Have you ever found a no-brainer punt?

['bout now]

Well have you ever found a deal that screams "buy me", "yes yes yes"

Mine was 2005 ashes tickets. My Business partner had been looking out for Ashes tickets, around January time. The only ones he found were being sold by Surrey CC for the last day at the oval, the end of the series, for a tenner each. We mulled and thought it through, if it was all over we would be refunded our money. If it was a "dead rubber", we could round up various nephews, God children and take them to see Shane Warne, Gilchrist, Mcgrath, et al, a great day out. OR we would get to see the deciding days play. Well we know what happened and I got Very,very,very drunk (and offered ?500.00 each for my 6 tickets).

What was yours?

P.S In the haze I seem to remember the Hammers beat Villa 4-0 that evening- happy dayz

['bout now]

Sorry, No brainer punt=Oxymoron, damn you booze!

[*Bob*]

YES!

A proper, no-brainer punt, which sounded so 'too good to be true' that I didn't do it.

It started with a tip-off from my brother: a free $1000-dollar bet from 'Mansion' for the Pittsburgh Steelers to beat the Miami Dolphins in the 2006 'Bowl opener. If the Steelers win, you win $1000. If they lose: full refund of your stake. In addition, the Steelers were the favourites by a long chalk. Can't get any more no-brainer than that.

The Steelers duly won.

At least I know I'm not a betting man now.

[mightyroar]

Once, we went punting, in Oxford, when I was a kid.

and we found an abandoned punt.

we towed it back to the punt hire place, and they gave us the deposit on one punt back, IE about ?50

(remember this was 20 years ago)

Nice.

[Mick Mac]

I was shagging my girlfriend in Oxford once, by the river, when someone stole my punt.....Not nice.

[????]

My punt on RBS at 11p has proved inspirational....

*ignores all his terrible tips at Cheltenham

[red devil]

What price are they now Quidsy?

I've been thinking about drip feeding into a stocks n shares ISA this tax year, got to do something about not having a pension...:-S

[????]

48p yesterday.....

[????]

Footsies in Bull territory now 4500 ish compared to 3500ish in March....sell in May and come back in September is what to Masters of the Universe say

[LostThePlot]

I remember back in about 1994 someone on the radio talking about their winner predictions for about 7 "Oscar" categories. They then closed it by saying "Go and put an accumulator bet on these and you'll thank me for it next week." The payback being something like ?5000 for a ?1 bet.

Now, other than a raffle ticket I never gamble, but on that day I thought, "why not" so duly trotted off, looking for a bookies. Could I as hell find one to take the bet on? Not one would, from the big ones to the local ones.

The next week he was ecstatic, was not however....I still have the tenner burning a hole in my pocket, so if anyone has a 5000/1 dead cert tip they'd like to pass on....

[red devil]

???? Wrote:

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> 48p yesterday.....

Well Done!..I thought that by drip feeding on a monthly basis I wouldn't expose myself too much to any market volatility...will keep an eye on the May-Sept scenario though, thanks for the tip...(tu)

[????]

I think Sandperson had a punt on this too.

PS 'bout Now, another Hammer on the EDF, fare few of us now!

['bout now]

Quids, yes indeed, fully paid up member of the delusional club! And on the punt side of things, the Hammers are currently 5-1 to beat Liverpool on saturday, I might, just might........

[AllforNun]

Milwall 2 Leeds 0

10/1 -

had the dream !

[????]

Dream on, dream on

[AllforNun]

we will see coin boy !

[tommy]

Betfair had a totally free ?5 bet on the National. ?35 if either of the two favourites won - ?10 on the rest of the field. Won ?10 and put that on Man U to beat Middlesboro last week - they had that at around 2-1 - all no brainers - will see how far I can make the free bet go

Big interview with Zola tomorrow on Football Focus

[????]

Man U 2/1 to beat Boro!!!!!!! Nah.

Thanks for the Zola info though

[tommy]

Yeah, maybe those odds were wishful thinking - but still it was a no brainer

[snorky]

If you were of that kind of mindset, then Barclays shares have been giving all year long. Last real Independedant UK Bansk - unfettered by government shackles - buy buy buy

Not that Snorky would advoxate this of course

[AllforNun]

bugger ! dreams huh, i am sure i saw the net bulge twice !