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Here are just a few examples of the many joke bets offered to me online and whether I accepted them or not:
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Date |
Bet requested |
Price |
Bet offered |
Bookmaker |
Accepted/declined |
Outcome |
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04/08/08 |
£10 Man Utd domestic treble (PL/FAC/CC) |
66/1 |
£1.50 |
Stan James |
Accepted |
Lost |
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04/08/08 |
£5 Man Utd quadruple (above + CL) |
250/1 |
60p |
Stan James |
Accepted |
Lost |
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08/02/09 |
£40 double Oscar favs Actor/Actress |
8/11 4/6 |
£2 |
Victor Chandler |
Declined |
Lost |
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10/02/09 |
£60 Grant next Portsmouth mgr |
5/2 |
40p |
Bet 365 |
Declined |
Lost
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12/02/09 |
£10 Venables next Portsmouth mgr |
50/1 |
10p |
Bet 365 |
Declined |
Lost |
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03/03/09 |
£10 ew Finland, Eurovision Song Contest |
66/1 |
£2 ew |
Boylesport |
Declined |
Lost
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24/05/09 |
£60 Alan Johnson next Labour leader |
7/2 |
£2 |
Victor Chandler |
Declined |
TBA |
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11/06/09 |
£15ew James Blake, Queens tennis |
20/1 |
£7.50 ew |
Coral |
Accepted |
Won (R/Up) |
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06/08/09 |
£10ew Angel Cabrera, WGC Invitation (1,2,3,4,5) |
70/1 |
£1 ew |
Victor Chandler |
Accepted |
Won (4th=)
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11/08/09* |
4x £10 1-0, 2-0 doubles Croatia to beat Belarus &
Norway to beat Scotland (£40) |
6/1 6/1
13/2 15/2 |
BET REFUSED*
IN FULL!!!! |
Bet 365 (telebet) |
N/A |
Lost |
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* Bet365 really takes the biscuit - running scared of a £10 doubles bet! You couldn't make it up! Both teams won but not by the scores required.
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