New Posts For Thread: DISGRACEFUL STATE OF BOOKMAKING IN THE UKhttps://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/30193197/disgraceful-state-of-bookmaking-in-the-ukWhy do they bother to have all these crazy 'concessions' if they take them away after a bet or two.First bet with BetFred for almost a year. A losing account. Placed £150 at 7/2 on a horse for Saturday. Horse drifted to 9/2 SP and lost.I did not beaAs a sports punter rather than racing punter I may see slightly different patterns of behaviour from the bookies, but generally it is always shoddy! Some things which happen just baffle me, and serve just to reinforce my opinion that the traders/comphttps://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/30193197/disgraceful-state-of-bookmaking-in-the-uk?post_id=538163353#538163353As a sports punter rather than racing punter I may see slightly different patterns of behaviour from the bookies, but generally it is always shoddy! Some things which happen just baffle me, and serve just to reinforce my opinion that the traders/compWed, 26 Feb 2014 05:09:36 -0600Good to see you are still keeping your head above water, at least in betting terms, living where you do!The 90s were a golden period for on course betting, with the abolition of betting tax and the introduction of betting exchanges only a future theohttps://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/30193197/disgraceful-state-of-bookmaking-in-the-uk?post_id=538071537#538071537Good to see you are still keeping your head above water, at least in betting terms, living where you do!The 90s were a golden period for on course betting, with the abolition of betting tax and the introduction of betting exchanges only a future theoThu, 20 Feb 2014 09:22:47 -0600Dav, by definition there is no way of making money betting that isn't very hard. Not only do you have to be right and the person you're betting against wrong, but you have to overcome an overround and/or a commission too. That is very hard. If it werhttps://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/30193197/disgraceful-state-of-bookmaking-in-the-uk?post_id=538036781#538036781Dav, by definition there is no way of making money betting that isn't very hard. Not only do you have to be right and the person you're betting against wrong, but you have to overcome an overround and/or a commission too. That is very hard. If it werMon, 17 Feb 2014 18:11:46 -0600loperI struggle to see how you can make serious money backing in play with the picture delay and the delay of placing the bet.im not saying you cant do it, but it must be v.hard.the system is against you.https://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/30193197/disgraceful-state-of-bookmaking-in-the-uk?post_id=538034357#538034357loperI struggle to see how you can make serious money backing in play with the picture delay and the delay of placing the bet.im not saying you cant do it, but it must be v.hard.the system is against you.Mon, 17 Feb 2014 15:46:25 -0600Crapstow has always had one of the weaker rings, in fairness.https://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/30193197/disgraceful-state-of-bookmaking-in-the-uk?post_id=538031149#538031149Crapstow has always had one of the weaker rings, in fairness.Mon, 17 Feb 2014 12:32:39 -0600Screaming,we probably bumped into each other several times over the years rushing to take the same best prices!I spent many years in the ring and despite winning plenty on course was treated with respect by the vast majority of books many of whom I bhttps://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/30193197/disgraceful-state-of-bookmaking-in-the-uk?post_id=538031121#538031121Screaming,we probably bumped into each other several times over the years rushing to take the same best prices!I spent many years in the ring and despite winning plenty on course was treated with respect by the vast majority of books many of whom I bMon, 17 Feb 2014 12:30:32 -0600Few of them seemed not to be arbing, donny. For years I'd been treated with a degree of respect as a winning punter, or at least as a necessary evil - lay me £1,000 to £30, have it back with another book and that way find out what's hot.Suddenly Ihttps://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/30193197/disgraceful-state-of-bookmaking-in-the-uk?post_id=538029539#538029539Few of them seemed not to be arbing, donny. For years I'd been treated with a degree of respect as a winning punter, or at least as a necessary evil - lay me £1,000 to £30, have it back with another book and that way find out what's hot.Suddenly IMon, 17 Feb 2014 10:29:22 -0600some of them seemed to be arbing when last i went racinghttps://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/30193197/disgraceful-state-of-bookmaking-in-the-uk?post_id=538029395#538029395some of them seemed to be arbing when last i went racingMon, 17 Feb 2014 10:17:35 -0600Up to a point, loper.One of the very last bets I tried to have on-course, at an evening meeting at Chepstow in 2005, saw me ask for £350 to £100 at a joint displaying a sign saying the bookmaker would lay bets up to a liability of £500.I was halvehttps://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/30193197/disgraceful-state-of-bookmaking-in-the-uk?post_id=538029393#538029393Up to a point, loper.One of the very last bets I tried to have on-course, at an evening meeting at Chepstow in 2005, saw me ask for £350 to £100 at a joint displaying a sign saying the bookmaker would lay bets up to a liability of £500.I was halveMon, 17 Feb 2014 10:16:40 -0600At least course bookies are there to lay bets on horse racing.https://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/30193197/disgraceful-state-of-bookmaking-in-the-uk?post_id=538028487#538028487At least course bookies are there to lay bets on horse racing.Mon, 17 Feb 2014 09:13:57 -0600