Hunting that special value bet - off topic

This morning I was watching the prices for the England Vs India Cricket match starting at Trent Bridge. To my amazement just after the toss I saw that they were offering at 500/1 on the draw! I have already checked the weather forecast and the draw is an unlikely result however this bet was too good to miss! So I have placed 2 bets for £2 at 500/1 on the draw!

This was available on Bluesq - within a couple of minutes the price had changed to 15/8 and then 2/1!

here is a image of my bet

Selections
Selection 1 Draw @ 500/1 To Win - Not Settled
Market Match Winner
Event England v India
2nd Test - England v India
11:00 29/07/2011
Bet Type Single
Unit Stake £2.00
Number of Units x1
Stake £2.00
Time and Date Placed 10:36 29/07/2011

Update: Bluesq have now cancelled my bet! Apparently this is considered to be a "palpable" error in price and the bet will not stand. I have asked some more questions around this out of interest and havent got very far, so I will be emailing them for more information.

I will keep you posted.......

International Weekend Is Back

Its been a fairly quiet week in the build up to the International fixtures. The main talking point seems to revolve around the 2 captains of England and Wales. One a young guy that has been out for 16 months and doesn't hold down a first team place, the other an ex captain reinstated as England has no one else! As an England fan I don't believe its important who is captain, for me the 11 on the pitch and the formation is the key to success! No doubt John Terry will attempt to make money from his new position as he did last time but I guess the players to replace him are almost non existent! However another fact that you might be interested in... this could be the first time both Lampard and Gerrard are missing (not through injury) from the starting line up since the World Cup semi final defeat against Brazil in 2002! Since then one, the other or both when fit has played!

The betting front has also been quiet and another poor treble last week didn't help! However yesterday I backed India to beat Australia and today when wickets started to fall I managed to get New Zealand at Evens to beat South Africa! So for a change this week I will be picking bets from different sports.

First up I'm going for Sri Lanka to beat England in the cricket, its looks like the Group of qualifiers from Sri Lankas group is much stronger than the England group and thus expect Sri Lanka to proceed. Yardy has set the tone by being depressed before England have been beaten and returned home already! Sri Lanka are 1/2 to beat England.

Over in Wales I do expect England to win and to win comfortably, Wales will miss Bale on the wing and should be able to put away a weak Wales team. England are 2/5 to win this game, for me this is a bit short so I'm opting for over 2.5 goals at Evens. I expect England to score at least twice and can also see Wales scoring. So assuming 3 or more goals should see me right!

Finally in League 1 Brighton and playing at home to Swindon. Brighton are in great form and steaming their way to the League 1 title, Swindon are fighting for their lives in the bottom reaches of the league. Brighton as expected are short favourites at 4/9. This is the right price for me for my treble this week!

the £10 treble will return £43 which will cover my loses for the last couple of weeks!