From: "Batman" 
Newsgroups: uk.finance
Subject: Re: Doubling UKP5,000
Date: Wed, 5 Nov 2003 14:48:38 -0000

Going off last nights performance at Old Trafford I wouldn't put any money
on Rangers!


"Jonathan Bryce"  wrote in message
news:EhWob.492$3h5.4291@newsfep4-glfd.server.ntli.net...
> Zen <> wrote:
>
> > Are the arbitrage possibilities by backing England at a foreign
> > bookies (plenty around on the net) and backing their opponents in
> > England?
>
> I had a look at backing both Celtic and Rangers to win the SPL.  I worked
> out that in order to get a(n almost) guaranteed win of £10, I would have
to
> put £5 on Rangers and £5.45 on Celtic.  I could turn it into a guaranteed
> win by putting a few pennies on each of the other teams.  The odds may
have
> changed now, but the principal remains the same.