New Posts For Thread: No one can get a bet on, the exchanges have shrunk, surely the time has come to shake racing up ?https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31868119/no-one-can-get-a-bet-on-the-exchanges-have-shrunk-surely-the-time-has-come-to-shake-racing-upAgain will say it - the best thing that could happen to uk racing would be for it to be mandatory for bookmakers to lay a bet to win £2,000 as a condition of holding a licence. Follow the Aussies. Their racing is in superb health and ours is in direOWNERS SHOULD BE ALLOWED A BET ON THEIR OWN HORSES ? THEY CAN they are most of them laying their horses to losehttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31868119/no-one-can-get-a-bet-on-the-exchanges-have-shrunk-surely-the-time-has-come-to-shake-racing-up?post_id=564587489#564587489OWNERS SHOULD BE ALLOWED A BET ON THEIR OWN HORSES ? THEY CAN they are most of them laying their horses to loseFri, 07 Mar 2025 02:38:44 -0600The bookies should call themselves forensic turf accountants (fta); they are NOT horseracing bet acceptors or facilitators. Most are peddlers of gaming "crack cocaine" online and in the high street.I'd challenge the bookies to dispute my assertion/sthttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31868119/no-one-can-get-a-bet-on-the-exchanges-have-shrunk-surely-the-time-has-come-to-shake-racing-up?post_id=564587419#564587419The bookies should call themselves forensic turf accountants (fta); they are NOT horseracing bet acceptors or facilitators. Most are peddlers of gaming "crack cocaine" online and in the high street.I'd challenge the bookies to dispute my assertion/stFri, 07 Mar 2025 01:47:41 -0600Yep. Any other seller is expected to honour the prices in their adverts.https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31868119/no-one-can-get-a-bet-on-the-exchanges-have-shrunk-surely-the-time-has-come-to-shake-racing-up?post_id=564586665#564586665Yep. Any other seller is expected to honour the prices in their adverts.Thu, 06 Mar 2025 14:44:27 -0600Spot on PTB - it's not about the price or managing a book - the price doesn't move - it's punter specific - they don't want business from certain people at the price they advertise but are happy to lay the price to others with different betting profhttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31868119/no-one-can-get-a-bet-on-the-exchanges-have-shrunk-surely-the-time-has-come-to-shake-racing-up?post_id=564586643#564586643Spot on PTB - it's not about the price or managing a book - the price doesn't move - it's punter specific - they don't want business from certain people at the price they advertise but are happy to lay the price to others with different betting profThu, 06 Mar 2025 14:34:25 -0600Ramruna, sorry but no, you are missing the point . The point being the same as what happens now when a price is advertised and if it shortens, you miss out , are you disgruntled ? No, it's a fact of life , when making a book, prices fluctuate.The whohttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31868119/no-one-can-get-a-bet-on-the-exchanges-have-shrunk-surely-the-time-has-come-to-shake-racing-up?post_id=564586633#564586633Ramruna, sorry but no, you are missing the point . The point being the same as what happens now when a price is advertised and if it shortens, you miss out , are you disgruntled ? No, it's a fact of life , when making a book, prices fluctuate.The whoThu, 06 Mar 2025 14:32:15 -0600£2,000 ??Are you having a laugh? It would be great if they laid you odds to £20.The worst is that they let you have £10 to 83p but leave the price up - that's the thing that should be illegal.If the price is still on Oddschecker after I've had myhttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31868119/no-one-can-get-a-bet-on-the-exchanges-have-shrunk-surely-the-time-has-come-to-shake-racing-up?post_id=564586581#564586581£2,000 ??Are you having a laugh? It would be great if they laid you odds to £20.The worst is that they let you have £10 to 83p but leave the price up - that's the thing that should be illegal.If the price is still on Oddschecker after I've had myThu, 06 Mar 2025 14:16:25 -0600oneten -- it is you who are missing the point when you say: "No one said anything about them having to lay the same odds to 5,000 different people, but if they advertise a price they must take a bet to lose 1k or 2k."OK, let us say they take that behttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31868119/no-one-can-get-a-bet-on-the-exchanges-have-shrunk-surely-the-time-has-come-to-shake-racing-up?post_id=564586525#564586525oneten -- it is you who are missing the point when you say: "No one said anything about them having to lay the same odds to 5,000 different people, but if they advertise a price they must take a bet to lose 1k or 2k."OK, let us say they take that beThu, 06 Mar 2025 13:58:07 -0600Yes Stewarty TM is bang on the money with that one. The sport we love is literally driving people away with its lack of nous / inability to solve any of its multiple issues. Sort out the bookies / betting and everything else follows. Prize money up,https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31868119/no-one-can-get-a-bet-on-the-exchanges-have-shrunk-surely-the-time-has-come-to-shake-racing-up?post_id=564586509#564586509Yes Stewarty TM is bang on the money with that one. The sport we love is literally driving people away with its lack of nous / inability to solve any of its multiple issues. Sort out the bookies / betting and everything else follows. Prize money up,Thu, 06 Mar 2025 13:47:10 -0600Plenty betting goes on in the pub I venture into now and then..https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31868119/no-one-can-get-a-bet-on-the-exchanges-have-shrunk-surely-the-time-has-come-to-shake-racing-up?post_id=564586499#564586499Plenty betting goes on in the pub I venture into now and then..Thu, 06 Mar 2025 13:44:50 -0600Yes, a tote monopoly would be the other option that could possibly save racing and maybe that is where it will end up when things get really desperate - but obviously that is only a solution for saving the sport and it's not really a solution for peohttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31868119/no-one-can-get-a-bet-on-the-exchanges-have-shrunk-surely-the-time-has-come-to-shake-racing-up?post_id=564586481#564586481Yes, a tote monopoly would be the other option that could possibly save racing and maybe that is where it will end up when things get really desperate - but obviously that is only a solution for saving the sport and it's not really a solution for peoThu, 06 Mar 2025 13:39:50 -0600