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Old April 2nd, 2015 #146
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Originally Posted by Crusader777 View Post
I invented a system where if my horse lost, next race I doubled my bet, on a horse of the same price...The same system is used in Roulette its called the Martingale
You didn't invent anything. That guaranteed losing "system" is older than the ziggurats of Babylon.
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If a horse has won 1 race in 8, the correct odds to win should be 8/1.

But the bookies wont give that price, they might give 2/1.

Thats called their margin or profit.
The bookmakers call "their margin of profit" the "over round" which is a positive reflection of the field book formed for a specific race.

Last edited by Henry.; April 2nd, 2015 at 06:03 PM.