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[Tetteys Jig 830]

Quagliarella - Evens

Toivonen - 4/1

Fer - Betting suspended

Alderweireld 1/2

Hooper 15/8

Suggests that they are pretty sure of Fer deal happening, Quag and Toby are in the balance and the other 2 are looking unlikely but not impossible.

[pablofarmer 0]

Bt doesn''t betting follow what money has been put down rather than information, apart from when betting us suspended?

[ReadingCanary 0]

Betting is generally suspended when a large amount of money is put on a certain bet.It suggests to the bookmaker that someone is "in the know" and the deal is almost completeIf you were to get 100 people put £1000 on Suarez joining Norwich though it would probably have the same effectIt''s not a reliable way of telling whether a deal is near

[CJ 0]

Betting is only a guide, many a player has been evens or better and still not moved.

Fer delay will be all about medical after Everton issue in Jan we will need to be certain he is OK, suspectwe have asked for some expert opinions as insurance

I am quite surprised at how low some odds are , just hope we end up with more than two strikers on the books

[Fleckys Flip-Flop 0]

It''s not entirely about money being put on. It''s a combination of that AND information. The big bookies have teams of people working very much like risk assessors. They obviously have to set odds and very frequently have people in the know feeding them info. Betting will suspend when they feel a deal is likely. These odds suggest nothing is really seen as certain. 1/2 isn''t short enough to suggest they are confident. If they felt a deal was likely you would be seeing odds of around 1/5 - 1/10. Fer wasn''t an open market, although odds availiable on request, because there haven''t been a number of clubs linked with him.  

[Joanna Grey 0]

Thanks for that FFF, it''s quite obvious that a lot of people here do not know how it works (judging by past Threads).

[Cantiaci Canary 556]

What were the odds on Ince joining Cardiff this morning?

[CDMullins 436]

[quote user="ReadingCanary"]Betting is generally suspended when a large amount of money is put on a certain bet.It suggests to the bookmaker that someone is "in the know" and the deal is almost completeIf you were to get 100 people put £1000 on Suarez joining Norwich though it would probably have the same effectIt''s not a reliable way of telling whether a deal is near[/quote]Dont be so silly, on markets like this you can get next to nothing on.As an example we did betting on the Coronataion Street Tram Crash, Molly was 1/250 to die, our Maximum bet, £25.Any kind of market like this is easily manipulated by the bookies and should any deal be ''close'' to complete the market will simply be suspended. Why would they even give 1/3, 1/4, 1/5 on something that is almost certain to happen.