adios 717 Posted September 7, 2017 Share Posted September 7, 2017 9 hours ago, Gemmill said: The accumulators are just a standing deal that all the bookies have got going, so they're always there if you want to take advantage of them - the standard deal is place a 5 fold accumulator and if one leg loses we'll give you your money back as a free bet. There's a couple of ways of doing them - you can place accumulators on matches that end one after the other and lay them off sequentially as the results come in (it's possible to lock in a profit every time this way), or else you can place accumulators with no lay bet and rely on the EV playing out over time. I did these for a couple of months (the no lay version). I kept meticulous records, cos I'm a dweeb but also cos I wanted to see what having away teams as selections did etc. Anyway I definitely ran well but that worked out at £461 profit from 57 accumulators. In terms of what percentage you have to be doing of those to turn a profit though, none really. The lad I mentioned before that's been doing this is too scared of the no-lay ones and can't be arsed with the lay sequential ones (it's like having a job), so he hasn't done any. Coming into the weekend there's always deals come up on the football that weekend (mostly the televised matches), there's racing stuff every day, and some of the bookies just have standing "free bet clubs" that you can qualify for weekly. Cheers. Got to be tempting to automate those sequential layoffs? Or make it for other people. Would the exchanges even care about bots? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmill 44338 Posted September 7, 2017 Share Posted September 7, 2017 (edited) 22 minutes ago, adios said: Cheers. Got to be tempting to automate those sequential layoffs? Or make it for other people. Would the exchanges even care about bots? The exchanges positively encourage bots. There's some unbelievable software for Betfair that will place bets pre event based on various conditions etc. It can do stuff like place a back bet and place a lay bet once the price reaches a certain level (or vice versa), so you can scalp markets. The under and over goals market is a good one - if there's a match where you don't expect many goals, back U2.5 and have an automatic offsetting lay placed once the market moves a certain number of ticks. The only problem with the accumulator ones is that the result of the previous match determines whether you lay or not, and Betfair don't provide a feed for scores. Otherwise aye that would be a dream! Edited September 7, 2017 by Gemmill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adios 717 Posted September 7, 2017 Share Posted September 7, 2017 Aye, I was surprised they didn't exist when I did a quick google; was obviously searching the wrong keywords. Would be very easy to scrape the results from another source but not sure how you'd plug that into this bot. It should be doable either way, just might be a pain in the arse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Kelly 1220 Posted September 11, 2017 Share Posted September 11, 2017 I went to see Terminator 2 in 3D the other day. The 3D was very well done I thought but as usual I didn't think it added anything to the film at all (which of course was already brilliant). Was just nice to see it in the cinema more than anything as I missed it when it originally came out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ewerk 30237 Posted September 12, 2017 Share Posted September 12, 2017 Schindler's List - When I first saw it about fifteen years ago I thought it was a bit too long and dull. On rewatching it my opinion hasn't changed. A waste of three hours. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gloom 21807 Posted September 12, 2017 Share Posted September 12, 2017 it's a film about the holocaust, what were you expecting? a roller coaster ride of thrills? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ewerk 30237 Posted September 12, 2017 Share Posted September 12, 2017 At least a couple of car chases. Obviously it's based on the holocaust and real life characters but I didn't find any of them particularly interesting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gloom 21807 Posted September 12, 2017 Share Posted September 12, 2017 the pianist is my, erm, favourite holocaust film Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex 34818 Posted September 12, 2017 Share Posted September 12, 2017 On that note (wahey!), The Counterfeiters is excellent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gloom 21807 Posted September 12, 2017 Share Posted September 12, 2017 Yes, another good one. I think Schindler's List, and to an extent the Pianist, are important films to watch once. Bit harrowing though. Not really the genre to return to on a Friday night with popcorn and beers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gloom 21807 Posted September 12, 2017 Share Posted September 12, 2017 You could file war films like saving private Ryan and, I suspect, Dunkirk to the mix, though I haven't seen the latter yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ewerk 30237 Posted September 12, 2017 Share Posted September 12, 2017 Aye, my feelings on SPV are the same as SL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Kelly 1220 Posted September 13, 2017 Share Posted September 13, 2017 SPR is basically a remake of Kelly's Heroes once you get past the landing scene. It's perfect popcorn and beers fodder. Saw IT last night. Not really sure what to make of it. I think I preferred the Tim Curry and John boy Walton one. Although it's a long time since I watched that and this one focuses on just the kids part of the story. It sort