New Posts For Thread: Betting ring a waste of time..https://community.betfair.com/cheltenham2011/go/thread/view/113609/29814247/betting-ring-a-waste-of-timeRows and rows of boards offering exactly the same prices...no opinions....no gambling...just boring middlemen trying to fleece the mugs betting in the ring. Every board just following Betfair. Why C4 continue reporting the "action from the ring" is bI go to Neville Porter by the chute at around midday, I reel off a list of horses I want to back and he gives me prices which are usually better than current odds available.I hold the view that it's excahnges that have created the problem.I see bothhttps://community.betfair.com/cheltenham2011/go/thread/view/113609/29814247/betting-ring-a-waste-of-time?post_id=530256775#530256775I go to Neville Porter by the chute at around midday, I reel off a list of horses I want to back and he gives me prices which are usually better than current odds available.I hold the view that it's excahnges that have created the problem.I see bothFri, 29 Mar 2013 10:08:47 -0500Starts by berating those who don't understand the simple mathematics of betting and ends by saying he took 7/2 ante-post on The New One. That's funny.https://community.betfair.com/cheltenham2011/go/thread/view/113609/29814247/betting-ring-a-waste-of-time?post_id=530251571#530251571Starts by berating those who don't understand the simple mathematics of betting and ends by saying he took 7/2 ante-post on The New One. That's funny.Fri, 29 Mar 2013 04:26:34 -0500Just taking advantage on non-price savvy punters.. sad to see.No it's not! anyone who pays 60 quid for a ticket and then can't be assed to understand the rather simple mathematics of betting deserves to be taken advantage of - it's the racecourse equhttps://community.betfair.com/cheltenham2011/go/thread/view/113609/29814247/betting-ring-a-waste-of-time?post_id=530195787#530195787Just taking advantage on non-price savvy punters.. sad to see.No it's not! anyone who pays 60 quid for a ticket and then can't be assed to understand the rather simple mathematics of betting deserves to be taken advantage of - it's the racecourse equWed, 27 Mar 2013 03:02:46 -0500Think Stephenson is an embarassment with her views from the betting ring. She's had close affiliation with bookies in the pastand it comes across on screen. She refuses to call it as it is (on course punters virtually always getting poor value). Somehttps://community.betfair.com/cheltenham2011/go/thread/view/113609/29814247/betting-ring-a-waste-of-time?post_id=530178605#530178605Think Stephenson is an embarassment with her views from the betting ring. She's had close affiliation with bookies in the pastand it comes across on screen. She refuses to call it as it is (on course punters virtually always getting poor value). SomeTue, 26 Mar 2013 13:33:18 -0500Flemenstar - You do spout some outrageous nonsense. How would you know at any moment if a horse was 50/1 in one place and 500/1 in a ring 100 yards away and which would take a couple of minutes to get to? And what were the place terms on offer? Wherehttps://community.betfair.com/cheltenham2011/go/thread/view/113609/29814247/betting-ring-a-waste-of-time?post_id=530127823#530127823Flemenstar - You do spout some outrageous nonsense. How would you know at any moment if a horse was 50/1 in one place and 500/1 in a ring 100 yards away and which would take a couple of minutes to get to? And what were the place terms on offer? WhereSun, 24 Mar 2013 17:04:15 -0500thats why you never hear the bookies complaining about the hooley element, there their only customhttps://community.betfair.com/cheltenham2011/go/thread/view/113609/29814247/betting-ring-a-waste-of-time?post_id=529973947#529973947thats why you never hear the bookies complaining about the hooley element, there their only customTue, 19 Mar 2013 13:27:32 -0500If the mobile connection issues ever get sorted then the bookies have no where left to go.10 years ago I had a bet in every race with the bookies. This year I had 2 bets. Must be thousands more like me.Why don't a few try something different to drumhttps://community.betfair.com/cheltenham2011/go/thread/view/113609/29814247/betting-ring-a-waste-of-time?post_id=529969991#529969991If the mobile connection issues ever get sorted then the bookies have no where left to go.10 years ago I had a bet in every race with the bookies. This year I had 2 bets. Must be thousands more like me.Why don't a few try something different to drumTue, 19 Mar 2013 11:17:06 -0500might have had been something to do with it being the only covered area at that point where you could walk 5 yards in under 20 minutes. The rain would have been music to their ears in there, the weather was particularly appaling friday.https://community.betfair.com/cheltenham2011/go/thread/view/113609/29814247/betting-ring-a-waste-of-time?post_id=529964891#529964891might have had been something to do with it being the only covered area at that point where you could walk 5 yards in under 20 minutes. The rain would have been music to their ears in there, the weather was particularly appaling friday.Tue, 19 Mar 2013 08:02:38 -0500one might ask the question if your inside watching on a screen and betting with ladbrookes,wtf are you paying 60 quid for a tkt,https://community.betfair.com/cheltenham2011/go/thread/view/113609/29814247/betting-ring-a-waste-of-time?post_id=529944459#529944459one might ask the question if your inside watching on a screen and betting with ladbrookes,wtf are you paying 60 quid for a tkt,Mon, 18 Mar 2013 12:25:24 -0500@swardean, yes interesting that the ladbrokes is there and they looked to be betting about 115% on the GC with tight prices around the front four. Be a muppet not to bet with them in the Centuar but there are always some that will still be wonderinghttps://community.betfair.com/cheltenham2011/go/thread/view/113609/29814247/betting-ring-a-waste-of-time?post_id=529940463#529940463@swardean, yes interesting that the ladbrokes is there and they looked to be betting about 115% on the GC with tight prices around the front four. Be a muppet not to bet with them in the Centuar but there are always some that will still be wonderingMon, 18 Mar 2013 09:58:35 -0500