I'll admit the Night King's death took me by surprise, but it kinda makes sense in a way. GRRM and D&D have stated that the show and books will have the same ending. Night king isn't really a thing in the books, so they had to quickly remove that threat to tie the last three episodes to GRRM's plan for the book ending, which I assume involves Cersei fucking everything up in some kind of crazy way.

With that in mind, I'm going to go out on a limb here with a wild theory of my own:

We haven't seen much of Cersei for a couple of episodes now, and we know travel time is all fuzzy in GoT....

I'm going to make a prediction that the next episode will start with a surprise attack by Cersei's army on the survivors of the battle of Winterfell. Everyone is standing around shell shocked, we get the "we...won? Yay!" bit, then boom - surprise attack from the Golden Company.

THEN we will see main characters start falling.

Probably not going to happen but it's always fun to theroycraft while waiting for the next episode 


This is one I've asked our sportsbook team about, kinda interested to see how the bet was officially settled, but I'm assuming it was a win.

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Still salty about losing the previous four line multi, I keep getting greedy with additional lines instead of sticking with my locks. Ah well.

Keeping it simple tonight for the Raptors:

🏀Raptors -7.0 (2.01) 
🏀Total points: Under 220 (2.00)
🏀Kawhi Leonard Points (must start): Over 28.5 (1.78)


-7 for the Bucks is looking good at the moment, tempted by -8.0 at (2.10) but that could be me getting greedy again 

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Will update the odds tomorrow as I don't want to give any spoilers away for now, but that was one hell of an epic episode. Will be interested to see how some of the previous bets are settled!

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@Royse777 - I've just added a 'lil sportsbook bonus to your account for being a good sport 

I almost won my multi from the CSK v MI game on Friday, but the Superkings bowlers let me down a bit. 

Should have gone with MI for the pool, I bet against my team and they made me regret it 

Warner has started out strong for the SRH today, at 134/1 in the 13th over I can see them taking this one without a very strong batting performance from KXIP's openers.

Tempted to go with a cheeky bet on Warner to make his second century this season 

- David Andrew Warner total: Over 99.5 (1.92) Under 99.5 (1.92)
- Team with highest score at 1st dismissal: Sunrisers Hyderabad (1.15)

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Damn another good scalp for Leicester, imagine if they can pull of the same against Man City  

Although City only won 1-0 at the weekend they looked fairly composed, I can't realistically see them dropping any points now.

I should have gone with a straight BTTS for my bets on the Man Utd Chelsea game but I got greedy with the odds for Chelsea to win with BTTS, that'll teach me.

As a side note my boys Leyton Orient made it back into the football league as champions of the NL this weekend. Incredible scenes at the ground for the pitch invasion. Finally rid ourselves of the ghost of the Becchetti years!  

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Afternoon all, hope you had a good weekend  


@deadley - I'm still waiting to find out the limits for the RLODC but I'll get back to you ASAP when I receive the information. As for the Cricket World Cup we will have a full range of lines and I'm assuming that our limits will be similar to those on the IPL, but I should have more news for you soon. I'm planning a little promotion to go alongside whatever offers our sportsbook team are running for the tournament  


 

I'm going to wait a few days before I start discussing updates to our GoT lines here, don't want to give out any spoilers before people have had a chance to catch up. If you have already seen the episode then jump over to bbc.reporter's dedicated thread where potential spoilers are on the menu tomorrow, i'm planning to update there soon.

Thanks,

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@Jgod - Our new 0.0000001 BTC minimum stakes apply to the vast majority of our sportsbook, however some specific outright markets will have higher min stakes.

I will pass on your feedback to the marketing team though, as I agree some of the messaging could be seen as misleading which is something we definately want to avoid.

I've discussed the min stakes for Game of Thrones lines in the dedicated thread started by bbc.reporter here as this question came up early on. Unfortunately our sportsbook team were unable to lower the limits past their current state, but I'll provide updates if this changes.


You can check the minimum stakes for any market without even being logged in, no deposit necessary:



^ Simply input the stake you want to use, and if it's below the minimum stake you will be notified.

Thanks,

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Haha I like your thinking but I'm not allowed to take side bets unfortunately    

Hows about this - if it goes over 10.5 sixes and you create a Cloudbet account, I'll add a 0.008 BTC sportsbook bonus for you  

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Really hoping that City slip up somewhere, Liverpool have played their hearts out this season and deserve to cap it off with a title.

Burnley are on form with 3 wins in their last 4 so that's probably the best chance, although Leicester did beat them at home on boxing day. I'm cautiously optimistic for one more plot twist before the end of the season

Also, I just noticed some new lines added to our EPL offering, focusing on head to head matchups for finishing positions:

Who will finish higher in the Premier League?

