Am I going mad or betfred rip me off (1 Viewer)

[jon92]

I had a bet on the 12:55 at Kempton I bet the horses which come 1st and 2nd and done a £12,50 reverse forecast which cost in total £25. It came in and went to collect my winnings and only got back £24 it's only a pound less but surely I should get atleast my stake back and abit more. Surely you wouldn't bet to win less?

 

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[WillenhallSkyBlues]

You don't get the stake back for the reverse bet, so if you got the normal fc you only get that!

 

[jon92]

Ok fair enough just confused me, I would only normally do a straight win but thought try a forecast for a change

 

[Scho]

So whats the point of the reverse bet then ? Coming in 1st and 2nd and you lose money !!!!!!

 

[jon92]

I picked two horses for example horse 1 and horse 2, a straight forecast would mean they have to come 1st: horse 1 and 2nd: horse 2, whereas a reverse would mean they could come either way 1st/2nd

 

[Scho]

Still don't make much sense that they come in and you lose money, so they came in as they should you were always going to lose money?

 

[jon92]

Yh that's the bit why I posted this thread I wouldn't of bet it if I was going to loose money

 

[TheRoyalScam]

A reverse forecast is in essence two separate and different bets - you won £24 on one of them (£11.50 plus your £12.50 stake back = £24) and lost on the other one (£12.50).

 

[skybluejelly]

you would have been better off sticking the £25 on the 1-6 on favourite...as others have said a reverse forecast is 2 bets ..a to beat b and b to beat a.


you live and learn

 

[BackRoomRummermill]

So what ODDS did you get then ? sounds very low for a forcast win to get less than even money.

Can you tell me the details and I will check

 

[jon92]

So what ODDS did you get then ? sounds very low for a forcast win to get less than even money.

Can you tell me the details and I will check

Well I asked can I take a price and they said no. The first horse was 1/6 and second was 4/1

 

[skybluejelly]

ladbrookes were doing a special offer of even money for simonsig to beat hinterland...so i can imagine that the normal odds were still odds on..

 

[BackRoomRummermill]

Basically mate it was your 1 to 6 on that buggured you, if the 4-1 would have won you would have done ok. At least you covered your bet with a little loss against maybe winning 4 x that amount

It does not work like an accumulator, but the crazy odds on at 6- 1 on I would always stay clear of.

Can i ask were there only 3 or 4 horses in the race?

 

[Houchens Head]

I used to do a reverse forecast on the greyhounds. Always had trap 1 & trap 6, no matter what the odds and what dogs were running. Won a fair few quid like like!