10p to over £1million pounds

[oriental_express]

Using betfair if you was to bet a minimum bet of £2 and managed to win every bet for 19 bets at odds around evens, you would be a millionaire not taking into account commission.

£2
Bet1 = £4
Bet2 = £8
Bet3 = £16
Bet4 = £32
Bet5 = £64
Bet6 = £128
Bet7 = £256
Bet8 = £512
Bet9 = £1024
Bet10 = £2048
Bet11 = £4096
Bet12 = £8192
Bet13 = £16384
Bet14 = £32768
Bet15 = £65536
Bet16 = £131072
Bet17 = £262144
Bet18 = £524288
Bet19 = £1048576


aint that amazing lol think about it 19 winning bets in row and your a millionaire. 19 bets dont seem alot but i can imagine it'll be fooking hard ! lol
with 10p it would 24 bets. So imagine you take one months wage £1000 and try and do this within your life time. So you get £1000 / 0.1 = 10000 bets

10000 bets = 27 years + to do this lol in the unlikely event every single 1st bet lost

Anyone dare to try ? lol

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[aliando]

would be a laugh but very unlikely - if it were that easy none of us would even bother with the tipping side of this site!

the other side aswell is that last bet - you've turned 10p into 1/2 million - you gonna risk it??

interesting thought though!

[oriental_express]

Originally Posted by aliando

would be a laugh but very unlikely - if it were that easy none of us would even bother with the tipping side of this site!

the other side aswell is that last bet - you've turned 10p into 1/2 million - you gonna risk it??

interesting thought though!

i know what you mean, human emotions with mess your head up lol but way im looking at is, you live once so have a bit of fun. What is £1000 compared to the amount you'll make in your life time lol never say never. Easier than the lottery perhaps

[welshman 2005]

if i can nick your hread than i will take up your challenge.

[AJ]

moved to glory hunters, good luck

[welshman 2005]

1st bet

£2 win

Rep Of Ireland V Bolivia - Rep of Ireland Evens (Ladbrokes)

[Werdnatrebor]

ok oriental and welshman.the concept is great and i wish you every success, but lets say you get to BET 16 for example you would now have £131, 000 are you really going to have the bottle to risk all that on the next even money bet, that could lose you the whole lot?!!,

[traderpaul]

Werdnatrebor
You have just displayed a classic example of the "fear of success".
Worrying about the consequences of success. What is so difficult about that 17th wager? Won't the 6th, 12th and 14th bets be difficult as well!
Anyway, if Welshman makes it thru 16 bets who's going to complain if he decides to take the money and run?

Good luck Welshman. Just think "I'm only risking 2 pounds"

[DJ]

Best of luck with your bets! I've often looked at this kinda thing and wondered just 'what if'. Evens bets often appear so easy to call too so it seems unfathomable that one will go wrong. Yet sure enough it does and everything crashes back down to earth.

I will be watching eagerly and may well have my own in the background. Just hope someone manages to hit it big! Oh and if people think it may not be possible just think of the thread with all the Under 2.5 goals that went on some good run! So it is possible to get a great streak!

[DJ]

I'm now on step 2.... bet £2 on Boca Juniors to win last night... can provide screen shot if anyone thinks I'm aftering. Anyhow that was my first one so now on to the next step! Chose Boca Juniors as they were over the requisite odds and I didnt really think too much of the Paraguyan opponents! As the bet was slightly over evens I will just bet the £4 that is expected at this layer and will bank any remaining pence.

Want a game that plays this afternoon as I'm trying to chase the dream as quick as possible! Maybe a mistake but as has been said elsewhere... most I would lose is £2 so I'm not overly concerned!

[Sonix1001]

Guys, sounds like fun . Count me in.
Will all of us joining this little competition public their picks here?
However I sugest to use 50% of the bank each time. That way we will play for little longer.
Also it's allowd to Bet or Lay to odds over 2.0
My corrency is Sek so I will start with a bank = 2000 Sek instead for £
Anyone else going to try

[Sonix1001]

I was thinking about St Pauli v Dynamo Dresden

But I think I will pass this one today

[PAULM03]

Don't want to rain on your parade but you might have a slight liquidity issue here by nthe time you get to the larger bets.

[welshman 2005]

you might have a slight liquidity issue here by nthe time you get to the larger bets

what do you mean?

[aliando]

Originally Posted by welshman 2005

what do you mean?

he means when you are trying to bet 1/2 a million, for example, there may not be enough people and bookies willing to match these sums.

but you have to get to this point first

[oriental_express]

I like to think it this way, we only live once, why not make our lives abit more interesting ? with a bank of £1000 to use within our life time thats 27 years to try and get it right, its bound to happen sooner or later lol

Werdnatrebor Id like to think its a once in a life time opportunity to do this, abit like sitting in the who wants to be a millionaire seat but for 27 years lol.

With the liquidity issue, i can only think of big events like finals or something.

[DJ]

I agree the liquidity won't be easy to gain but maybe then you can divide the bet.... that way if both wins then you've achieved the next target... if only one succeeds then you have your whole stake still!! If both lose then hell, you were on to a loser anyhow!

[friskyfitz]

Originally Posted by oriental_express

I like to think it this way, we only live once, why not make our lives abit more interesting ? with a bank of £1000 to use within our life time thats 27 years to try and get it right, its bound to happen sooner or later lol

Not too sure about this!!

£1000 is 500 efforts ??

500 efforts in 27 years means 18.51818 attempts per year or 1.54 attemps per month.

In my reckoning thats 1 effort every 20 odd days.

I reckon even the most disciplined punter would find it difficult to stick by these timescales

[Sonix1001]

Ok guys,
Reutlingen v Aalen
Lay Reutlingen, muched at 1.79 (1,975.00 Sek = 100% bank)

[DJ]

Ok, this is on my quick march method (which I fully expect to full flat soon, but worth a go!) I am selecting U2.5 goals in Yokohama FC v Oita! The glamour relegation battle Japanese league tie that it seems to be, the two sides don't seem to be able to buy goals at the moment!

In the last three home games, Yokohama have scored one goal! In their last three away games Oita have scored two goals! So a total of three goals in a total of 6 games! Admittedly defensively they leak but against another team that struggles to score in my opinion this will be low scoring.

There is liquidity of £7 @ odds of 1.88 which although just under would still keep me going over if I make my bet of my current balance from 2nd bet of £4.32. A win here would take me to £7.66 after 2 bets. 34p short of the £8 target but still on track for the million after the bets given that completing all bets at evens would actually return over £1m over the timescale provided.

If this does not come off tonight then I will start again and post it but I hope that this will be step 2 of the successful turning £2 into £1m!

EDIT... somehow my maths wasn't so good and it would actually return £7.93 which is a huuuge 7p off target! lol