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Been on here OVER 10 YEARS and make money???
Been on here OVER 10 YEARS and make money???
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most people are too busy working to make a decent living.
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Well done giggilio. You must be in a group of about 1% of gamblers. I would assume that you are single and have no family to support? No offence intended.
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so you make 100k+ per year & hardly use betfair giggilo ?
Is it mainly horses you back .. i guess it helps to be 'in the know' but great stuff & gl to you if you do |
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Apologies giggilio, I never read your post right, great work if you can do it and support a family. You must be stressed out all the time though.
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No I have an 11yr old daughter and 2yr old so I d0n't even get anysleep and I looked after him during the day for several hours my girlfriends an archaeologist works in a museum p/time jshe doesn't need to but wants a break from my son.I wouldn't do this for less than 200k+ a year just wouldn't be worth the time and effort made a lot more than that last year and looks like this year,at the moment i'm playing at it open an account hit a 14/1 winner with 400/600 on it gone within one bet.It's tiring stuff just getting accounts I had over 400 last season with two lads doing my trading and opening them one after the other.I've even put a call out on these forums for someone to approach me if they can prove they know what they are doing i'm willing to work with someone but you need to have 100% trust in them.Infact never got one reply because simply there isn't anyone,or if there is they maybe where I was 10 years ago winning and still learning.
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obviously most on here haven't seen thegiggilo's posts, He is an expert on horse racing.
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Well done mate and good luck to you.
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Mc Moonbeam
01 Sep 13 02:30 so you make 100k+ per year & hardly use betfair giggilo ? Is it mainly horses you back .. i guess it helps to be 'in the know' but great stuff & gl to you if you do Don't use anyside information I know things about a lot of top jocks and trainers by betting with other pro's if only I could tell all  .I had three trainers phoning me at one point telling me there horses would win would tell them no but they still took no notice got fed up with the phone calls to the point where I never answer the phone in the day anymore.Most inside info is garbage certainly not any use for betting,i could not watch a race for 12 months and still smash winners purely by using the formbook. |
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The only real winners are the shrewdies,the same shrewdies are winning everyday the huge collapses in the markets are due to the same shrewdies working along the exact same formlines and angles.Everything I back gets decimated in general especially if I tell a few or mail it out,i could give you thousands of examples from the last 2 years all sent out by email THE NIGHT BEFORE.I could pick out 5 picks everynight put them on here and guarantee they'd be 30/40% shorter the next day minimum.I was on holiday two weeks ago sent out mount tiger at 13/2 night before I got to destination saw sp of 11/8 holiday paid before these are regular occurences..
From: alweather To: "Kohaku00 Sent: Sunday, 11 August 2013, 17:13 Subject: Re: aw/summer picks A couple of obvious ones mountiger winning at wolves today in a decent time of 1m47.50 although it has to be said the track was extremely quick but was only second run and open to loads of improvement.It's always worth keeping these onside as if they don't show on turf they can return to the aw and be far superior on the surfaces sometimes in comparison to their turf form!!He runs again tomorrow and looks massively overpriced after the run on the turf,as I mentioned highly likely to be overpriced after that loss think it will be huge gamble going off around 7/4!! 13/2 victior Mount tiger Won sp11/8  Left one recipients name on there although there are plenty on the racing forum I could've used!! |
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Orioles , some folk can be very good at say gambling and fail at almost everything else ...
I know for a fact i would never pass an A level exam even if i studied for the next 20 years ,yet i find making money gambling fairly effortless ...something my 'academic' friends would find quite impossible . I spose it's all how the brain functions ,i think i'm missing the front lobal part  |
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It's a lovely life though ,plenty of time to do practically everything you want
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Actually, Coach, your frontal lobe is probably banging away like a good 'un! It's the home of your dopamine system
 I don't dispute that people can make money gambling, but it's rare, almost always exaggerated and often a lie. As someone noted above, I'm only a recreational, very small stakes punter, but I've done it all my life and I do know a couple of people who make their living gambling, so I think I have a little insight. It's not a life I'd choose or recommend, but chacun à son goût |
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I guess it's all down to the alternatives on offer ..if i could make a living beer testing i'd choose that option
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I really like this blog, he's a good young lad with a sensible approach;
http://www.daleroxxu.co.uk/2009/11/10-questions-not-to-ask-me-about-poker.html I was hit with the question about "You've won but how much have you lost?" the other week by a few mates. Trying to explain to the uninitiated is a losing battle. I'm also guilty of turning zero into something for my 24 yo son. I've still zero but he's a first deposit bonus and a few freerolls to play so I will make him some £££'s. |
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2LOSE 3ALL YEAR 4I DONT LOSE AS MUCH THESE DAYS AS IVE LOST EVERYTHING BEFORE AND NOTHING LEFT 5DONT GAMBLE AND ENJOY YOUR LIFE 6 WORK 9-5 |
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NO 6 WORK AS MANY HOURS AS YOU CAN IT KEEPS YOU OUT OF TROUBLE AND EARNS YOU MONEY AND KEEPS YOU FROM DESTROYING YOUR SELF
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must say though it's getting more difficult on here , not sure how long BF will be running in it's current form.
fewer recreational players and banned in soo many countries . for many of us i feel this could be our last run out  |
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Do bookies lay off their unfair odds on Betfair when they get large sums they have to accept? (losing whales for instance)
Bookies offer unfair odds, that's how they make money but shrewd punters (not me) can pick up on trends in their favour. Curious. |
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i'm guessing so Ovalman - bookies don't like taking too many chances
after saying that ,odds on favourites are often better at the bookies - as you will probably know |
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Books are clueless they are for cherry picking most days its all about getting enough on or accounts as for backing odds on favs I probably back 1 a month sometimes non that's how much value they represent.Little or non!!
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