New Posts For Thread: Peter Hitchens wants betting to go back to the 1950shttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31810369/peter-hitchens-wants-betting-to-go-back-to-the-1950sWhen people could mainly only bet legally on course."Gambling is an evil and tempting people into it is disastrous, and it ruins lives on a colossal scale."Says he once won a "substantial amount" of money at Ascot on a tip he got from Frankie DettoriIt's an interesting social/cultural area. Until I was 10 we lived with my grandfather born in the 1890s,who could reasonably be called lower middle-class. He had a minor managerial job,owned his own 4 bedroom residence in a decent area and voted Toryhttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31810369/peter-hitchens-wants-betting-to-go-back-to-the-1950s?post_id=563303751#563303751It's an interesting social/cultural area. Until I was 10 we lived with my grandfather born in the 1890s,who could reasonably be called lower middle-class. He had a minor managerial job,owned his own 4 bedroom residence in a decent area and voted ToryWed, 19 Jul 2023 06:59:21 -0500No worries, barstool.https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31810369/peter-hitchens-wants-betting-to-go-back-to-the-1950s?post_id=563303659#563303659No worries, barstool.Wed, 19 Jul 2023 06:27:18 -0500Apologies for my comment sparrow. No need for it.https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31810369/peter-hitchens-wants-betting-to-go-back-to-the-1950s?post_id=563303655#563303655Apologies for my comment sparrow. No need for it.Wed, 19 Jul 2023 06:25:47 -0500https://www.racingpost.com/news/rare-archive-footage-shows-how-1960s-punters-reacted-to-betting-shops-opening-a7Ofk0R52vFI/https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31810369/peter-hitchens-wants-betting-to-go-back-to-the-1950s?post_id=563303635#563303635https://www.racingpost.com/news/rare-archive-footage-shows-how-1960s-punters-reacted-to-betting-shops-opening-a7Ofk0R52vFI/Wed, 19 Jul 2023 06:20:03 -0500I accept that salmon but at what stage did bookmakers stop caring about ability to pay? Not that appearing to be wealthy was any guarantee and bad debt was always a factor that bookies had to factor in. In the late 70s I had 5 credit accounts, some nhttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31810369/peter-hitchens-wants-betting-to-go-back-to-the-1950s?post_id=563303633#563303633I accept that salmon but at what stage did bookmakers stop caring about ability to pay? Not that appearing to be wealthy was any guarantee and bad debt was always a factor that bookies had to factor in. In the late 70s I had 5 credit accounts, some nWed, 19 Jul 2023 06:19:28 -0500There used to be the - 'Call-Over' - at the Victoria Club - of ANTE+POST PRICES - on all the Big Races ...Reported on the Sports pages of all the Newspapers as - 'Victoria Club Call-Over' - with major Price changes and bets struck reported. from thhttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31810369/peter-hitchens-wants-betting-to-go-back-to-the-1950s?post_id=563303577#563303577There used to be the - 'Call-Over' - at the Victoria Club - of ANTE+POST PRICES - on all the Big Races ...Reported on the Sports pages of all the Newspapers as - 'Victoria Club Call-Over' - with major Price changes and bets struck reported. from thWed, 19 Jul 2023 05:51:12 -0500I don't remember the pre-betting shop days either but in the 50s that was the norm. Others will know better than me but I think the "rails" bookies originally took credit bets from established clients in the "posher" bits. I'm not pretending that thehttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31810369/peter-hitchens-wants-betting-to-go-back-to-the-1950s?post_id=563303573#563303573I don't remember the pre-betting shop days either but in the 50s that was the norm. Others will know better than me but I think the "rails" bookies originally took credit bets from established clients in the "posher" bits. I'm not pretending that theWed, 19 Jul 2023 05:48:52 -0500Don't know about the fifties as I was not old enough but since the 70s. credit accounts have been freely available to almost anyone. Only now are they asking for evidence of ability to pay.https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31810369/peter-hitchens-wants-betting-to-go-back-to-the-1950s?post_id=563303519#563303519Don't know about the fifties as I was not old enough but since the 70s. credit accounts have been freely available to almost anyone. Only now are they asking for evidence of ability to pay.Wed, 19 Jul 2023 05:18:48 -0500What Hitchens doesn't mention, or possibly doesn't know, is that prior to betting shops the rich could bet as much as they liked without going anywhere near a course. They had credit accounts with bookies,which were not available to the riff-raff. Lahttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31810369/peter-hitchens-wants-betting-to-go-back-to-the-1950s?post_id=563303361#563303361What Hitchens doesn't mention, or possibly doesn't know, is that prior to betting shops the rich could bet as much as they liked without going anywhere near a course. They had credit accounts with bookies,which were not available to the riff-raff. LaWed, 19 Jul 2023 03:54:23 -0500barstool Jul 23 16:07 ' .... sometimes feel like we need another war so a few can get their priorities right.'-----------------We ARE currently having a War - aren't we - barstool ... Witness the resultant hardships of the Energy price explosion -https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31810369/peter-hitchens-wants-betting-to-go-back-to-the-1950s?post_id=563303305#563303305barstool Jul 23 16:07 ' .... sometimes feel like we need another war so a few can get their priorities right.'-----------------We ARE currently having a War - aren't we - barstool ... Witness the resultant hardships of the Energy price explosion -Wed, 19 Jul 2023 03:23:48 -0500