If Holland win my 100% betting record on the world cup is complete

[truefan999]

In 2002 I bet £50 on Senegal to beat France in the opener. Epic win

In 2006 I best £25 each way on France. Epic win

In 2010 I bet £25 on Holland to win. Close to epic win!

[ronanm]

In 2002 I bet £50 on Senegal to beat France in the opener. Epic win

In 2006 I best £25 each way on France. Epic win

In 2010 I bet £25 on Holland to win. Close to epic win!

Very good. What about the losses?!

[Fivex]

Epic curse there mate, you shouldn't be speaking about it until the bet's been won..

*runs off to look at Spain's odds*

[PTP]

not bad - no paul the octupus though are you.

[truefan999]

They are the only bets that I have ever placed

[IN_RAFA_WE_TRUST]

Octopussy says Germany and Spain to win.
So that's an Epic Fail right?

[truefan999]

Well if the Octopus says so I may as well rip up the bet and bin it now....

[truefan999]

Scratch that...Mani, Singapore's World Cup-forecasting parakeet, has tipped Holland to win their first World Cup on Sunday!

I reckon that the bookmaker should pay me immediately!

[The_weatherman]

I reckon Mani and Paul should fight this one out, should make for an interesting viewing.

[Craig_H]

Very good. What about the losses?!

No losses, he's only placed those 3 bets in the last 8 years

[truefan999]

Yeah sorrt Craig H....I am not a gambler and hence I am not a mug punter.

[Craig_H]

So someone who'd never gambled before in their whole life, decided, for his first EVER bet, to back Senegal to beat world champions France, at relatively huge odds, with a £50 stake. Because he is not a 'mug'.

Completely plausible, mate.

[truefan999]

Never betted before. It just seemed to me that 8/1 in a two horse race (France in decline and Senegal much better than people thought) was a rather good bet. And so it proved

[Rich]

I reckon Mani and Paul should fight this one out, should make for an interesting viewing.

Care for a wager?

[Craig_H]

So someone who's never had a bet before in their life, stakes £50 on their first bet.

And then, having won it, they dont bet again for a whole 4 years, despite there being many many examples of prices like 8/1 and bigger available in a 'two horse race' football matches between 2002 and 2006. And then, having won again in only his second ever bet, that person again chooses not to bet again for whole 4 more years. Upon which he bets on the highly unfancied Dutch.

As i said, entirely plausible

Oh - and just so you know mate, a football match isnt a two horse race. There are 3 potential outcomes, not two.