Betting Matters....

[????]

Took the aussie at over 4/1 to win the first test....just traded it out :)

[????]

...and very glad I did, Hedgers rule

[Mick Mac]

Lost on sky lantern yesterday. On sole power today. Both were recent ascot winners so was asking a lot to reproduce same form so soon but had to support them anyway.

[Mick Mac]

Rory, Gmac, Zach Johnson, Shane Lowry, Chris Wood, Gareth Maybin.Jay Haas. 7 backed so far.

[Alan Medic]

GMac, Garcia, Grace, Kuchar & Donald for top 5 finishes. They'll probably all miss the cut!

[Mick Mac]

Mick Mac Wrote:

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> Rory, Gmac, Zach Johnson, Shane Lowry, Chris Wood,

> Gareth Maybin.Jay Haas. 7 backed so far.

Go Zach - my only hope.....

[Mick Mac]

Was on Mahan and Stenson too but to no avail.

[Mick Mac]

red devil Wrote:

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> Mick, Argyle...I've just been picking my horses

> for tomorrow's installment of the Telegraph

> Fantasy horse racing game

I see from the Telegraph Fantasy Racing that Torrenado beat Dawn Approach - I think I had first and second, so should have gotten some points at last.

[red devil]

You did Mick, but so did Argyle and myself :)

[Mick Mac]

Thought as much.

[red devil]

Today's featured race is a much more open affair Mick, so it's unlikely that we'll all pick the same horses. The odds will be good, so a good opportunity to score lots of points...

[Mick Mac]

Had a nice betting win on Brown Panther there...Michael Owen's horse.

Unfortunaltey I didn't pick it in the fantasy racing. Had the runner up.

[Alan Medic]

Argyle tells me that like Mick he is only competing against RD's first string and not versions 2 & 3.

[red devil]

I'm the Aidan O'Brien of the EDF, not my fault I have so many good horses...

[Mick Mac]

I have a list of 8 backed from the off - Rory, Zach, Hunter, Henrik, Brandt, Bill (Haas), Billy (Horschel), Paul (Casey).

Most are going ok so far and great to see Tiger make a poor start.

[????]

Free accumulator. Open sky bet account - ?10 in your account for free. Join their weekly promotion, one ?5 above 5/1 accumulator every week, if you don,t win , ?5 returned. It's a free ?5 Accies every week.

[red devil]

What's the catch?..

[Alan Medic]

???? Wrote:

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> Free accumulator. Open sky bet account - ?10 in

> your account for free. Join their weekly

> promotion, one ?5 above 5/1 accumulator every

> week, if you don,t win , ?5 returned. It's a free

> ?5 Accies every week.

You still have to spend ?5 every week yourself to get the extra ?5 bet so it's not really free. It just sounds like it is!

[????]

er, no Mr Medic.

You get your ?5 quid refunded every week - and even if you win too I found out today. This alsts for the whole football season...so a free ?5 accie weekly, as lonag as you do it every week.

Plus if you open an account you get the free ?10 whether you join the accie promo or not

It is free money, they are chasing customers,

[red devil]

I've just been on the site. I'm with Meds on this one.

My understanding is you have to place a weekly ?5 bet (accie > 5/1).

This then qualifies you for another ?5 bet, not a refund in the true sense of the word. The additional ?5 bet has to be spent in Skybet, and not taken out of the account. So in effect you are getting 2 ?5 bets for the price of one.

Or have I missed something bleedingly obvious! :)

[????]

you get ?10 for free...you do the maths

[Alan Medic]

The ?10 free bet is a one off while the free accie only works if you spend a fiver each week,Mr.Quids. I used my ?10 ages ago so it's not new. As RD says it's a buy one get one free deal on the accies and given the minimum odds you must have maybe not as good as it sounds.

[????]

I get a free ?5 accie all season - no problem if it's 5/1 or 10/1 . I don't even do accies but A free one all season... at 5/1 I should mathematicall get a couple in too...but I'll probably go for a bigger odd one

this weekend West Ham > Cardiff, Reading

my op does point out you need to open an account...

[Alan Medic]

It's not free to the extent you are also paying ?5 a week and maybe losing ?5 a week.

[Mick Mac]

Quids. Are you backtracking on this ..