CTID Hants wrote:The Foggy Blue wrote:Does anyone know who bets on players signing for clubs?
If you know someone is signing, you must have insider info so why would bookies allow it. And if you didn't know, why the fuck would you bet on a bullshit rumour in a paper?
I dont profess to know about bookies. I would imagine they have their own experts with their ear to the ground to ensure they don't get caught out financially?
They run 'novelty' bets to generate interest / traffic.
They will never take bets which will pay out big amounts on these novelty markets. If you try to place a bet on, say, Big Brother where you will get paid out e.g. >£200 they will reduce your bet to meet their 'lay to lose' max (hope that makes sense).