Boylesports Reluctant to take bets on the E.L.

Couldnt believe it today when i went in to do my usual E.L accumulator for the weekend games that they nearly didnt take my bet.They are claiming "theres skullduggery going on" and are actually believing theres match fixing going on.
I think its just the guys who do their odds havent a clue of the league and have gotten stung badly lately so in order to save their rep their making these claims.
When i told them id go across the road instead and do it in Paddypowers they then took my bet.
Anyone else here encountering the same level of ignorance and stupidity?

In fairness...

what do you think the lads have been on about for the past week or so?

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Originally Posted by eamo1

Couldnt believe it today when i went in to do my usual E.L accumulator for the weekend games that they nearly didnt take my bet.They are claiming "theres skullduggery going on" and are actually believing theres match fixing going on.
I think its just the guys who do their odds havent a clue of the league and have gotten stung badly lately so in order to save their rep their making these claims.
When i told them id go across the road instead and do it in Paddypowers they then took my bet.
Anyone else here encountering the same level of ignorance and stupidity?

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Nope, had 150 blips on the Blades tonight @ 7s :cool:

They offered stupid odds on Limerick tonight, I lumped on just on a value basis and a bit perturbed they haven't credited my account yet. :/

Generally find Boylesports good to deal with. Most of the accounts of skullduggery stem from stupidity on the part of the bookies, who are notoriously bad losers. It's a lot harder to fix a football match than you'd imagine (I've looked into it.)

The max bet on willhill online for L37 to win tonight was €181.25 - that's a joke.

Totally agree there is a few of us that have fancies we email each and tonight one of the lads fancied Lims, so i would say there was a few of us on them tonight.

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They offered stupid odds on Limerick tonight, I lumped on just on a value basis and a bit perturbed they haven't credited my account yet. :/

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The match only ended within the last 20 minutes, sometimes it takes a while for the account to be updated. I wouldn't think anything of it.

I fancied Limerick tonight too and had them in my accumulator.

If Boylesport actually paid any attention to the league theyd realise Limerick have played some lovely stuff this year and regular beaten the bigger teams. And Dundalk are known for bottling it.

Nothing got to do with match fixing, just symptomatic of a country that doesnt give a crap about it's league

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Originally Posted by Sheridan

It's a lot harder to fix a football match than you'd imagine (I've looked into it.)

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What game were you looking at fixing? Were Dublin City involved?

I was researching an article on it and spoke to some people with first hand experience (not in this country.) Only amateurs fix the actual Win-Draw-Lose market, and usually get caught.

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Originally Posted by BohsPartisan

In fairness...

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:D

summed up perfectly!

I've heard all sorts of rumours about Sligo's last game away to Bray last season, there was huge money going on Bray from all over the country, and that some of the Rovers management were in on it. I don't know how true any of it is/was.

Was not aware this was being discussed already.
FAO FINNNPARK:your either a WUM or you enjoy trying to ruin the reps of every club.
Take the recent Pats Galway Utd game-Pats had nothing to play for and were resting key players,Galway utd HAD to win the game and were virtually full strength.Incredibly G.u were just over 3/1 to win and draw was just under 2/1.The guy in Boyles obviously just glanced at the league table before setting those odds and didnt bother to look up team news and who needed the win etc.As someone has already said,Bookmakers are very bad sore losers and this is whats happening.

Yeah, some of the odds available in the leauge are a joke. The bookies don't have a clue sometimes. Like Bohs being even money to beat Drogheda at home in the leauge in September. They deserve to take a pasting for not doing their research.

There was also the game a couple of years ago where Drogs were playing their U21s and U18s against Rovers in the League Cup yet the bookies were still offering generous odds on Rovers. They got cleaned out. Somebody wasn't paying close enough attention to the team news as Doolin had flagged it well in advance.

If the bookies were not making money pricing the league they wouldnt do so. For those who are making money long term betting on it, keep up the good fight.

It's interesting to note that they're only currently offering odds on the live match and the Setanta Cup final.

To be fair to them they were top price Dundalk tonight but I guess that wasn't much use if they weren't willing to take any bets on them.

I think, more than most leagues, you find the teams who are battling against relegation generally win against teams with nothing to play for.

Harps and Galway look like they could be the value bets this week. The odds on Derry v Galway are nearly exactly the same as for the cup semi but Derry are at home in this game!

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Originally Posted by Sheridan

I was researching an article on it and spoke to some people with first hand experience (not in this country.) Only amateurs fix the actual Win-Draw-Lose market, and usually get caught.

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First throw in etc??

Wasn't there a fairly big investigation last year involving the FAI and a number of clubs?

Very hard to prove though.