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King's Gambit. York 3:10

King's Gambit. York 3:10

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greenpawn34

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Came in 3rd at 25/1.

I had 50p e/way - scored £3.00 - Yipeee!!

U

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I didn't understand any of that but congratulations anyway! 🙂

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Mr T

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It is horse racing.
The name of the horse was kings gambit
The race took place at york racecourse and started at 3:10 pm

The odds of it winning were 25/1 - hence by putting 50p on each way it could come first, second or third and a prize would be won - and the prize for the horse coming third was £3 (or maybe £4 but he knocked off the stake money and only posted the net profit)

Hope that enlightens you.

G

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I think Yanks call it bloodstock or something. Confirm please USArmyParatrooper.

greenpawn34

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That's it.

50p e/way is astke of £1.00, it means

1 bet a 50p to win bet. If it had I would have won £12.50.

1 bet at 50p to come 2nd or 3rd. Which is a 5th of the odds.
so 25/2 became 5-1 and 5* 50p is £2.50 + stake = £3.00.

To work out something like 13/8

you multiply the first part of the odds by the stake.

then divide that total by the 2nd part of of the odds and then add the stake.

So a £1 win at 13/8 brings back £2.65

13 * 1 = 1 then /8 = 1.62 + 1 = 2.62

Ponderable
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Originally posted by greenpawn34
That's it.

50p e/way is astke of £1.00, it means

1 bet a 50p to win bet. If it had I would have won £12.50.

1 bet at 50p to come 2nd or 3rd. Which is a 5th of the odds.
so 25/2 became 5-1 and 5* 50p is £2.50 + stake = £3.00.

To work out something like 13/8

you multiply the first part of the odds by the stake.

then divide that total by ...[text shortened]... add the stake.

So a £1 win at 13/8 brings back £2.65

13 * 1 = 1 then /8 = 1.62 + 1 = 2.62
And why exactly is this on Chess only? Shouldn't that be in the General Forum?

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It is because the horse had a chess related name.

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