Finnish surebet

Duckstabber · Aug 5, 2003

FC Haka vs FC Jazz:

FC Haka -1.75 @ 2.05 (Pinnacle)
FC Jazz +1.75 @ 2.075 (Pointbet)

matahari · Aug 5, 2003

Where Pinnacle copy from this time ?

acw · Aug 5, 2003

Duckstabber,

As I am typing this the arbitrage is still there. I will never argue with those betting on these arbitrages either. Not doing it simply means throwing away money especially when it involves two books that do pay. Pinnacle leaves me stone cold, as they will change the price (with me) to 1.95 on Haka after a US$500 bet, the maximum, so if you do put US$500 on Jazz with Pointbet too, you will make a guaranteed US$25 on that match. Roughly 2.5% on total investment.

Pinnacle made similar moves on my US$3000 NBA bets. I then read that some books copy Pinnacle's lines. Which books? If those books take bigger sized bets (hard to imagine), will there not be any line manipulation going on?

matahari · Aug 5, 2003

What puzzles me is that Pinnacle have their line long before Macauslot does.
For how long have they been feeling grown up enough to compile their own odds ??

acw · Aug 6, 2003

For how long have they been feeling grown up enough to compile their own odds ??
Ask Shawn!
But I can give you the answer. By taking such small bets and making such earth shocking moves one can never lose that much on a match, if one is totally off.

Duckstabber · Aug 6, 2003

The price is now 1.926 on both sides at Pinnacle.

Btw, the maximum wager for me is 1.756 € = $2.000 on sides and $1.000 on totals. They must love my square money...

acw · Aug 6, 2003

Btw, the maximum wager for me is 1.756 € = $2.000 on sides and $1.000 on totals. They must love my square money...
Anytime of the day?
Or have they become more agressive recently?

Duckstabber · Aug 6, 2003

The limit was also $2.000 this morning on the Finnish Veikkausliiga.
It changes depending on the league though. E.g. the limit is $7.000 on the English Premier League and Italian Serie A, $3.500 on the Spanish Primera, $2.000 on the Russian Vyshaya Liga, $1.000 on the Turkish Superleague and only $500 on the Austrian Max Bundesliga.

Nice price you found at Ido's shop on the Sporting/ManUre game - too bad he changed it before I saw your post.

peterorchard · Aug 6, 2003

I fear you'll have to drag Shawn from MaijaWaija to ask him.
He may protest his absence due to holidays but then isn't his life one long holiday with the odd tea break in the middle.