So, on with the challenge. Below you can find the first bet slip - and yes, this is a real challenge with real money. No paper betting or changing the results after the fact in this blog.
As I mentioned in the opening post in this first attempt at the challenge I'll be placing a Lucky 63 (although in hindsight a Heinz may have made more sense for this, eliminating the singles, but I didn't think of that at the time so we'll stick to the plan).
The one obvious issue with using this method is that the bet has to be divisible by 63, so I won't be able to exactly bet the full amount each time. Instead I'll go for the closest amount without going over - in this case 9.45 which gives a potential maximum return of 58.25.
If you're wondering where the selections in the bet slip came from, a friend of mine runs a football site which dishes out tips on both teams to score. He's been bragging that this season it's only failed to make a profit in one week and most of the time he's been batting 4/6 or 4/5 (but not yet hit the full load, I might add). You can see a list of results here.
It was actually this consistency that gave me the idea for using BTTS in a lucky 63 and, seeing as he seems to be doing pretty well with the selections thus far I figured I may join him for the ride, at least temporarily. For this reason I won't bother going over the reasoning behind each leg - just read his instead. Besides, the picks aren't mine to begin with...
So that's pretty much it - cross your fingers and wish me luck.
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