General Elections are fast moving events, driven by spin, 24 hour news cycles, bloopers, zingers and the odd bit of serious policy discussion.
As such, they are great mediums for gambling. This thread is for discussion of the upcoming Irish GE and all gambling-related shenanigans.
I have long been of the opinion that the PP odds makers on the politics book don't know their arses from their elbows. We've had some great scores off them down the years in the BBV - the Cowen to lead FF into the 2011 GE book was fantastic (they gave 9/2 the field after Garglegate, it was 1/3 by the end of the day ), plenty of people also scooped in the FF under 20 seats market and V had a notable score on Simon Harris in the Wicklow market. The gay marriage market also saw them slip up considerably.
All in all, great potential and this thread is for discussion of same. We can also devise prop bets here - shano is sitting on a 4/1 bet I gave him for SF to be < 20 seats.
My major piece of advice for those considering piling into a politics market is "do it in a shop". The counter staff are unbelievably lax about taking a chunky bet whereas you will struggle to get €50 on online.
As such, they are great mediums for gambling. This thread is for discussion of the upcoming Irish GE and all gambling-related shenanigans.
I have long been of the opinion that the PP odds makers on the politics book don't know their arses from their elbows. We've had some great scores off them down the years in the BBV - the Cowen to lead FF into the 2011 GE book was fantastic (they gave 9/2 the field after Garglegate, it was 1/3 by the end of the day ), plenty of people also scooped in the FF under 20 seats market and V had a notable score on Simon Harris in the Wicklow market. The gay marriage market also saw them slip up considerably.
All in all, great potential and this thread is for discussion of same. We can also devise prop bets here - shano is sitting on a 4/1 bet I gave him for SF to be < 20 seats.
My major piece of advice for those considering piling into a politics market is "do it in a shop". The counter staff are unbelievably lax about taking a chunky bet whereas you will struggle to get €50 on online.
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