Bookies treat their customers with contempt

what won the 1.15 at portman park ???

There was virtual football not long ago in lads

And the animated little fellers always try! :)

.. no animated watering.. ;)

ii love em, great places i m o.

Whatever we think of horse racing as individuals to the uninitiated it's a total bore and there's far more exciting ways to lose money available these days and quicker which is what the modern gambler wants , horrible thing to admit but horse racing the traditional way we know it is on such a massive decline it's already impossible to recover , for every race follower that leaves this earth there is little chance of replacing them from the modern era.

Yes they are cynical places if you allow them to be. But also they allow a lot of poor lonely old men to sit and watch the racing for nothing, keep warm for nothing, read the paper for nothing and even get a cup of coffee from time to time.

Is it a kind of anti-fungal spray?

Safeguarding against a repeat of 2001?

i think they might go into this market

virtual brothels

very similar to virtual dogs

Cantth they also allow a lot of poor people to lose what little money they have even their dole money.They are designed to take money from the uneducated and poor.

agreed toronto

freedom of choice , by the same token why let the 97.5% losers on here continue losing cash , no better chance of turning it around than anyone visiting a betting shop tbh and betfair need as many losers as possible to feed the 2.5% winners , wherever there's gambling there are mugs whatever the source.

Correct ;)

Wrong...freedom of choice is always the argument the rich and privileged use to steal from the poor and uneducated.

The big difference between Betfair and virtual racing and even more the FOBTs.Is that while Betfair can be adictive to some,it is designed as a punting vehicle for all types of gamblers,rich,poor,sophisticated and mug.The cartoon racing and FOBTs are designed to suck in and make adicts of the poorest and weakest.Bookmakers like Hayden know this and that the money flows directly from the poor to the rich and greedy.Its wrong but some people will always be happy to exploit others if it means they can live in increasing luxury.One day they may have to justify it to a higher power.

nothing virtual about a winner as they keep saying but dont touch those races myself

Yet another great speech 44.

All betting shops are vile places .

Oh well at least their profits are tumbling, deserve all they get if you ask me.

HAYDEN 06 Mar 00:00


Whatever we think of horse racing as individuals to the uninitiated it's a total bore and there's far more exciting ways to lose money available these days and quicker which is what the modern gambler wants , horrible thing to admit but horse racing the traditional way we know it is on such a massive decline it's already impossible to recover , for every race follower that leaves this earth there is little chance of replacing them from the modern era.


poingnant stuff...more explanation of why this is/might be true would
be useful cos its a bit harsh but i feel it may be true.

44 you sound like a right pompous B'stard

toronto44 - spot on apart from the last sentence.

acydecy i may sound like that to a dim wit like you but your post shows you for the ignorant as s ole you are.

Whats the problem the adicted beginning to stop putting their money in your crack cocaine machines.......Make the most of your thei ving mate because the next goverment will either tax the s hi te out of them or ban them.

Thought so.

n then tax all unlicensed layers on here.

and all random generated platform gambling - including betfair arcade, sky vegas, etc.

take those blinkers off and realise this gambling industry is a lot more than fobts.

Good answer aceydecy just about sums up your IQ.Cant wait for your next brilliant post....

Corb earning his pieces of silver again, defending his bosses.

Bookmaking used to be a job like any other job( always a few bad apples like any other).Now it is all about stealing as much as you can from the poor and adicted and ripping off your old regulars by not taking bets from anyone who does not empty his pockets for you quick enough.

To be a bookmaker now you have to have no concience or morals.Track bookies not included most are OK in my experience.

All betting shops are vile places, agreed

i WOULD RATHER LOSE MY CASH HERE THAN THE BOOKIES

Popped in a shop a few weeks back and they even had virtual motor racing, 'commentator' tipped a loser for good measure. Seems to attract all sorts of wasters playing those roulette machines... cannot even use the toilet now wihout been given permission and a key..

Toronto.....Like your post and you are spot on. Just never been able to grasp it until now ...thanks

Can someone start another "Bears s**t in the woods thread" please....

regvarney 05 Mar 20:42
not the point, i know, but the over-rounds on the cartoon dogs are a lot better than the BAGS

Reg, you are not comparing like with like. On the cartoons it is an actual margin, BAGS is theoretical. In practice there is little difference in the profitability.

Think about it, would the bookies be pushing alower margin product/

They been doing it for over a decade mate...

And sadly this tosh will be here another 10 years if people still bet on it.

if their was nothing else to bet on they'd quite happily have their customers betting on 2 flies running up the kitchen wall.

^responsibly ofcourse

I wonder what happened to all those big winners on this thread of 10 years ago?

Probably retired on a pot of gold whilst we missed our chance.

Fly A -4/6
Fly B -4/6
Draw  -7/4

Makes me smile when they talk about the weather at these tracks

It's the horizontal  strip of insecticide that gets my goat. Always want the front two in the market beat... Innit.            Some of them blue bottles running out of the big yards look like spiders imo.

44 - addicted