New Posts For Thread: Why do people gamble.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30329007/why-do-people-gambleI was thinking of a reason WHY people gamble money on sport.Now some people love money,and others love the trill of gambling.A rich man does not gamble for money(because he does not need it)yet he still puts money down.A poor man gambles money he canElitism (really shouldn't have got that wrong, I'm better than that)https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30329007/why-do-people-gamble?post_id=540975281#540975281Elitism (really shouldn't have got that wrong, I'm better than that)Sat, 16 Aug 2014 09:04:02 -0500Eliteismhttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30329007/why-do-people-gamble?post_id=540975267#540975267EliteismSat, 16 Aug 2014 09:03:09 -0500% mark up/over round that should have been.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30329007/why-do-people-gamble?post_id=540975097#540975097% mark up/over round that should have been.Sat, 16 Aug 2014 08:55:10 -0500In football matches its very hard for a bookmaker to get it wrong with the margin of error they have in % their mark. Its about the only sport I don't even look to try and take on the bookmakers.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30329007/why-do-people-gamble?post_id=540975083#540975083In football matches its very hard for a bookmaker to get it wrong with the margin of error they have in % their mark. Its about the only sport I don't even look to try and take on the bookmakers.Sat, 16 Aug 2014 08:54:27 -0500As I said I'm a hopeless punter but I understand that bookies can call it wrong. They price up markets wrong and that's where the value lies.I once spoke to the odds compiler of Irish League Football. He was asking me how I felt the season would go bhttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30329007/why-do-people-gamble?post_id=540974225#540974225As I said I'm a hopeless punter but I understand that bookies can call it wrong. They price up markets wrong and that's where the value lies.I once spoke to the odds compiler of Irish League Football. He was asking me how I felt the season would go bSat, 16 Aug 2014 08:18:54 -0500Bob, the modern generation are only interested in roulette and football, horse racing punters need not apply as the firms don't want them if they think they have an edge. Corals for example barred me from all local shops and on line for having £150https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30329007/why-do-people-gamble?post_id=540967023#540967023Bob, the modern generation are only interested in roulette and football, horse racing punters need not apply as the firms don't want them if they think they have an edge. Corals for example barred me from all local shops and on line for having £150Fri, 15 Aug 2014 17:54:31 -0500i posted last night,i think its the English bookies that have stopped taking bets,if you walk into a bookie Dublin with a few hundred for a horse he will not bat an eyelid and take the bet.but in Ireland they can send any bet to the race course.for ehttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30329007/why-do-people-gamble?post_id=540967013#540967013i posted last night,i think its the English bookies that have stopped taking bets,if you walk into a bookie Dublin with a few hundred for a horse he will not bat an eyelid and take the bet.but in Ireland they can send any bet to the race course.for eFri, 15 Aug 2014 17:54:05 -0500placepots are a good bet,because they can pay a super dividend .in my days I remember if you can get the first favorite unplaced ,and the other 5 placed it can pay big stuff.everyone does not want to go down on the first leg so 95% put the first favhttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30329007/why-do-people-gamble?post_id=540966935#540966935placepots are a good bet,because they can pay a super dividend .in my days I remember if you can get the first favorite unplaced ,and the other 5 placed it can pay big stuff.everyone does not want to go down on the first leg so 95% put the first favFri, 15 Aug 2014 17:49:06 -0500The High street shops near me are open from 8am - 10pm. They won't take a bet or give you a price, they are purely there for the fobt's.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30329007/why-do-people-gamble?post_id=540966919#540966919The High street shops near me are open from 8am - 10pm. They won't take a bet or give you a price, they are purely there for the fobt's.Fri, 15 Aug 2014 17:48:10 -0500thats not true. lots of people make money from the bookies, then they get banned or limit to 50p stakes.the book only works in the bookies advantage if its correct, which a lot of the time it simply isnt. every week theres several football matches whhttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30329007/why-do-people-gamble?post_id=540966835#540966835thats not true. lots of people make money from the bookies, then they get banned or limit to 50p stakes.the book only works in the bookies advantage if its correct, which a lot of the time it simply isnt. every week theres several football matches whFri, 15 Aug 2014 17:42:40 -0500