New Posts For Thread: Aidan O'Brien talking sense on bettinghttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31857039/aidan-obrien-talking-sense-on-bettingmade some sensible points about the social benefits that can come from habitual ( non-addictive) betting. Maybe it doesn't apply as much today but it certainly was the case up to about 20 yrs. ago .My grandfather lived for following Piggott with hisMaybe it was different in other environments, but I found them a friendly place and never once had a bad encounter with a customer.errrmm.LOLhttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31857039/aidan-obrien-talking-sense-on-betting?post_id=564339183#564339183Maybe it was different in other environments, but I found them a friendly place and never once had a bad encounter with a customer.errrmm.LOLSat, 26 Oct 2024 07:00:04 -0500the financial 2008 crisis, ponzi schemes,privatized utilities etc were oc course the fault of the clever .bright right wing free market capitalists ,begging THE STATE to bail them out for their mistakeshttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31857039/aidan-obrien-talking-sense-on-betting?post_id=564339119#564339119the financial 2008 crisis, ponzi schemes,privatized utilities etc were oc course the fault of the clever .bright right wing free market capitalists ,begging THE STATE to bail them out for their mistakesSat, 26 Oct 2024 06:21:12 -0500Cheers, bluebook! Appreciate that!https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31857039/aidan-obrien-talking-sense-on-betting?post_id=564339033#564339033Cheers, bluebook! Appreciate that!Sat, 26 Oct 2024 05:07:39 -0500It fits in with the liberalist ideology. They love to create a section of society who are too dumb or too stupid to make their own decisions. Therefore they need the State (ie them) to protect the stupid from themselves. Hence the gargantuan welfarehttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31857039/aidan-obrien-talking-sense-on-betting?post_id=564338951#564338951It fits in with the liberalist ideology. They love to create a section of society who are too dumb or too stupid to make their own decisions. Therefore they need the State (ie them) to protect the stupid from themselves. Hence the gargantuan welfareSat, 26 Oct 2024 04:11:24 -0500I worked in betting shops, and was a regular punter in them, in a working class village in the late 1960s and based on that experience they did have a social dimension and I only saw one punter (lovely woman) who, retrospectively, was a little addicthttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31857039/aidan-obrien-talking-sense-on-betting?post_id=564338895#564338895I worked in betting shops, and was a regular punter in them, in a working class village in the late 1960s and based on that experience they did have a social dimension and I only saw one punter (lovely woman) who, retrospectively, was a little addictSat, 26 Oct 2024 03:14:49 -0500Mitolo a complete tool... gambling ruins lives and he s blaming it on the lefties not the money grubbing corporations and bookmakers ripping off the public and mug punters and using the media to capture new young poor souls through repetitive,targetthttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31857039/aidan-obrien-talking-sense-on-betting?post_id=564338727#564338727Mitolo a complete tool... gambling ruins lives and he s blaming it on the lefties not the money grubbing corporations and bookmakers ripping off the public and mug punters and using the media to capture new young poor souls through repetitive,targettFri, 25 Oct 2024 21:15:43 -0500https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31857039/aidan-obrien-talking-sense-on-betting?post_id=564338699#564338699Fri, 25 Oct 2024 19:01:52 -0500Mitolo -my Uncle worked with someone who did his numbers twice for every lottery draw because he wasn't sharing with anyone if his numbers came up.There are a lot of lunatics out there.https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31857039/aidan-obrien-talking-sense-on-betting?post_id=564338609#564338609Mitolo -my Uncle worked with someone who did his numbers twice for every lottery draw because he wasn't sharing with anyone if his numbers came up.There are a lot of lunatics out there.Fri, 25 Oct 2024 16:44:28 -0500they domy mate used to work for camelot_hes retired now on the back of it and he told me there are thoudsands who do 123456 every weekif only it would come up. id like to see theri faces after getting paid 100 quid for a 49 million shottalking of prohttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31857039/aidan-obrien-talking-sense-on-betting?post_id=564338555#564338555they domy mate used to work for camelot_hes retired now on the back of it and he told me there are thoudsands who do 123456 every weekif only it would come up. id like to see theri faces after getting paid 100 quid for a 49 million shottalking of proFri, 25 Oct 2024 16:11:48 -0500Agree mitoloHow many people who gamble have any idea of the actual probability, or takeout?Very few I'd guessAnd a large proportion of them would still carry on even if you pointed it out to themhttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31857039/aidan-obrien-talking-sense-on-betting?post_id=564338541#564338541Agree mitoloHow many people who gamble have any idea of the actual probability, or takeout?Very few I'd guessAnd a large proportion of them would still carry on even if you pointed it out to themFri, 25 Oct 2024 16:02:29 -0500