{"id":9888,"date":"2014-05-10T07:45:20","date_gmt":"2014-05-10T06:45:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.betangel.com\/blog_wp\/?p=9888"},"modified":"2015-05-23T14:54:11","modified_gmt":"2015-05-23T13:54:11","slug":"eurovision-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.betfairtradingblog.com\/blog_wp\/2014\/05\/10\/eurovision-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Eurovision"},"content":{"rendered":"

Even if you are not watching it, you should take a look at Eurovision this evening. It’s caught my eye this year as a competitive contest with several interesting dynamics as a market. I’m out on the town this evening, so I’ve no chance to trade it unfortunately; but I’ll gather data.<\/p>\n

I\u2019ve done well in the past by backing outsiders that shorten during the contest and early voting patterns can often give you clear hints to the eventual outcome. Don\u2019t leave it too late to get out though, as winners can become apparent very quickly and will shorten fast.<\/p>\n

Unusual entrants can attract the novelty vote and my biggest ever success came from backing\u00a0Lordi<\/a>\u00a0a few years ago to win. Finland were\u00a0embarrassed by the entry till they realised the performance struck a chord with the voters and their price shot in from 65\u2032s. As I said before, early voting patterns are usually the\u00a0key.<\/p>\n

There are four themes\u00a0that stand out for me this year: –<\/p>\n

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  1. The\u00a0resurgence\u00a0of the western nations at the top of the market<\/li>\n
  2. The competitive nature at the front of the field<\/li>\n
  3. The ‘novelty’ of the Austrian act – A bearded lady if you did’n’t know!<\/li>\n
  4. The massive move for the Netherlands from 890 to just 5’s this morning<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    So plenty of interesting aspects to the market this year. Hopefully you\u00a0will get more than \u2018null point\u2019 in profit terms. Good luck!<\/p>\n

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    Even if you are not watching it, you should take a look at Eurovision this evening. It’s caught my eye this year as a competitive contest with several interesting dynamics as a market. I’m out on the town this evening, so I’ve no chance to trade it unfortunately; but I’ll gather data. I\u2019ve done well […]<\/p>\n

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