brazil and argentinas groups why are the odds shorter for England tohttps://community.betfair.com/world_cup/go/thread/view/107734/23766930/pot-3-odds?post_id=427353278#427353278Given that there are 3 S american teams and 5 african teams of which the first drawn S american team is guranteed in South Africans group and the first 2 drawn african teams go into Brazil and argentinas groups why are the odds shorter for England toThu, 03 Dec 2009 06:06:39 -0600