of comes accross as Goonies but with more actual horror which should be really good but I think all but one of the scares were exactly where I expected them to be so I didn't find it as tense as it should be. Still it's pretty decent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kid Dynamite 6986 Posted September 16, 2017 Share Posted September 16, 2017 I probably get to the cinema twice a year now if Im lucky but we managed to see IT today. I enjoyed it although it may as well have been a feature length Stranger Things episode. I got offered a free DVD off Sky so I've ordered the original as well to compare Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kid Dynamite 6986 Posted September 16, 2017 Share Posted September 16, 2017 On 13/09/2017 at 11:14 AM, David Kelly said: SPR is basically a remake of Kelly's Heroes once you get past the landing scene. It's perfect popcorn and beers fodder. Saw IT last night. Not really sure what to make of it. I think I preferred the Tim Curry and John boy Walton one. Although it's a long time since I watched that and this one focuses on just the kids part of the story. It sort of comes accross as Goonies but with more actual horror which should be really good but I think all but one of the scares were exactly where I expected them to be so I didn't find it as tense as it should be. Still it's pretty decent. I found the lass, the fat lad and the lad with the stammer decent enough actors. The speccy one, sickly one and curly haired one were pretty by the numbers though. The speccy one in particular was supposed to be the comedian of the group and he just didn't pull off his lines Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gloom 21807 Posted September 16, 2017 Share Posted September 16, 2017 Just watched Philomena - excellent work from Coogan with a typically brilliant turn by Dame Judy. 8/10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Kelly 1220 Posted September 18, 2017 Share Posted September 18, 2017 On 16/09/2017 at 6:17 PM, Kid Dynamite said: I found the lass, the fat lad and the lad with the stammer decent enough actors. The speccy one, sickly one and curly haired one were pretty by the numbers though. The speccy one in particular was supposed to be the comedian of the group and he just didn't pull off his lines I quite enjoyed the specky kid. Tbh I thought they all did a decent job but I thought the Jewish kid had pretty much no purpose in the film and the way the black kid (I'm not just attacking minorities here) sort of come into the group out of nowhere wasn't very well handled. The other characters were better realised. I also felt that although it was set in the 80's, the town felt much more like the 50's setting of the original novel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gloom 21807 Posted September 18, 2017 Share Posted September 18, 2017 1 hour ago, David Kelly said: I quite enjoyed the specky kid. Tbh I thought they all did a decent job but I thought the Jewish kid had pretty much no purpose in the film and the way the black kid (I'm not just attacking minorities here) sort of come into the group out of nowhere wasn't very well handled. The other characters were better realised. I also felt that although it was set in the 80's, the town felt much more like the 50's setting of the original novel. reported Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wykikitoon 19877 Posted September 18, 2017 Share Posted September 18, 2017 Finally got around to watching Wolf of Wall street this weekend. Funny as fuck. I also watched Alien in tribute to Harry Dean Stanton Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Kelly 1220 Posted September 18, 2017 Share Posted September 18, 2017 2 hours ago, Dr Gloom said: reported It's a fair cop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Kelly 1220 Posted September 20, 2017 Share Posted September 20, 2017 Went to see Mother last night. I'm tempted to say it's a pile of shite but that's probably not fair because its well acted and pretty well made. Unfortunately it's complete bollocks. It starts off quite creepy but then gets totally ridiculous to the point where I was laughing at bits of it. I'm told it's a love or hate film and while I could understand people hating it , I can't for the life of me understand why anyone would love it other than to try and suggest they 'get it' and feel superior over everyone else. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Park Life 71 Posted September 20, 2017 Share Posted September 20, 2017 Watched 'Get Out' a low budget dark horror/comedy affair. Thoroughly well made and enjoyable low budget fare. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tdansmith 3207 Posted September 22, 2017 Share Posted September 22, 2017 I've just bought a month of Netflix. Any one got any good recent films on there to watch? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gloom 21807 Posted September 22, 2017 Share Posted September 22, 2017 Not sure about films on there but they've got some quality original drama box sets: Just off the top of my head they've for Breaking Bad, Ozark, Stranger Things, Narcos etc 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anorthernsoul 1221 Posted September 23, 2017 Share Posted September 23, 2017 Baby Driver, great opening scene and overall I enjoyed it. The cheese factor was cranked up too much in parts but the soundtrack makes up for it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Create an account or sign in to comment
You need to be a member in order to leave a comment
Create an account
Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!
Register a new accountSign in
Already have an account? Sign in here.
Sign In Now