Krazyhorse US election bet

[Ben Kenobi]

Continued from the previous thread.

Krazyhorse, you were accusing me of not willing to put my money where my mouth was.

I offered you terms which you considered to be fair. Either put up or walk away and quit bothering me.

20:1 odds on McCain, I'll put up 100 bucks right away and you put up 2000. I'll even take a picture of the money set aside for you should Obama win.

[snoopy369]

Let's stay away from betting actual money here... we'd really rather not run afoul of interstate gambling laws.

[Ben Kenobi]

He challenged me, take it up with KH.

[Dinner]

Ben still thinks McCain will win? Short of massive electoral fraud the old man is in his grave.

[Theben]

I think the law triumphs KH.

You could bet 20:1 odds on # of months you have to keep the avatar your opponent picks.

[Ben Kenobi]

I would and have but he said money, so there you go.

[Verto]

Poor BK Can't accept facts.

[KrazyHorse]

Re: Krazyhorse US election bet

Originally posted by Ben Kenobi
I offered you terms which you considered to be fair.

I don't consider it fair to take the odds which I think are correct while you get odds which you consider extremely favourable. From your posts it's evident that you think McCain is better than even money. So make me a compromise, Ben. Back up your talk.

[KrazyHorse]

Let's take the geometric mean. I think McCain is 5%. You think he's 50%. Let's settle on sqrt(5*50)% = 16%. Call it 5-1. I'll go 100 to your 20 (USD).

[LotC]

It will be amazing to see how you spin this when Obama wins in a landslide.

[Boris Godunov]

Originally posted by LotC
It will be amazing to see how you spin this when Obama wins in a landslide.

Oh there will be a whole thread of nothing but BK quotes, have no fear.

[Boris Godunov]

Speaking of this, BK, you never followed up on the signature bet issue. Were you offering to extend the time frame?

[Ben Kenobi]

I don't consider it fair to take the odds which I think are correct

Sig material.

If you think 20-1 is fair odds, then take it or leave it.

[Boris Godunov]

That wasn't the whole sentence, BK. Dishonest quote mining.

[Ben Kenobi]

Speaking of this, BK, you never followed up on the signature bet issue. Were you offering to extend the time frame?

I don't really care about the duration, provided I can keep the tribute to Lafayette and the Gits.

A month I thought was eminently fair, straight up bet.