World Cup Betting Results

"Here we go, here we go, here we....went?"

The world Cup is over for another four years and the winners have won and the losers have lost.

"I liked it when the Mans Felled over a bit..."

It was a game of two halves with lots of exciting bits in it. Like that bit where the man kicked it very well and the other where the other man didn't kick the ball quite as well as the man who did kick the ball in a good way.

There were cheers, there were Mexican waves. The referee made some strange decisions and for some reason the camera man kept zooming in on pretty girls upper bodies....

Yes, that's right. I am writing this before the game has even kicked off and plan to put the final picture of the World Cup betting which you can see lower down.

It has been a topsy turvy event and no mistake, with England out at the start along with Spain and Portugal. Germany and Argentina were the most successful but only one of them could lift the trophy.

"My favourite bit is when they kicked the ball really high into the sky..."

Well done to the winners.

But of course the REAL competition was between myself and my good buddy Ste, who had challenged me to bet 50 pence on every game during the Cup.

Ste was to bet on the "HOME" teams and I would have the "AWAY" team.

The chart below shows how we did. (I didn't want to put the whole list on here as it would have broken the internet) It's been an up and down few weeks.

By the end of the tournament we had spent £32 each (not including the game Ste missed*).
Ste won a total of £27.27 and I won £32.42

That makes me a winner with a profit of 42 of the Queens shiniest pennies.

Of course the Bookies came out on top having taken our combined £64 pounds and only paying out £59.69.
So they are up by £4.31.

But who had more fun over the three and bit weeks of footballing madness?

We did. 

Less than £5 down but a months worth of great sport.

Fancy the same again for the Euro's Ste?!?!

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA


Bet responsibly kids!!  We only played with small amounts and were prepared to loose it all. If you do want to bet, be sensible about it.

* i have included the potential win ste WOULD have won if he had placed the bet on the Ivory Coast(2) v Japan (1) winnings of £1.20

2014 - The Year Of Change

Greetings readers *does a quick head count* I see we all made it through the New Year in one piece.

I come at you today with words of updates, updates and more updates.

Firstly, as you read this I will be in the midst of putting myself in a certain amount of personal danger for episode 4 of TALKING THOUGHTLESS GIBBERISH the accompanying video blog that started as a one off and now seems to be fast becoming a semi-regular feature... but more on that when (and if) I survive.

Secondly, you may remember a few months ago I mentioned one of my little hobbies regarding betting on the football.... no? never mind. 

Every year I like to spend a very small amount of cash (18p a go) on the football results. This year I have been placing bets on premier league matches to win for Manchester United, Manchester City, Arsenal, Chelsea and Spurs - only excluding games where one team plays the other. Seeing as how we are half way through the season I thought it would be a good idea to perform a mid season review.

Before I give away the results of any profit/loss I would like to point out that due to excessive celebrations at the new year I forgot to place any bets on the 1st of Jan, one of the few weeks where ALL THE TEAMS ACTUALLY WON!!! - damn and blast!

Anyway, regardless of that I am currently making a little bit of profit as the totals below show:

TOTAL SPENT: £13.44
POTENTIAL TOTAL WINNINGS: £21. 56
TOTAL ACTUAL WINNINGS:£14.82

so as we can see, half way through the season and I have made a total of £1.38 which may not sound a lot, but when taking into account that is around 10% profit it suddenly starts to look a little better.

Betting can become a habit and quite a costly one at that so I always make sure I only gamble with small amounts of money that I can afford to loose. It is all in fun and having done this for the past 4 years I lost less than £40 in that time.

This is mainly due to things like horses, which I am not very good at picking so I have stopped that. haha.

There will be more news on the final results of the football betting as we near the end of season in March/April.

Thirdly, The new blog is coming along very nicley indeed.  I still have a lot to do before I can release it into the wild, but hopefully the wait will be worth it. There will be many different types of entries including videos and audio as well as poorly written gobbeldy gook similar to what you read on here.

Stay tuned for more updates and wish me luck as I travel out on Monday to attempt a very poorly thought out plan!

I have a horrible feeling it will all end in tears (or tears depending on how you read the word tears)

TTFN.