New Posts For Thread: Manager of Skipton bookies stole to fund gamblinghttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/29484589/manager-of-skipton-bookies-stole-to-fund-gamblingThursday 8th November 2012 in http://www.cravenherald.co.uk/newsA manager of a Skipton bookies stole takings to fund his online gambling habit, a court heard. Steven Marren, 27, stole £13,020 from William Hill Bookmakers in Swadford Street over twoI suspect he volunteered to do overtime, to try and hide the lack of actual banking done, if relief staff had come in, and went hunting for the balance of the bank paying in slips...https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/29484589/manager-of-skipton-bookies-stole-to-fund-gambling?post_id=525897565#525897565I suspect he volunteered to do overtime, to try and hide the lack of actual banking done, if relief staff had come in, and went hunting for the balance of the bank paying in slips...Thu, 08 Nov 2012 16:05:18 -0600used to use this bookies in the lunch hour when I worked in the townit was a brand new shop four or five years ago and set up a few doors away from an established joke coral just to facilitate placing of a couple of fobts and was always empty as bugghttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/29484589/manager-of-skipton-bookies-stole-to-fund-gambling?post_id=525896765#525896765used to use this bookies in the lunch hour when I worked in the townit was a brand new shop four or five years ago and set up a few doors away from an established joke coral just to facilitate placing of a couple of fobts and was always empty as buggThu, 08 Nov 2012 15:38:54 -0600the older manager...£16.25, bearable but only just, the world is falling to pieces, contract 37.5 hrs pw, do extra some weeks but no where near 50 or 60. on a decent salary which would be difficult to match for my education, hence we have to stay. fhttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/29484589/manager-of-skipton-bookies-stole-to-fund-gambling?post_id=525894927#525894927the older manager...£16.25, bearable but only just, the world is falling to pieces, contract 37.5 hrs pw, do extra some weeks but no where near 50 or 60. on a decent salary which would be difficult to match for my education, hence we have to stay. fThu, 08 Nov 2012 14:47:13 -0600"I fully agree with the entertainment aspect of the statement. Visits to the betting shop should only be viewed as a fun hobby, with money you can afford to lose. Winning should not be an expectation when placing your bet, but a bonus, and betting shhttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/29484589/manager-of-skipton-bookies-stole-to-fund-gambling?post_id=525894513#525894513"I fully agree with the entertainment aspect of the statement. Visits to the betting shop should only be viewed as a fun hobby, with money you can afford to lose. Winning should not be an expectation when placing your bet, but a bonus, and betting shThu, 08 Nov 2012 14:35:33 -0600Good to see a University education gets you a long way these days......“He was working very long hours at Skipton, sometimes 60 hours a week for the minimum wage of around £16,000 and with no overtime""Marren had worked for the bookmakers for arouhttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/29484589/manager-of-skipton-bookies-stole-to-fund-gambling?post_id=525894301#525894301Good to see a University education gets you a long way these days......“He was working very long hours at Skipton, sometimes 60 hours a week for the minimum wage of around £16,000 and with no overtime""Marren had worked for the bookmakers for arouThu, 08 Nov 2012 14:29:08 -0600you forgot talking on the phonehttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/29484589/manager-of-skipton-bookies-stole-to-fund-gambling?post_id=525893815#525893815you forgot talking on the phoneThu, 08 Nov 2012 14:15:09 -0600elton - So when are the Betting Shops going to find such a worker ?All I see are minimum wage de-motivated staff watching the TV all day...https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/29484589/manager-of-skipton-bookies-stole-to-fund-gambling?post_id=525893631#525893631elton - So when are the Betting Shops going to find such a worker ?All I see are minimum wage de-motivated staff watching the TV all day...Thu, 08 Nov 2012 14:11:25 -0600yhe trouble is we're told to play the machines on demo mode so we can explain how they work to the customers. still no excuse for stealing. all shop staff need to be now is confident/outgoing and with the gift of the gab, a salesperson really. knowlehttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/29484589/manager-of-skipton-bookies-stole-to-fund-gambling?post_id=525893511#525893511yhe trouble is we're told to play the machines on demo mode so we can explain how they work to the customers. still no excuse for stealing. all shop staff need to be now is confident/outgoing and with the gift of the gab, a salesperson really. knowleThu, 08 Nov 2012 14:08:15 -0600case twostrictly speaking case two did not stealbecause he did not cash in his winningscase one didhttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/29484589/manager-of-skipton-bookies-stole-to-fund-gambling?post_id=525893453#525893453case twostrictly speaking case two did not stealbecause he did not cash in his winningscase one didThu, 08 Nov 2012 14:07:12 -0600It can be easy to become addicted to gambling when working in a betting shopI know...but when all is said and donestealing is stealing adhttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/29484589/manager-of-skipton-bookies-stole-to-fund-gambling?post_id=525893297#525893297It can be easy to become addicted to gambling when working in a betting shopI know...but when all is said and donestealing is stealing adThu, 08 Nov 2012 14:03:47 -0600