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[craig]

I occasionally include Celtic in my coupon or as a single, and I dont see a problem with betting for my rival to win, but I know that some of my mates find it wrong. Is it wrong?

[Gusmeister]

No, I know a fair few guys who do this.

[black dog]

Outwith Old Firm games in which I would never bet Celtic to win, I would bet on Celtic to win...if I thought they had a good chance to win IF the odds were enticing enough to recoup some dosh....However their odds in the Scottish competitions are very short so I rarely back them...same wi the Gers!

[craig]

black dog, on 19 February 2012 - 04:38 PM, said:

Outwith Old Firm games in which I would never bet Celtic to win, I would bet on Celtic to win...if I thought they had a good chance to win IF the odds were enticing enough to recoup some dosh....However their odds in the Scottish competitions are very short so I rarely back them...same wi the Gers!

betting for them in an old firm would be a definite no no for me

[hoopz]

done jelavic to score first and either hooper or stokes for celtic, singles and doubles on them, so wanted jelavic to score a good few times! got it up a few times too

[jaybee1978]

craig, on 19 February 2012 - 04:32 PM, said:

I occasionally include Celtic in my coupon or as a single, and I dont see a problem with betting for my rival to win, but I know that some of my mates find it wrong. Is it wrong?

I don't think there is anything wrong with it.

I do think though you shouldn't bet against your own team.

[sheeptastic]

jaybee1978, on 19 February 2012 - 05:18 PM, said:

I don't think there is anything wrong with it.

I do think though you shouldn't bet against your own team.

nothing wrong with betting for a rival team, or indeed betting against your own team, sometimes it can be a win win thing, ie if you wanted Celtic to lose but bet for them to win you either profit emotionally of financially, I have done this before, BUT there is nothing sweeter than a rival losing and you profit from it in a bet

Edited by sheeptastic, 19 February 2012 - 07:29 PM.

[black dog]

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Shagger said:

ie if you wanted Celtic to lose but bet for them to win you either profit emotionally of financially,

No such thing as 'winning' emotionally mate when it comes to gambling.....

[hayza]

Betting is only business- NAP

[sheeptastic]

black dog, on 19 February 2012 - 07:31 PM, said:

No such thing as 'winning' emotionally mate when it comes to gambling.....

no no what I meant was if you bet for a rival, and the bet comes through you win financially, if the bet falls through your rival lost so you win emotionally, so its a win win scenario

[black dog]

sheeptastic, on 19 February 2012 - 07:42 PM, said:

no no what I meant was if you bet for a rival, and the bet comes through you win financially, if the bet falls through your rival lost so you win emotionally, so its a win win scenario

But if you win emotionally you lose financially so if you are happy to punt your hard earned and be 'happy' to lose then you shouldn't be punting at all mate.

[sheeptastic]

black dog, on 19 February 2012 - 07:45 PM, said:

But if you win emotionally you lose financially so if you are happy to punt your hard earned and be 'happy' to lose then you shouldn't be punting at all mate.

Believe it or not I gave up betting because it was starting to scare me what it was doing to me, essentially I won some money on a few bets, thought I was mystic meg and started betting a lot, however my bets rarely exceeded £2, £5 being the maximum, and lost what I won so broke even. This is why I don't do the predictor, it might entice me back in to betting. A wee bet here or there to spice up an event is ok IMHO though

Edited by sheeptastic, 19 February 2012 - 07:56 PM.

[PaulBand]

Nothing wrong with it but...

There is always that feeling that you want your rival team to lose, So i don't see the point in putting money on it

BUT

I also never will be on my own teams (Celtic or Raith). It's the first basic rule of betting haha

[jaybee1978]

PaulBand, on 19 February 2012 - 08:29 PM, said:

Nothing wrong with it but...

There is always that feeling that you want your rival team to lose, So i don't see the point in putting money on it

BUT

I also never will be on my own teams (Celtic or Raith). It's the first basic rule of betting haha

I don't like to bet on teams I like either in case I jinx them.

[sheeptastic]

jaybee1978, on 19 February 2012 - 10:00 PM, said:

I don't like to bet on teams I like either in case I jinx them.

haha the jinx effect, good call matey

[craig]

PaulBand, on 19 February 2012 - 08:29 PM, said:

Nothing wrong with it but...

There is always that feeling that you want your rival team to lose, So i don't see the point in putting money on it

BUT

I also never will be on my own teams (Celtic or Raith). It's the first basic rule of betting haha

Being £25 down after Saturday makes me think you are right.

[hoopz]

Aw this betting talk is giving me a semi, gonna do a wee bet in coral, you all have convinced(pushed) me!

[black dog]

hoopz, on 20 February 2012 - 12:51 PM, said:

Aw this betting talk is giving me a semi, gonna do a wee bet in coral, you all have convinced(pushed) me!

A semi.... ....I'll bet the minute you enter the bookies ye get a ragin' puprple heider.

[hoopz]

black dog, on 20 February 2012 - 01:07 PM, said:

A semi.... ....I'll bet the minute you enter the bookies ye get a ragin' puprple heider.

put a 5er in roullette, got it up to 23.40, thought id be smart and bet wae the 13.40, had most covered but landed on one of the numbers i never had! just took the tenner oot and done a 5er treble for the night.

bit off topic there lol

[jammy]

I would normally say no but i bet Man Utd for the first time in my entire life the other day against Spurs and i really dislike them.

Will never ever bet England though....never.