New Posts For Thread: betfair is still the home of big winners, only now they have to pay there renthttps://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/28045037/betfair-is-still-the-home-of-big-winners-only-now-they-have-to-pay-there-rentI have estimated form the figures released that betfair may of paid out as much or more than £375,000,000 to the top winners on betfair in the last 6-8 years as the company as grown so has there winnings, and as technology increases with tradders, pI will seed my own threads rather than have silly ones at the tophttps://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/28045037/betfair-is-still-the-home-of-big-winners-only-now-they-have-to-pay-there-rent?post_id=505591581#505591581I will seed my own threads rather than have silly ones at the topSun, 21 Aug 2011 09:47:10 -0500No, betting on that is fine!https://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/28045037/betfair-is-still-the-home-of-big-winners-only-now-they-have-to-pay-there-rent?post_id=504394901#504394901No, betting on that is fine!Wed, 10 Aug 2011 09:26:11 -0500Does that include election betting?https://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/28045037/betfair-is-still-the-home-of-big-winners-only-now-they-have-to-pay-there-rent?post_id=504392065#504392065Does that include election betting?Wed, 10 Aug 2011 08:14:56 -0500Dont forget that there was betting on more civilized sports long before the gladiators and profit from barbaric forms of symbolic imperial power are not to be encouragedhttps://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/28045037/betfair-is-still-the-home-of-big-winners-only-now-they-have-to-pay-there-rent?post_id=504391619#504391619Dont forget that there was betting on more civilized sports long before the gladiators and profit from barbaric forms of symbolic imperial power are not to be encouragedWed, 10 Aug 2011 08:04:04 -0500Actually, it goes back to biblical times.The oldest profession was lady of the night.The second oldest profession is gambling related.Although "the second oldest profession" is often used as a throw away line for many professions, it means the profeshttps://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/28045037/betfair-is-still-the-home-of-big-winners-only-now-they-have-to-pay-there-rent?post_id=504274395#504274395Actually, it goes back to biblical times.The oldest profession was lady of the night.The second oldest profession is gambling related.Although "the second oldest profession" is often used as a throw away line for many professions, it means the profesSun, 07 Aug 2011 20:42:46 -0500Thats a brilliant quote, like it loads, gambling must be high on the list as games go back thousands of years and bets were placed on the Olympics, chariot racing, etc, its also mentioned in the bible about games played for money involving chance!https://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/28045037/betfair-is-still-the-home-of-big-winners-only-now-they-have-to-pay-there-rent?post_id=504253935#504253935Thats a brilliant quote, like it loads, gambling must be high on the list as games go back thousands of years and bets were placed on the Olympics, chariot racing, etc, its also mentioned in the bible about games played for money involving chance!Sun, 07 Aug 2011 11:24:28 -0500What is the second oldest profession in the world?I didn't know the answer to this so I googled it and apparently it's politics. I did like this quote by Ronald Reagan though. "It's been said that politics is the second oldest profession. I have learhttps://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/28045037/betfair-is-still-the-home-of-big-winners-only-now-they-have-to-pay-there-rent?post_id=504253245#504253245What is the second oldest profession in the world?I didn't know the answer to this so I googled it and apparently it's politics. I did like this quote by Ronald Reagan though. "It's been said that politics is the second oldest profession. I have learSun, 07 Aug 2011 11:06:02 -0500Beat the over-round there is strong proof that your right as I assumed that sports markets are in decline but not on betfair! they are in some bookmakers as there quarterly figures show so why the difference in performance but I will have to agree wihttps://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/28045037/betfair-is-still-the-home-of-big-winners-only-now-they-have-to-pay-there-rent?post_id=504252409#504252409Beat the over-round there is strong proof that your right as I assumed that sports markets are in decline but not on betfair! they are in some bookmakers as there quarterly figures show so why the difference in performance but I will have to agree wiSun, 07 Aug 2011 10:46:32 -0500Gambling industry is recession proof what a load of cods wallop, no business is recession proof and all leisure industries suffer when there is less money in peoples pockets, what have you been smoking, have you not heard all the pleas of hardship frhttps://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/28045037/betfair-is-still-the-home-of-big-winners-only-now-they-have-to-pay-there-rent?post_id=504251411#504251411Gambling industry is recession proof what a load of cods wallop, no business is recession proof and all leisure industries suffer when there is less money in peoples pockets, what have you been smoking, have you not heard all the pleas of hardship frSun, 07 Aug 2011 10:29:54 -0500have a look at my thread that i just posted, its an idea to replace the premium charge it could work and have a look but it would need support, it could be the answer to all our problemshttps://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/28045037/betfair-is-still-the-home-of-big-winners-only-now-they-have-to-pay-there-rent?post_id=503940149#503940149have a look at my thread that i just posted, its an idea to replace the premium charge it could work and have a look but it would need support, it could be the answer to all our problemsSun, 31 Jul 2011 17:54:33 -0500