- Tottenham (1.12) v Chelsea (5.00)
- Arsenal (1.35) v Man Utd (3.05)
- Chelsea (1.75) v Arsenal (2.00)
- Chelsea (1.25) v Manchester United (3.40)

What do you think?

I'd be tempted by Man Utd to finish above Arsenal, but I'm fairly sure they will be spanked by Chelsea this weekend.

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Just spat my tea all over my laptop, thanks for that one Trofo! Reminds me of something from my early days on Champ Manager 

United really look to be struggling. I'm going for a Chelsea win in my accumulator this weekend (2.74), but i'm really liking the look of Chelsea with BTTS at (5.09). Only problem is it relies on Man Utd actually scoring a goal! 

- Chelsea to win (2.74) - 2.20% Margin
- Total Goals: Over 2.5 (1.89) - 2.42% Margin
- Chelsea win & both teams to score: Yes (5.09) -

Do you think Man Utd can pull a performance out of the hat on Sunday?

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We've got absy to thank for that one! I had a cheeky little bet myself and won a decent pot  



@Pffrt - We've got both at 1.99 currently so it's looking too close to call at the moment.

Of course the advantage at Cloudbet is the ability to back/lay your bets when the game changes in one over (plus the super low minimum stakes)!  

I've gone with CSK today despite MI being my favourite team. Superkings bowlers have been on fire of late, and I think the MI batsmen are going to struggle today.

- Quinton de Kock total runs: Under 21.5 (1.92)
- Superkings best bowler: Tahir (3.20) or Chahar (4.30)
- Total 6's: Under 10.5 (2.10)

Ronnie @ Cloudbet

Looks like the Drake curse killed off the Maple Leafs this week, hoping he stays well away from the Raptors games - we don't need a 3rd straight conference semifinal exit!

I'm also looking forward to the Clippers against GSW tonight. Warriors are clear favourites but I'd love to see LA tie the series. There has been 4 away wins this series so far...   


@mirakal - I was seriously tempted by the Spurs and Clippers on the moneyline, good odds to be had. Going to try and play it safe this time for a change though.


My acca for the weekend:

- Los Angeles Clippers +10.0 (1.94)
- Toronto Raptors -5.0 (1.76)
- San Antonio Spurs +7.0 (1.76)
- Milwaukee Bucks -7.0 (1.84)

0.0552500 BTC from a 0.005 BTC stake (fingers crossed!) 


Ronnie @ Cloudbet

Not a bad bet that, seems to fit with our current KKR innings total market:



170-189 is pretty good value at (2.38)

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I've gone with KKR today but they have been on tilt for the last five games, and as you say there's a few players in the squad underperforming. I was expecting big things from Karthik and Chawla who have been disappointing so far. 

I'm hoping that Russell steps up big today, he's still one of my favourite players in the league and has some ridiculous stats this season already:  

- Strike rate: 217.77
- Average runs: 65.33
- Total sixes: 41

^ The kind of player that makes T20 worth watching

KKR top batsman: Russell (5.00)

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To be fair he's had more shots on target than all of the Man Utd strikers this season  

I would have probably put Christian Eriksen in there instead. The dude has had an impressive season.

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It's a shame Lingard missed that opportunity to equalise, could have turned the whole game around. Commiseration to Liverpool fans, although I'm still secretly hoping City will slip up somewhere in the last few games (looking at you Leicester!) 

Amazing that Man Utd had only managed 5 shots on target in their previous 4 games before this one, and only managed 1 last night. Do you think their strike force is tilting badly, or is it that they just aren't getting the service needed from the midfield?

I mean Pogba was named in the PFA team of the year so it can't be his fault right? 


Ronnie @ Cloudbet

Speaking of Game of Thrones odds....  



(Sorry I couldn't resist)

There was some pretty crazy changes to the main 'Who will sit on the Iron throne' odds yesterday! Sansa and Gendry's odds dropped dramatically, and Daenarys is now all the way behind Cersei! Could this the result of a leak?





Ronnie @ Cloudbet

 


@bbc.reporter - I don't think we have plans for those kind of markets at the moment, but I'll pass on the request and see what our sportsbook team have to say about it!  


Ronnie @ Cloudbet

Some pretty crazy changes to the main 'Who will sit on the Iron Throne' odds today - Sansa is now ahead of Bran, and Gendry is ahead of both Jon and Tyrion!




Surely this must have something to do with a leak?

I'm a little worried that some of the characters that have been tipped to die in episode 3 have dropped from the market too  

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@Queenvio - I'll pass on the request, I actually prefer those kind of lines myself 

@deadley - I'll check in with our sportsbook team and find out for you! We have been focusing on improving our offering for the IPL, as well as plans for the upcoming Cricket World Cup, so it's possible the RLODC lines haven't had as much scrutiny as the others.

Thanks very much,

Ronnie @ Cloudbet