If I posted three Mondays ago, I would be saying despite my good fortune (I could have at least 'hexagoned' my money if I went all out on a balls-out single £50 play on
West Bank Story...I've no idea what goes after quintupled/five times for whatever the word for 'six times' is) that I still had troubles with
bwin/BTClick&Buy.
I find that I had £0 (yep, £
ZERO instead of £150) in my BTClick&Buy account and that £75 was deposited into my bank account. Where had my other £75 gone to!?
I was quietly seething and I was going to stomp up-and-down and scream to the rafters about how they were in cahoots and that they've ripped me off. Not so.
They put the other £75 into my bank account this Tuesday morning. Weird way to do business. I think the situation has somehow resolved itself as my 'in' balance (£280 total, £150 in the bank and £75 at
Betfair) is more than my 'out' balance (£150 taken out of my bank balance, £280 at
bwin).
I may be missing something (somehow I think I ended up £75 more than I should have...I think.
) and have gone completely bonkers though...which handily brings me to my next bet.
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Hmmm. It's that time of year again where I get humiliated (more often than per usual!
). Remember last year's '
FHM's Sexiest Woman In The World' fiasco where the UK editors nobbled the vote and somehow made Keira Knightley the winner instead of Keeley (!?).
Two 'cardinal rules' as to who the winner's supposed to be were broken:
1. The winner always gets a cover shoot (Keira has since posed for Esquire but not for FHM. Keeley got the FHM cover instead last year.).
2. The winners from all-around-the-world issues tend to be the same one.
Serves the fuckers right at FHM that the US edition has gone kaput and it'll only be online (am I a sore loser?
STILL!? You bet I am! I'll find any angle to get back at 'em!
).
This year's odds from
Skybet for the UK edition:
There's been another gamble on Keeley for some reason. She opened at 8/1. She's now dropped down to 7/2.
I simply have far too much money.
BET: £29 on Keeley at 7/2 that she'll win FHM's Sexiest Woman In The World title (at the second time of asking) over at
Skybet. It's the maximum bet they'll allow me (probably for the best really).
I have no doubt that the UK edition will pick a UK winner for the third time in a row (the 2005 winner was Kelly Brook)
and that FHM will get them to do a covershoot this time. I suppose Cheryl Cole or Sarah Harding could be a surprise spoiler as I wouldn't be surprised that shenanigans are going on between Girls Aloud's
PR firm and FHM (I wouldn't be surprised if Sarah Harding is more popular than Cheryl Cole in the poll either but 5/4 isn't of particular value. No Nicola Roberts!?
HAHAHA!! ).
My 'outside outside tip' (that ain't a typo! It means they've got no chance and even more so because I'm tipping 'em!) if she was on the list would have been
Billie Piper but only because of the Doctor Who fanboys (maybe they have more of a thing for David Tennant than Billie Piper!
HAHA!! ).
There's a few prominent women on the list who stand out but they ain't British such as
Jessica Alba at 16/1 (if
Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer was coming out right now this would be a 'big bet'),
Nicole Scherzinger (lead singer of the Pussycat Dolls) at 66/1 and
Jessica Biel at 100/1 (every internet blog seems to be focused on her arse) who are more likely winners based on 'hype' and 'circumstance' particularly if the US edition was still in print circulation.
Kelly Brook could repeat as a winner. I can't think of any other British woman on that list that isn't going to be derided as a terrible winner. It can't be
Keira Knightley AGAIN!? CAN IT!?
NOTE: Keira Knightley was 12/1 to 16/1 to cause an upset, last year.
Kitchen Sink -Third Time Lucky
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