Rebecca~ Posted June 17, 2013 Share Posted June 17, 2013 For anyone who wasn't sure if Food Club is really as profitable as people say it is.... Collect Winnings Round Bet Info Amount Odds Winnings 5176 Lagoon: Sir Edmund Ogletree Treasure Island: Gooblah the Grarrl Harpoon Harry's: Ned the Skipper 6004 NP 70:1 420280 NP Total Winnings 420280 NP And this is just ONE DAY. My profit (not gross, just pure profit) total is over 2.5 million, and I don't even bet that much! I've only made 386 bets, so basically the equivalent of a little over a month worth of daily bets. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcpet Posted June 17, 2013 Share Posted June 17, 2013 Yeah, but only if you make the correct bets! Followed Hugo's bets again for Round 5176 and got 0:10. Didn't expect a double upset. I might consider following Tracey's bets for once. She's been getting 28:10, 28:10, and 70:10 the past 3 days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
siniri Posted June 17, 2013 Share Posted June 17, 2013 I was cutting it close again, so I hurriedly made my bets without considering the double upsets, even though I knew they'd be profitable. I calculated the expected values during the 15 minute window and picked my "if I had it do over" bets before results were posted, and sure enough, I would have made the 70:1 bet had I had an extra 3 minutes. Ah, well. Tomorrow I'll make sure I do my analysis earlier! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gpssaylost Posted June 18, 2013 Share Posted June 18, 2013 I used to make my own but now I copy hugo's. But all my np's seem to be from food club. My bank account = my food club winnings. I highly suggest everyone play this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gingerew Posted June 18, 2013 Share Posted June 18, 2013 Today by following Hugo's bets I got a quarter of a million! :D but yesterday as was mentioned above I went bust following his bets. But still, that's a fairly good profit even balanced out over the two days. I think I'm going to keep on going with this food club thing! (following someone elses bets at this point since I'm still trying to wrap my head around how it all works haha) siniri 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Desertfreak Posted June 19, 2013 Share Posted June 19, 2013 I play and copy Betty's bets and already 3x my money! ON MY FIRST BET! I ranked in over 100,000 NP! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcpet Posted June 29, 2013 Share Posted June 29, 2013 Man, that's 0:10 three days in a row for me I believe. Round 5188: Captain Crossblades... HOW??? Sigh. Sometimes I think if the odds are too good, they are probably too good to be true... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
siniri Posted July 1, 2013 Share Posted July 1, 2013 Today is the third day of 0:10 for me (I managed 14:10 on a safety that Hugo didn't cover in round 5186). My friend started following Hugo's bets two days ago (round 5187), and then griped at me for recommending she play after she lost 2 in a row. So today I came up with an uber-conservative strategy for her with 6 safeties. I myself took a riskier strategy even than Hugo, since I'm still hoping to be able to get a trophy on the first (though that's looking extremely unlikely at this point). She didn't get home in time to bet, but if she had, she'd have gotten 20:10! I know that in the long run, my riskier strategy pays better, and I'm in it for the long haul, but still... it's getting aggravating now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcpet Posted July 27, 2013 Share Posted July 27, 2013 Wasn't sure where to ask this, but if I were to hold my winnings, would I have to collect by the 7th or 8th day? For example, if I were to start holding today, the 27th, would I collect on the 2nd or the 3rd? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
siniri Posted July 28, 2013 Share Posted July 28, 2013 You must collect 7 days after you received the winnings. So if you won today, you can hold up to (and including) next Saturday -- so you can technically hold 8 rounds, but you must collect before midnight (i.e., before it becomes Sunday, in the example of starting to hold today). I had a nice 68:10 today after two days in a row of nothing, but my bets ended up identical to Hugo's (and I'm sure many others', including people who managed to get some correct yesterday and yesteryesterday). I'm still going to hold in hopes of a trophy upgrade, though -- I have a decent account age going for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcpet Posted July 29, 2013 Share Posted July 29, 2013 Thanks for the info siniri. Didn't really cross my mind to try for the trophy until recently, and I doubt I will qualify for one any time soon, but just thought I would hold to see how well I do in comparison to others. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
siniri Posted July 29, 2013 Share Posted July 29, 2013 I got 44:10 yesterday but nothing today thanks to the super-upset in Treasure Island. Hugo beat me today, but my calculations showed only a 1% difference in odds between Buck and Stripey, and in the long run, my bet would pay off better than his did. Hopefully I can win at least a little something the next few days to snag a trophy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
helloearthling Posted July 30, 2013 Share Posted July 30, 2013 I've managed to lose 30k on FC after a week, despite copying bets. (The only one I created was a small profit.) Moral of the story: it's still gambling! I will persevere, because I am greedy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
siniri Posted July 30, 2013 Share Posted July 30, 2013 In the long run, if you're taking advantage of arbitrage, you'll be fine. A few years ago, when I tried without factoring in arbitrage, I had a losing record (not by much, and not a lot of bets, but it's included in the following total, so my actual bets that factored in arbitrage are even better than the following analysis indicates). In total, I've made 1128 bets, costing 8,514,487 NP. But I've won 13,641,522 NP, with a net profit of 5,127,035 NP. That's in less than 4 months of daily betting! That's winning, on average, 4545 NP per bet (or 45,452 NP per day, since I nearly always make 10 bets a day). Or a 60%+ profit, overall. 113 days is a decent sample size. Not as good as others', but based on my results alone, I'm pretty confident that Food Club is a huge earner. (Note: my account is now over 10 years old, so that allows me to both bet more and win more, but the percentage profit is independent of the amount you can bet.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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