Friday 25 June 2010

Word to the wise

The world cup is into the second stage and we have the knockout games to concern ourselves with.

The odds for the following teams to qualify are as follows:
Uruguay: 2/5
South Korea: 15/8
USA: 5/6
Ghana: evens
Germany: evens
England: 5/6
Argentina: 1/4
Mexico: 3/1

But if we take a look at another market within the same website, the stage of elimination we get the following odds for the team NOT to qualify (which ought to match the odds for the opposition to qualify):

Uruguay: 7/4
South Korea: 4/9
USA: 10/11
Ghana: 10/11
Germany: 10/11
England: 10/11
Argentina: 7/2
Mexico: 1/5

Quite clearly this doesn't give us arbitrage but it does show that even within the same bookmaker you can get a better price on your bet!

So word to the wise, it pays to do the research!

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