14th November 2013, 06:06 PM
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Join Date: Jan 1970
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Originally Posted by UselessBettor
We are also playing in a negative sum game. Even with betfair your still at a 6.5% discount which is better then the totes at 15%.
This is why this game is so hard and so few win.
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Already have the pot reduced to only 93.5% or 85%. The only way for one to win is to beat your fellow punter. Not only do you have to beat him, you have to beat him sufficiently great enough to overcome the forementioned discounts. |