City betting

[LENNY GLOVER]

Just bet £20 on us in the handicap betting +10 points at 18/1,middlesbro are on scratch

[Spiritwalker]

I've had £5 on us to get promoted at 11/2 (I can't help myself)

and £5 on DJ to be top champ goal scorer at 33/1

[Ozwin]

I don't get this handicap business, someone explain it to me.

[stix]

I don't get this handicap business, someone explain it to me.

I think it means that if we finish less than 10 points behind the eventual winner of the league...then the guy at the top of the thread wins £400. Hence the +10 points thing.

[stix]

£380 sorry.

Maths not my strongbow....i mean point.

[h1210]

I think it means that if we finish less than 10 points behind the eventual winner of the league...then the guy at the top of the thread wins £400. Hence the +10 points thing.

Not exactly, you need to take into account the handicaps placed on the rest of the teams aswell. If someone finishes above us with higher than +10 on the handicap then they would win the handicap league.

[stix]

Not exactly, you need to take into account the handicaps placed on the rest of the teams aswell. If someone finishes above us with higher than +10 on the handicap then they would win the handicap league.

[marko]

I think it means that if we finish less than 10 points behind the eventual winner of the league...then the guy at the top of the thread wins £400. Hence the +10 points thing.

Not quite. Every team in the league, except one (Middlesborough in the Championship) will be given a number of handicap points based on where the bookies think they'll finish - so the lower they are expected to finish the more hypothetical points they will receive. However, it's not necessarily the outright winner of the league you base it on, instead every teams handicap points are added at the end of the season and a new table is drawn up on those new points total. So, for example, a team expected to be relegated might have a half decent season and when you take their hypothetical extra points in to account which might mean they win the league.

I hope that makes some sense!!!

[Cat Burger]

I swear you need a degree for gambling. It's a good job I can't understand it...Don't get me started on bandits.

[Jimothy]

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[googie]

Trust me i used to work for a bookies,dont bother they always win.leave well alone!they know what they are doing,they set the odds from there heads not there hearts

[dandannieldanok]

Not quite. Every team in the league, except one (Middlesborough in the Championship) will be given a number of handicap points based on where the bookies think they'll finish - so the lower they are expected to finish the more hypothetical points they will receive. However, it's not necessarily the outright winner of the league you base it on, instead every teams handicap points are added at the end of the season and a new table is drawn up on those new points total. So, for example, a team expected to be relegated might have a half decent season and when you take their hypothetical extra points in to account which might mean they win the league.

I hope that makes some sense!!!

Correct , only one team out of the 24 will win the handicap so its pretty much a pot luck lottery, one you're unlikely to win. It's supposed to be about even chance for every team in the handicap.