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Brexit outcome gamble

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  • atush
    atush Posts: 18,731 Forumite
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    I bought more dollars Wednesday thank goodness
  • Pincher
    Pincher Posts: 6,552 Forumite
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    William Hill paid out £45, for REMAIN getting 45.01% to 50.00%.
    £10 stake.
  • jimjames
    jimjames Posts: 19,165 Forumite
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    Pincher wrote: »
    I have £10 on Remain getting 45.01% - 50.00% , pays 7:2.

    Pay out is £45.

    Not too sure what happens if it's 50%:50%.
    I had that as well as Remain on 50-55% and Leave to win.

    Nice tidy profit today. Except on my share portfolio of course :)
    Remember the saying: if it looks too good to be true it almost certainly is.
  • Pincher
    Pincher Posts: 6,552 Forumite
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    jimjames wrote: »
    I had that as well as Remain on 50-55% and Leave to win.

    Nice tidy profit today. Except on my share portfolio of course :)

    That's a straddle, well played.

    Normally, if I bet on something. I lose.
    If I light a cigarette, the bus would come.
    There's a gremlin keeping an eye on me, to make sure I don't gamble.

    The losses are OK, cashed in some in the bounce this week. Just a shame couldn't get into the website to pick up some bargains this morning.
  • Kendall80
    Kendall80 Posts: 965 Forumite
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    Pincher wrote: »
    That's a straddle, well played.

    Normally, if I bet on something. I lose.


    Same here. You could always try betting against your bet with another betting agency ;) preferably with their money.


    May the odds be ever in your favour.
  • Doshwaster
    Doshwaster Posts: 6,377 Forumite
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    jimjames wrote: »
    I had that as well as Remain on 50-55% and Leave to win.

    Nice tidy profit today. Except on my share portfolio of course :)

    I haven't dared look at my portfolio all day but I've just logged in and was pleasantly surprised that I'm only down 0.75% on the day. I got hammered on my FTSE250 tracker which is my core holding as well as some share in banks but this was balanced by good performance in other funds, especially gold and biotech/pharma.
  • racing_blue
    racing_blue Posts: 961 Forumite
    Doshwaster wrote: »
    I haven't dared look at my portfolio all day but I've just logged in and was pleasantly surprised that I'm only down 0.75% on the day. I got hammered on my FTSE250 tracker which is my core holding as well as some share in banks but this was balanced by good performance in other funds, especially gold and biotech/pharma.

    I'm actually up by 2%

    UP: global tracker, commodity ETFs, miners, oil producers
    DOWN: Euro shares, UK shares other than miners and oil.

    Although I guess this is only "up" in GBP terms, if you valued the portfolio in USD it would be down 8%

    strange business this
  • savings_my_hobby
    savings_my_hobby Posts: 363 Forumite
    I bet on the turnout being above 67%, which came in as expected
    Earn, Save and Achieve
  • Prothet_of_Doom
    Prothet_of_Doom Posts: 3,267 Forumite
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    We are Doomed.
  • JohnRo
    JohnRo Posts: 2,887 Forumite
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    Prothet_of_Doom wrote: »
    We are Doomed.

    'Don't say I didnae warn ye'
    'We don't need to be smarter than the rest; we need to be more disciplined than the rest.' - WB
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