Betting will be suspended tonight at midnight (15mins) according to the rules in the initial post btw
I don't mean to make life more complicated, but there is a way around this. All we need is for our game's punter to be able top prove - by copying and pasting checkable evidence, or providing a link to an official bookie's site, which demonstrates evidence of any bet offered and its advertised odds and the time at which it was offered. All it then needs is a simple check of the time that the 'bet' was posted in this thread. However, I know that things have already begun and that accommodating any new idea might seem to make life more complicated for the kind souls who are offering their services to keep track of things here.
Still the 6th only here... so hopefully you'll take these. 3 quid on Ferrari for the title. (Lolz) 2 on Jenson for the WDC.
Plus its open to corruption. I'm pretty sure that HRT or Marussia could be bought for about a quid 50.
Alonso's odds have gone up, Webber down. http://sports.williamhill.com/bet/sv/betting/e/2387329/Drivers-Championship-2012.html
http://sports.williamhill.com/bet/en-gb/betting/g/1133597/Drivers-Championship-2012.html Same on the English one. Surprised by that a bit, I can't see what could've changed anything.
Nothing's set in stone. Race winner, pole, fastest lap and podium finish will be in there. Maybe some other bits like first retirement or top ten finish. A lot of it depends on what the bookies do really, I don't really fancy working out prices myself.
I guess we could take a few suggestions, but bear in mind we must have a finite amount of options to keep things sensible. Maybe have the obvious ones every race and then some random bets that change from race to race?
We could use a similar team 'pooling' to the one used on the sweepstake, making it possible for someone to bet on drivers/teams further down the grid. (I want a reason to bet on HRT)