If, a year ago, you walked into Ladborokes...

[blakeyboy]

...and asked for odds on:

 

the Pound going down to 1.04,

Liz Truss being in No.10,

and Russia invading Ukraine,

 

what odds would you have been offered??

 

[copper123]

$1.04 is a bit exact isn't it ?

how would you collect the bet ? After all its $1.06 today does that mean you have a losing bet? Or can you collect on the exact day it reaches $1.04 and what happens if thats during the night when the bookies are shut , can you claim even though its gone up and you have not stated the day the pound will reach this low level..?

Lots of ifs and buts on this bet

[blakeyboy]

No.

[1949threepence]

6 hours ago, blakeyboy said:

...and asked for odds on:

 

the Pound going down to 1.04, - 25:1

Liz Truss being in No.10, 5000:1

and Russia invading Ukraine, 150:1

 

what odds would you have been offered??

 

Something like that? Possibly, maybe.

[blakeyboy]

I'm going  Pound,   50:1,

Liz Truss                 1000:1

Russia invading       100:1

[copper123]

Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 (MH17/MAS17) was a scheduled passenger flight from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur that was shot down on 17 July 2014, while flying over eastern Ukraine. All 283 passengers and 15 crew were killed.
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Malaysia Airlines Flight 17.

Shootdown
Passengers	283
Crew	15
Fatalities	298
Survivors	0

Why was Malaysian Airline shot down?

 

 

 

 

Flight MH17 was shot down over Ukraine in July 2014, by what has been determined to be a Russian-made missile launcher fired by Russian-backed rebels. Relatives of the 298 people who died when Malaysian Airlines flight 17 was shot down have accused Russia of lying about its role in the incident.6 Sept 2021

Odds on Russia invading a country on its borders would never have been that high  - dont you remember when they poisoned zelinsky with novichok and shot down that passenger plane over ukraine and killed 280 passengers all the time blameing ukraine for it .

they have been building up a war chest for a while unfortunately

Edited September 29, 2022 by copper123

[1949threepence]

20 minutes ago, copper123 said:

Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 (MH17/MAS17) was a scheduled passenger flight from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur that was shot down on 17 July 2014, while flying over eastern Ukraine. All 283 passengers and 15 crew were killed.
...
Malaysia Airlines Flight 17.

Shootdown
Passengers	283
Crew	15
Fatalities	298
Survivors	0

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Odds on Russia invading a country on its borders would never have been that high  - dont you remember when they poisoned zelinsky with novichok and shot down that passenger plane over ukraine and killed 280 passengers all the time blameing ukraine for it .

they have been building up a war chest for a while unfortunately

We are looking back a year to 29.9.21. In the <5 months timeframe involved before the invasion (maybe 12 months looked at by the bookmaker), i think the higher odds are quite realistic. Over a much longer timeframe, I would agree with you.

[copper123]

The pound did hit $1.04 but only for a short period

Edited September 30, 2022 by copper123