Originally Posted by
Elite_Pie
The mugs allow the bookies to make some excellent offers, and with Cheltenham on the horizon there will be plenty around. Seeing as you are talking politics, there is a guaranteed* win on offer in the next UK general election. If you bet £100 on Labour at evens, and £95.24 on the Tories at 11/10, your outlay of £195.24 will return £200 whichever party gets most seats. It's only a small profit margin, but if you find enough of these type of bets it's very hard to lose.
* The only way you could lose is if LibDems, UKIP etc win most seats, but that won't happen.