#66

We’ll certainly look the fattest team in the Prem.

#67

I’ve been making quizzes for our sports pages (work) (ish).

Have a go.

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#69

tend to every weekend but only about £1.50

keep putting it on stupid 4 draw accumulators and stuff

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#70

Yeah I guess how much people spend is another issue.

To me it seems everyone around me is always gambling on the footie. They’re always talking about it, always talking about the odds, bigging it up. Then there’s the constant shitstorm of ads. Wanted to size up who here was actually doing it, anonymously to avoid any of the “yeah I put my money where my mouth is” bravado and/or any guilt about doing it too often.

#71

The current tsnumai of betting ads is the next fags-in-F1 thing tbh

#72

Most people who watch football are morons. It follows a lot of them also gamble.

#73

trying not to be judgmental m9. people gamble for all types of reasons. just wanting to see the lay of the land

#74

There’s a serious gambling issue around sport, but particularly football. Young lads particularly nowadays see it as a part of the matchday experience. Most teams have gambling partners or shirt sponsors, Ray Winstone’s severed head’s on the telly on every adbreak, there’s a bookie on nearly every street of every major town now. It’s too much. The clubs should be taking a stand.

I’ve bet regularly for a few years. Every time City play i’ll place between £10 (on a longshot) and £50 (on a top six team) on them to lose. Most weeks they win and i don’t bat an eyelid, but over the course of a season it’s a huge outlay. They’ve played 56 games this season, so it’s probably over a grand, but on the Wigan, Liverpool and United defeats (five in total) i won between £200 and £800.

I’ll have a fiver on a horse or accy most days, though, or stick a tenner in a FOBT, so over the course of a year i’d guess i’d be a couple of grand down, which i’ve always argued is okay for a year-round hobby, but being out of work has made me evaluate that. I wouldn’t consider myself a problem gambler, but i’m smart enough to see where it could head.

It’s had quite a big impact on how much i enjoy football, top flight at least. It’s not healthy always having a vested interest in everything, and ultimately it’s greed. When i knew City had won the title i decided to use the rest of the season as a bit of a dry run. If i couldn’t see my team lose without wanting to personally profit then i’d know i had to ask myself some tough questions. Fortunately, it’s been a piece of piss. I chucked a fiver on Huddersfield late on last weekend, but i’ve not really bothered in weeks.

As well as saving money i’ve found that, surprise surprise, i enjoy the games a bit more, and just sticking the odd pound on an accumlator now and then makes the betting much more enjoyable as well. Not that i was arsed about the losses, but the repetative behaviours of waging bets inplay, the getting frustrated at not being able to get bets on, the ridiculous notion of you cursing results from your armchair, it’s tiring as fuck.

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#75

Who would we prefer to go up from the Championship play offs then?

  • Derby
  • Fulham
  • Aston Villa
  • Middlesbrough

0 voters

#76

I’m torn between Villa and Fulham really. Probably go with Villa for local rivalry purposes.
Wouldn’t mind if Derby go up in the end, but they should just stick to doing a Derby.
Nobody cares about Boro.

#77

Dislike watching sport when I’ve got money on it which is why I never really bet. Did a few £1 accies at the start of the season, but I really can’t be arsed - it doesn’t enhance my enjoyment of the games. Fundamentally watch football to relax, so it’s a no brainier.

Don’t mind playing poker actually but never do that either

#79

In all honesty, I don’t feel particularly strongly about any of them really. Went for Villa simply because a mate of mine supports them and it would be nice for him. Fulham play the best football, but there’s too many London clubs in the top flight. Would’ve allowed them if West Ham had gone down. The main argument against Boro is Pulis, obviously.

#80

Derby are terrible, as are the others in the playoffs. No chance Fulham aren’t walking their way to the prem

#81

Derby would go straight back down, the other three might stop up.

Fulham are by far the best of the four to watch, Villa next best.

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#82

Id have thought youd have all wanted to see one of Englands finest captains back in the big time,

#83

Would be pleased for Steve Bruce if Villa go up. He’s had a tough time of it lately.

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#84

Really rarely bet on football. Probably only bet on cycling or Eurovision in the last couple of years.

#85

I feel like I bet a lot, but it’s very rarely more than a tenner, and I haven’t for a while due to finances. My betfair account is up £2k in terms of withdrawals versus deposits, so I don’t find it hard to justify placing small bets every now and then (although that’s basically what I won on my absurd king tipper streak, minus £200, which is probably what I’ve bet and lost since then.) I’ve had a few stupid moments of thinking ‘what if I just had the cojones to bet £100 instead of £3, it could change my life’, acted on it, and seen that money vanish into thin air, which is a hollowing feeling.

I do still scratch the itch every now and I’ve had enough insane luck that after 4 or 5 pints I might genuinely believe that I possess some kind of voodoo magic. I won big when South Africa beat France in the World Cup in 2010, I backed Leicester to win the Prem when it was still 14/1, I placed a bet on Lincoln to beat Burnley in the 85th minute of the game and they scored in the 89th, my three tipper week wins, etc. It’s a very addictive feeling and it also places the seed that I could ostensibly just continually generate income from a computer, which is both very lightly true and also exactly how they get you hooked, and of course the house always wins in the long term.

So naturally, all of those wins are balanced out by absolutely loads of small losses. I’ve even lost interest in accys a bit because it’s just so phenomenally unlikely that you might pull anything in.

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#86

Every weekend I’ll put on 3 bets.

£1 on 5 games, BTTS.
£1 on 5 games over 2.5 goals.
£1 on 10 games over 1.5 goals.

I very rarely win, but it makes watching Paul Merson & co a bit more bearable.