It seems both our teams helped one lucky punter last night! http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/irish-punter-turns-1-206000-5229744
what an effort! I had 11p in my betting account last night and thought I was doing well landing a tenfold which paid £30. And, biizarrely, I am second generation Irish...
What's the opposite of the luck of the Irish? I could probably make a bit by advertising the rare occasions I've ever bet an anything. It must improve the odds for everything else...in a one-horse race I'd back it and it would trip over at the start
Not a chance - if I do that the league will deduct 50 points off us and we will go down. Last night was a Haleys Comet moment!
Last year, my eldest on his first bet on the National picked the winner - he picked it for 2 reasons: it was #29 (his birthday) and it was Pineau de Re, and his Grandad lives in France right in the heart of Pineau country. Most years, my choices either fall early or are placed.
I am not a betting person at all. I remember when the lottery started and my son-in-law was convinced he had system to win it. Along with some work friends they put about £30 a week into it. After a year they had won twice. £10 and £58. Also when I was an apprentice many years ago, there was a card school on the last day of work before Christmas. One of our draughtsmen lost his entire weeks wages in that game and had to borrow money off of everyone so that he could take something home to his wife for the festivities. When I go into the paper shop here they have the lottery and many different scratch cards. Yesterday someone was claiming his winnings from the lottery and had €97 as a prize. He spent it all on scratch cards and stood there until he had exposed what he had won on them all, €4. I think I would rather have used the €97 to get some really good bottles.
I´ve won a score on a scratch card, bought 20 more and nothing. Like a flutter but mostly on the felt these days...never bet more than you can lose, that way it is more enjoyable.
Unlike IoM, the Government refuses to have the National Lottery here as they feel that it would reduce the number of people who take part in the ANNUAL Channel Islands Charities Lottery which for about the last five years has been won in Guernsey! I would like to know what percentage of the tickets are bought in each island.
