"OLBG v the Bookies" 2008-09 revisited (FUN only!)

eezzee · Posted: Mon May 25, 2009 8:21 am Post subject:

Yes, cheers Gecko and well done to all who carried on. Very Happy

...especially you tipstonga who turned things around nicely towards the end.

Its definitely a good idea to review the format before we start up again as we could really do with a bit more participation throughout the whole season.

So with no football, I'm off to enjoy the summer sun! Cool

gecko6 · Posted: Mon May 25, 2009 12:57 pm Post subject:

well... we've got to the end.. original idea was to get at least 37 wks of the 40 wks done.. ie just missing 3 wks due to whatever reason... the following 5 tipsters all made 37 wks or more so well done folks.. top effort

and 4 of the 5 made a profit which meant they beat the bookies

considering the limited market (prem only mainly) and the fact you had to pick each wk, it's a superb job to manage to get a profit by the end...

tipster > profit > bank > wks > avg odds > ROI

EEZZEE > 47.30% > £5,892.13 > 40 > 2.45 > 16.70%
gecko6 > 37.50% > £5,500 > 40 > 2.14 > 17.30%
neilthebeaver > 21.79% > £4,750 > 39 > 2.93 > 6.80%
tipstonga > 1.26% > £4,050 > 40 > 3.16 > 0.40%
hindsight > -14.74% > £3,240 > 38 > 4.63 > -4.70%

NB > EEZZEE actually did 41 wks and his final wk was another win so ended up with profit of £2636.25 which was over 64% profit..fabulous effort

NB > average odds taken were all ABOVE evens so good to see no heavy hitting on long odd-on shots (pretty quick way to lose that is)

Win

gecko6 · Posted: Mon May 25, 2009 1:01 pm Post subject:

stats >

weeks > 40
tipsters > 33
wks used > 581
bank of top-ups > £58,100
staked > £139,468.10
return > £138,013.01
profit > -£1,455.09
% profit > -1.04%
avg stake > £105.66
avg return > £104.56
avg profit > -£1.10

> so we almost broke even taking into account everyone who made a tip...

average odds over the season for all > 2.82

Win

kilkennycat · Posted: Mon May 25, 2009 1:41 pm Post subject:

Well done guys Win

What about putting in a word to the powers that be in getting the OLBG v Bookies to return next season, with the quality of football tipsters we have at the moment I'd have no doubt that we would end next season in profit.
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gecko6 · Posted: Mon May 25, 2009 1:51 pm Post subject:

cheers KKC

i think there might need to be the odd change to the voting.. ie all those that voted without input and affected the chosen selections and stakes...

but i agree - there is proven evidence now we can beat the bookies over the season!

Very Happy

toffee62 · Posted: Thu Jul 23, 2009 1:05 pm Post subject:

I used to enjoy the original OLBG v Bookies when the powers above provided some real cash each week to play with.

WE WANT MORE, WE WANT MORE!!!!!

please OLBG! Win

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gecko6 · Posted: Sat Aug 15, 2009 3:12 am Post subject:

season 09-10 is now upon us

I might try this again I think, see if I can beat the bookies again lol

if anyone else wants to play then just start your own thread !

good luck

Win

eezzee · Posted: Sat Aug 15, 2009 10:07 am Post subject:

Good to be back guys with some decent Premiership football to look forward to!

Good luck all. Fingers Crossed

tipstonga · Posted: Sat Sep 12, 2009 10:51 pm Post subject:

good results and almost everyone winning on saturday 12th with nice positive LSPs overall.
I was told Bookies are paying for spreading a virus on this thread Laughing

good luck

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tipstonga · Posted: Sun Sep 20, 2009 10:18 pm Post subject:

well done gecko and eezzee not an easy choice you did . Hope avfcldev win his corners bet.
I win too so it is being said that Bookies will look for asylum in Vatican City Laughing

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It is a pitty some initial partners could not continue.

good luck Win

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