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sicko, I don't disagree with anything you say there, but you are wrong in suggesting that the only unhappy punters are the losers. As about 90% of punters lose that could be read as 90% of punters dislike bookmakers, which of course, is incorrect. You are also wrong in suggesting nothing should change, some things need to change as course bookmaking is becoming a dying breed, perhaps for reasons beyond the individuals control, maybe other things on course are attracting punters money, strategically placed t o t e booths, the course betting shops, the exchanges etc.Unfortunately the racrcourses don't care how much the bookmaker takes providing he pays his pitch fees and his staff have paid their entrance money. I just think you, as a group, you should be looking at what you are doing and see if there is anything you can do to improve your product. If you personally think you are doing your best, fair enough, but don't leave your head in the sand. GL.
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went to cheltenham many moons ago on a tuesday and had a ton on alderbrook to win the champion hurdle. It won and my ticket had 9/2 on it when it was showing 11/2 on the big screen. I never been back there since and will never bet with a on course bookie again.
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Your ticket had 9/2 on it ???
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88, hard one to understand, as the ticket and board would be electronically linked. Perhaps you were looking at the wrong horse on the board ? Besides that, did you not check your ticket when you recieved it ?
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kenilworth, what I was getting at is that in 1995 there weren`t
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Did you call the ring inspector ? He would have checked in the clerking book for possible evidence, i.e. was there other bets on the horse around your ticket number etc, etc, was the horse 11/2 and so on. 99% of bookmakers are straight, (something I wouldn't say about many punters given half a chance !) so perhaps it was a mistake on your part. GL.
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kenilworth 09 Jan 12:21me
... 99% of bookmakers are straight... Straight down the bank ;-) |
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i use the electronic board now and now and again when u change the price on the lap top or some reason the board price display remains unchanged.other bookies have had the same problem.i usually can tewll if this has happened cos when ive got 3/1 didplayed and keep laying it i chnge to 11/4 and still continiueto lay the said beast ll change to 5/2 , meanwhile a punter will return saying its still 3s on the board, then i have to discon the board and display prices again , this time the prices will be correct trouble is by this time your lumbered with a bgger liability than u need .
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as kenil said i dont think that electric boards were in use when alderbrook won.here a quick storybof how errors can come in a punters favour, the glorious goodwood 2 seasons back , last day a guy comes up and asks for 20quid on number 6, i called out 20 quid on another number by mistake .gave the guy his ticket and the guy on the bag tells me that he thinks i made this error.anyhow i print a second ticket out ,in effect giving the guy 2 bets for hthe price of one and keep it hping he masy return before the race , he didnt. ok s0ds law the horse id given him in error won at 50/1,in truth i didnt expect him to come back but put hids bet bck on bfair at sligtly bigger.3 other races to place and after the lasst he sheepishly returned and asked if there was anything to come on his ticket,it was as if he thought he was heating me, anyhow i paid him out the 1020 quid, asit happpens i think id got something like 60s on his bet so it sort ofworked in my favour, naturally he woulda returned if his intended horse won and ive paid him on that instead.inas isaid in effect he had two bets for one , but we wrre both happy as it turned out.
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sicko, I wonder if you would have been so magnanimous about the episode if you hadn't been aware of the error !! Strictly speaking, your course of action should have been to inform the ring inspector as soon as you were aware of the error, but glad for you it worked out. :)
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to be honest i always scrub down 2 or 3 mins before the off and seeing that it may have been only a taker or even a loser id have backed it back.i wouldnt have thought anymore of it. the problem would have arisen if his intended horse would have won if wed failed to spotbthe rk hed return with a losing slip claiming hed backed the winner.obviously id just assume hewas at it and hed lose out by not checking his ticket pre race.imagine if the horse hed asked for had won at 20/1 hed be livid butwe would just think hes piulling a stroke.mistakes do happen thats why punters need to check their slips. i did have a guy at royal ascot , i bet on the heath, who came back after the race saying he knew i couldnt do anything about it now but hed asked for 10 quid on the 4/1 winner, as it happens i vaguely remembered him calling his bet and just knerw he wasnt pullig a stroke so paid the 50 quid anyway. he was so grateful he ofered to go 25 each to which i said there was no need .
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sicko, if your stories aren't true, they should be. :) (only joking, you sound a good egg)
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the fact we gave the guy at good a winnig ticket for a 50/1 winner is crazy innit , but true , i coulda calleed any number , there were loads of runners i just happened to cal that one.perrhaps on the odd occassion i have a bet i should try the same for myself.i must add that aLL AFTYERNOON I THOUGHT IDT WAS ALMOST CERTAIN THAT WED HAve a 1020 sleeper. the odds were if he didnt check his ticket at the time , he wouldnt check it after the race.even more so as each race went by after and he didnt come back.
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That sort of thing in only happened to me once, when I had my wife on computer, and on asking her how I was with one horse, she informed me I had it for nearly 2 grand, while I was trying to come up for a carpet. Needless to say, she had the right horse, around 7/2 from memory, but had hit £50 stake instead of a fiver. I told the ring inspector as he happened to be nearby, but as it happened the horse didn't win.
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kenil , do u sdtill have pitches or given it up.
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Packed them up about 4 years ago, wasn't making it pay any more.
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I dont mind betting with our pikey scruffy on course bookies
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*But i dont like bookies wifes trying to sell me heather for luck!!
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"Why do punters hate betting with racecourse bookmakers ?"
Because, on course bookies are CC, who regardless of circumstance always try to firk the newbie into a knothole. |
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robin ewe- you moan about not getting a decent bet yet often no liquidity around here. any answer to that?
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hilarious those that criticise bookies over what they will lay when this is a punters forum. where are the layers on here? £2 at 2.55 blah blah
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