MENS HOCKEY GOLD

NETHERLANDS - $1.50
AUSTRALIA - $2.40

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May the luck of the Irish be with you!


[ This Message was edited by: Paddy on 2004-08-27 06:08 ]

Check out the house cut on that bet. How do bookies ever go broke??!!!??

Bit of an understatement Mr J :smile:

Channel 7's Sunrise program 'real' medal tally based on population size. Current ranking.

1 Bahamas
2 Australia
3 Greece
4 New Zealand

NZ's win in the Triathlon actually took them back past Greece and if they win a Gold in the Kayaking as is quite possible, they'll go ahead of us into 2nd place.

By setting markets at too close to 100%.
Try going to a farmer and ask what price he got paid per kilo for his potatoes.
Then thank God for the small commission bookies ask.

Mo, just in case you didn't realise it was a joke. House edge is always large on irregular bets (things like world cups, exotic bets, olympics props etc).

Actually the reason bookies go broke isn't because the markets are too close to 100%, it's because they don't manage their risk effectively. Pinnacle, lowest vig on the market but easily one of the most profitable.

Men's Basketball Semi Final: Argentina 89 USA 81

HOW SWEET IT IS!!! :grin: :grin: :grin:

Women's 4x100m Relay Result:
JAMAICA Gold
RUSSIA Silver
FRANCE Bronze
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USA Did Not Finish

HOW SWEET IT IS AGAIN!!! :smile:

For sure...

The press is spewing in the US :smile:

Mens 4x100m Relay Result:

GREAT BRITAIN Gold
USA Silver
NIGERIA Bronze

Septic tanks get done again :smile:

Here's the latest medal tally


United States 34 38 28 Total 100
China 31 17 14 Total 62
Russia 23 26 34 83
Australia 17 16 16 Total 49
Japan 15 10 11 Total 36
Germany 14 15 18 Total 47



Great Britain 9 8 12 Total 29
NZ 3 2 0 Total 5

Men's Marathon-Gold Medal

01 Paul Tergat (KEN)
$3.00
03 Jauad Gharid (MAR)
$6.00
05 Gert Thys (RSA)
$9.00
06 Julio Rey (ESP)
$11.00
30 Athletes Not Quoted
$11.00
07 Stefano Baldini (ITA)
$13.00
08 Jose Rios (ESP)
$17.00
09 Ian Syster (RSA)
$21.00
10 Tereje Wodajo (ETH)
$21.00
11 Benoit Zwierzchiewski (FRA)
$21.00
12 Tadayuki Ojima (JPN)
$21.00
13 Antonio Pena (ESP)
$21.00
14 Ji Young-Joon (KOR )
$21.00
16 Atsushi Sato (JPN)
$26.00
17 Eric Wainaina (KEN)
$26.00
27 Bong-Ju Lee (KOR)
$26.00
15 Abdelkader El Mouaziz (MAR)
$31.00
18 Oleg Bolkhovets (RUS)
$34.00
19 Vanderlei De Lima (BRA)
$34.00
20 Driss El Himer (FRA)
$34.00
21 Samson Ramadhani (TAN)
$34.00
24 Grigoriy Andreev (RUS)
$41.00
25 Dmitriy Burmakin (RUS)
$41.00
26 Alberto Chaica (POR)
$41.00
28 Leonid Shevtsov (RUS)
$51.00
29 Kamiel Maase (NED)
$51.00


World record holder Paul Tergat warm fav.

Aussies Sisay Bezabeh, Nicholas Harrison & Lee Troop listed 10/1. Good luck fellas!

And the latest medal star!

PADDY - GOLD!!!!!

Paul Tergat (KEN)
$3.00

Does anyone think this is good value?

Hey.I think I saw one of those go on ebay for about $12.
Grab it mate.

are we there yet?

Final Medal Tally:

1 USA 35 39 29 103
2 China 32 17 14 63
3 Russia 27 27 38 92
4 Australia 17 16 16 49
5 Japan 16 9 12 37
6 Germany 14 16 18 48
7 France 11 9 13 33
8 Italy 10 11 11 32
9 Korea 9 12 9 30
10 Gt Britain 9 9 12 30
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24 N Zealand 3 2 0 5

NO! :lol:

Seriously though, favourites have a very poor record in Olympic Marathons, so $3 was definitely no value at all.


[ This Message was edited by: sportznut on 2004-08-30 05:53 ]

Well, at least that's one tip I got fairly right.

I'm going to have to stop being so damn cautious with my betting. I backed both Argentina and Lithuania in the Men's Basketball... but only to finish in the top 4. I was fairly confident that they would both go close to winning the Gold Medal, but with the Americans there I just decided to take the easy way out.

Well, the yanks only just got there. I think we can pencil in China for most golds next time.

I'm really sorry that I talked you out of that bet Goldmember. It would have been a profitable 'mistake' on your part, because they surprisingly ended up in 8th place!

Well done Mug Punta.

I thought there was a good chance of them being beaten too. I just didn't have the guts to bet on it happening though.

[ This Message was edited by: sportznut on 2004-08-30 07:26 ]

Agreed. This will be the showcase of the Chinese against the evil west. Expect an entry in every event. And the home advantage of x billion Chinese yelling for gold. :eek:

Dont feel bad,Sportz. I didnt get on either. Now if I can just convince you guys that Port cant win the AFL we can all have a great September.

Yeah, damn frustrating. Argentina were $9 pre-games and I was close to backing them along with Lithuania ($7). But while I thought they were both good chances of winning the gold, I thought they were just about certainties to make the top 4, so I decided to simply take that bet instead. Not really complaining too much though. I've done pretty well betting on these Olympics.

Australian Bureau of Statistics 'Real' medal table based on population per gold medal.

1. Bahamas
2. Norway
3. Australia
4. Hungary
5. Cuba
6. New Zealand
7. Jamaica
8. Greece
9. Sweden
10. Georgia
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22. Russia
25. France
26. Italy
27. Germany
29. Great Britain
31. Japan
34. United States
38. Canada
43. Spain
53. China