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djb38

Gelding
couldnt help but notice a "special" bet at the bookies

Over 75 goals in the EFL trophy games tonight (17 games in total) odds 12/1

If it was 1200/1 I wouldn't take it as you need 8 games with 5 goals and 9 games with 4.
Not sure what the average goals per game is but would guesstimate 2.5 so we should be looking at a total this evening of 42.5 goals give or take a few as a benchmark
 
Ok so I didn't factor in the gillingham game which of course would average 12 goals, did they give the keepers a night off i wonder
68 goals, a neat average of 4 goals per game is a ridiculously high return( 4 of the games returned 31 goals, nearly 8 per game :eek:) so it still fell 8 goals short of the bookies special offer.
compared to the premierships average of 2.64 goals per game
 
They seem to be doing this kind of thing a lot at the moment e.g.

1: Brainstorm a special type of bet/accumulator for a relatively big event/match and price it
2: Put a hefty overround in
3: Promote it through shops, media etc

I imagine a lot of people fall for it as the higher single/double figure odds they're offering possibly seem good to casual punters who don't understand probability, shame more people don't realise that a bookmaker giving you a good price on something is literally the last thing they'd want to do!
 
You're spot on @BH01
Best part was, they had the promotion pinned up above the urinal so you can study the "specials" whilst you're having a pee :taunt:
The obviously university educated manager in the shop where I was had even listed all the specials A to Z so us less educated mortals can part with our hard earned by scrawling an x or whatever on the bet slip :prankster:
 
Best part was, they had the promotion pinned up above the urinal so you can study the "specials" whilst you're having a pee

:rofl: Well, I suppose they are in the business of getting customers to piss their money away ;)
 
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