LADCOOKS..what a lovely company......NOT

if it was a dog bet the cashier should have sent it bac horse bet depens but if you are having 200pound on you should know this

PUT 11/4 on slip and gave me the slip
that was good enough for me

starship BAC get them to come out to to try it on to get the slip back so they can void it. 100% you would be getting paid no dangers

only sorry it lost after that

£200 on BAGS not many shops take that, but you were right Starship

had a bet with crooks about a year ago
took price was given slip and went home
the bet won
when i went back to shop some days later they said
"about 10 mins after you left after placing bet bac phoned and
cancelled the bet "
they put my stake in the safe and it had been sitting there ever since
they then tried to give me my stake back

i created merry hell and after talking to regional manager on the phone
whilst in the shop ,refusing to leave until they paid me
the regional manager agreed to pay me as a "gesture of good will"

this all took about 50mins and i also got lads to pay my parking meter charges

clowns

its a joke tr.

surly these arn't big bets in 2015, they react like its a 2000 pound bet not
200 quid

that is even worse tr

at least they looked after him by putting his stake in
the safe though.

Paying out a winner is an act of goodwill?????????????????????????
they can't lose
it should be a legal requirement

Ron

To be fair..the main problem, people are not betting like they did say 50 years ago
There is a lack of mug punters...

The bookies know the only one's left that bet in these figures are not mugs

But some are, so the bookies are making a trap for themselves
soon nobody will ever be able a get on

Also it is staff they employ, often they know nothing about gambling

Yer laddies are OK with me

Even put my chips and peas in the safe as well

And the lager in the fridge too

ebulGery, there are plenty of people with chunks of money (from various life experiences)that sit wanking it away in betting shops. Lost soles passing there wealth on with no plan or purpose.

souls and their.

I am glad to hear safari, for somebody to win somebody else must lose
The bookmakers work off the margins

There has been a change. Years ago most people bet on horses and greyhounds, but not now.
Worse still there is no off course tax, which has hit Greyhound racing hard(although.my betting has benefitted)

The bookmakers margins are being squeezed, that is the problem. I hope greyhound racing survives,
particularly BAGS, it gives me something to do all day, I don't have no plan and purpose either since I am considered
too old to work.

E G i will pop round with my shot gun

the bottom line is firms pay peanuts so get monkeys they have no confidence in.

they will never head hunt the top boys and stick them on a good 5 figure or 6 figure salary to head up their dog trading team so there is real competition and turnover and variance across the boards. So therefore the situation will never change.

Imagine if Mark Trillwood from T@F and John Power were head of trading for a couple of the big firms, they would stand the money without twitching

the game went a long time ago when they realised betfair was in fact good for them
sadly it aint coming back and will only get worse with even more tedious restrictions, less pricing up etc

We need woody and TR to head up the cakes shop dogging trading team

Would be some massive lays

they'd be bottom price on EVERY fav

t and f did go tits up

only because he took on tabor and jp stupidly on the nags… a great judge of a greyhound  you cannot argue that though was mark

a great judge of a greyhound  you cannot argue that though was mark

YES,  i would argue
unless i am mistaken he worked of some one tissue and had little knowledge of greyhounds
i could be wrong
anyway, he is happy now driving his taxi round cambridge, less stress

Phew you can't eat value thank fook for that

T & F done it in when they took on the likes of Tabor & McManus. They sucked him in, then put him to the sword.

He was a right gent was Mark. They took all the punters on at the Stow and paid out with a smile. MarK once kindly gave me a lift to the Stow on a Saturday after a horse racing meeting at Newmarket. (in his nice air conditioned Mercedes )
John Power on the other hand was a great bookmaker, but not such a friendly chap imho.

I did used to Admire John Power (Tom Jenkins) as a bookmaker. When his joint was virtually knocked over with a steamer. He used to take everyone's bets, then push the price out! Priceless!

was at Wembley  one night fella went up to john Jenkins had 50 thousand to win 40 thousand on one of the westmeads never blinked took the bet then said next to cap it all got the dog beat what days just memories now

These companies would be better off employing staff to ensure correct and confident prices,than employ a regiment of traders solely to refuse bets.

Jenkins allways came for the coursing in clonmel back in the day, one night in the minella after a few seven ups he laid me an even 50k on a dog that was running in a final on the track on following night he won @6/4 they were the days a real man

These companies would be better off employing staff to ensure correct and confident prices,than employ a regiment of traders solely to refuse bets.
thing is no matter what price the tissue man makes it
if it is shorther on betfair the price will be cut below the betfair price without laying a bet

I remember Power taking a bet at Harringay of 15 large on a dog Hillside something or other and it got beat

The dog was top class and run in the Derby getting to the 1/4 finals

How it got beat that night I don't know.

Did you tip it Seaside?

saw power in a corals in ilford about a year ago
he was having trouble getting on just like the rest of us

hes a ben keith worker these days putting on

starship which betting firm did you used to work for

I WAS WITH....MCB AT THE WICK AND WALTHSAMSTOW

Had my ladbr0kes life season ticket for 2015/16 come through
the door this morning, packed with free bets for throughout the season,
all different offer like , Generous John is on the case, get a matched £20 free bet
during the 2015/16 season,ect ect ect

must well and truly have me in the mug category!
What a lovely company