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Hey guys Iv came up with a new system not yet tested! All my bets will be placed on Betfair, I am also using this to keep record of the system :D Yes yes, I know many of you will say its a bad idea and to stop doing it but I am only paper trading and would like to see the results :D How this system will work I will only be laying the underdogs where the home favourites are up to the odds of 1.85 generally and lay £10 on the underdogs to make £10 Profit. My liability is likely to be between £50-£250 a bet so the liability is massive!! Orignally I was going to back the home favourites with the Draw No bet system, But i realised that laying the underdogs would be better values as if its a draw I would still win £10! Any Improvements? If you have any suggestions please suggest them or any constructive criticism let me know! Also if you have any statistics that could help that would be appreciated. The Results! All of these figures are from the day previous days results and will be updated after current bets have finished! Profit/Loss: Total Stake: Yeild:

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Re: Lay the Underdog! If you add a column called liability ((odds-1)*stake) you can use that to calculate the ROI of your system. If your interested in that sort of thing. ROI=profit/liability (written as a percentage). Good luck with your new system.

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Re: Lay the Underdog! Hi, Banner.... I am a bit confused (as usual). :p For today's selections is the “₤10” your stake or your liability. For example, for the Celtic-Dunfermline game (quoted lay odds of 25.0), is your liability limited to ₤10 (i.e. a stake of ₤0.42), or are you staking to win ₤10 (less commission) with a liability of ₤240? :loon

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is the “₤10” your stake or your liability. For example' date= for the Celtic-Dunfermline game (quoted lay odds of 25.0), is your liability limited to ₤10 (i.e. a stake of ₤0.42), or are you staking to win ₤10 (less commission) with a liability of ₤240? :loon
lay £10 on the underdogs to make £10 Profit. My liability is likely to be between £50-£250 a bet so the liability is massive!!
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Re: Lay the Underdog! Thanks for the advice guys! Added liability Leon Obviously the ROI/Yeild Will be very low due to high liability! So far today 3 out of 3 wins which will be needed to make a profit! Also i wont be betting on the majority of Europa league games as there are usually a few shocks in there!

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Yes Yes I know' date=' I like to do paper trading as my research rather than looking at all previous patterns in the system and I have noted down the leagues this time so I will know which ones do the best and which ones dont :)[/quote'] But you are looking at previous patterns :unsure Or, at least you will be looking at previous patterns, just in the future. + the odds you're laying on the away side vary greatly, so you're asking which leagues statisticly produce fewer away sides winning at odds of greater than 4. The end results will be inconclusive.
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Yer I suppose' date=' but why will it be inconclusive?[/quote'] Because it won't tell you which leagues fare better because the odds variance is so great. Maybe inconclusive isn't 100% correct, what it will show you is how one team will win at long odds in any league that will decimate your profit. You'd be surprised at how many away sides win at odds of 4 - 6 also. I just don't see the point in paper trailing, when you can sit for a few hours and go through previous records using football-data.co.uk...
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statistically 1/5 games will not go as you plan
Where did you get that statistics? :unsure
in long term you will loose the money eae=rn in previous games.
I'm sure you cannot draw such a general conclusion on that - it depends on your selection system and the odds you take!
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Re: Lay the Underdog! well what is was thinking is that the majority of 3-way patterns for favorite team of 1,85 give the underdog an odd of 4,50-5,50 which means (for the shake of simplicity think 100% probs without overound) a probability of 20% or 1/5 in other words.. maybe this is a naive approach, but since the majority of bookies are usually consistent with each other and they are correct in the long run, the underdog wins approximately 1 out of 5 similar games.. If someone nevertheless is searching for wrongly priced underdogs, then we speak about value betting, which is a whole different strategy. I hope i am clear regarding my thinking.

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Re: Lay the Underdog! Thanks for explanation, Paparainbow. In that first post you didn't mention those specific odds, so I thought you said that generally 1/5 of all matches goes wrong; but it's clear now, and of course I share your opinion! :ok

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