Running a Book on Birth Date of First Baby

BarrierReef

My GF is due to have our first baby on the 14th June, I am trying to work out odds to run a little book with my friends on the Exact Date / Time / Weight of the Baby.

I am not looking to make any money off it, just a bit of fun to get everyone interested.

Any ideas on the odds I should be Laying around the dates etc...

I have never set up anything like this.

Cheers

BarrierReef

pvt.joker

Im sure your GF would be delighted to know you have opened a book on it!!

BarrierReef

It was her idea !

BarrierReef

Baby Born
01/06/2008 18/1
02/06/2008 18/1
03/06/2008 18/1
04/06/2008 18/1
05/06/2008 18/1
06/06/2008 18/1
07/06/2008 18/1
08/06/2008 18/1
09/06/2008 15/1
10/06/2008 15/1
11/06/2008 15/1
12/06/2008 12/1
13/06/2008 10/1
14/06/2008 10/1
15/06/2008 10/1
16/06/2008 10/1
17/06/2008 12/1
18/06/2008 12/1
19/06/2008 15/1
20/06/2008 15/1
21/06/2008 15/1
22/06/2008 15/1
23/06/2008 15/1
24/06/2008 15/1
25/06/2008 18/1
26/06/2008 18/1
27/06/2008 18/1
28/06/2008 18/1
29/06/2008 18/1
30/06/2008 18/1



Hour of Birth
1 12/1
2 12/1
3 12/1
4 12/1
5 12/1
6 12/1
7 18/1
8 18/1
9 18/1
10 24/1
11 24/1
12 24/1
13 28/1
14 28/1
15 28/1
16 28/1
17 28/1
18 28/1
19 24/1
20 24/1
21 18/1
22 18/1
23 18/1
24 18/1


Baby Weight
Under 8lbs 1/1
Over 8lbs 1/1


Is there anysoftware out there that can workout if it's possible to bet on every event and make a profit ??

Culchie

I love a punt as much as the next man, but I wouldn't tempt fate like this.

Just relax, and hope it's got 5 toes on each foot etc....

Bluetonic

BarrierReef wrote: »

Is there anysoftware out there that can workout if it's possible to bet on every event and make a profit ??

Every outcome or event?

Doesn't look like you've put much thoughts in the odds really.

How have you figured out that the birth has the same chance of being early and late?

Collie D

Slightly odd question but why not just run it like a sweepstake? 24 people stick in a tenner, each one gets an hour of the day picked form a hat and winner gets the pot. Simple. Assuming that the baby comes along on the due date and your Mrs. doesn't cheat and get a C Section

BarrierReef

Culchie wrote: »

I love a punt as much as the next man, but I wouldn't tempt fate like this.

Just relax, and hope it's got 5 toes on each foot etc....

Point taken and accepted. This is just for laughs. All the touching wood etc... is being done every day.

hotspur

It's grand, sure I'm sure she probably ran a book with her girlfriends on the identity of the father. Joke. Congratulations. And actually there was a time from around the middle of the 17th century until the industrial revolution when people would wager on anything - horse racing, dog racing, boxing, cock fighting, dog fighting, bear baiting, births, marriages, deaths etc.
In 1754 The Connoisseur wrote: “there is nothing, no matter how trivial or ridiculous, which is not capable of producing a bet”.

Mellor

A sweepstake/Tote type bet works best, that way you don't losr money if you don't sell enough, and odds adjust to number of people

maxi-twist

Do babies still get born on the weekends? Arent some induced on fridays so doctors can go home? You should take that into account!