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You missed nothing at Ludlow yesterday, jimnast. Down about 10% in tickets but there were only 9 books compared to 15 last year.
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good morning ian,spent to much time at ludlow over the winter betting badly decided to give bath a try,9 books only on there big day of the season you would think it would have been good,worrying times maybe.
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Did the Wetherby bookies get a bit wet yesterday?
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with all this happening this week,i can see more people turning up(but will they have a bet)but just think how many books are going to turn up also,we will have to see!
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it must be hard you bookies to make a living these days. everytime i go racing, even if there seems a decent crowd, hardly anyone seems to be betting in the ring.there seems to be more action at a couple of point to points ive attended tho some right jokers turn up there to bet.
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Jimnast.wasnot,ribero et al...as a matter of interest,how many figures can these new boards show? If it"s 11/8,can they show 1.375,or will we be treated to a bit "over the odds",and get 7/5?!
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For the "trial" the odds will be displayed to two decimal places and will be decimal equivalents of fractional odds e.g 1.38 instead of 11/8 and 0.73 for 8/11.
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not a big fan of bookmakers, but my mate Arty (course bookie), was complaining to me Sat night, that there is no money on the course, and came away from Sandown, £23 down after exs, may be your standing in the wronge place Aty, your begining to sound like a poor farmer.said i.he told me to do what the birds do in winter.
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Cheers uwgs...so if you have a grand on the 11/8 chance,you get a free fifty(1380)...nice one!
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Hope this isnt going to end up a farse,was at Doncaster earlier this year when they announced any one wanting free tickets to go to the office and fill out a form,which i did and was given two tickets,the post has just arrived and low and behold two tickets have arrived.Repeat this with everyone else that did the sameand theres going to be an awful lot of us out there with four tickets instead of two,i have visions of this decending into chaos
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sedgfield will be packed tuesday lets hope those bookie chappies play it fair with these new punters
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beast if this takes off and i hope it doesnt how on earth are the books without led boards going to fit these digital figures on ?
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hi jimnast,they would need a board wider than the pink princess.lol
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jimnast,youve answered the question with your first 5 words.
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hello dodger good point about how many books will turn up at these free meetings.
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Do the electronic boards have the capability to display digital odds correctly just now or are we going to have fun with punters claiming it was 33/1 when I bet it not 3.3 (I would'nt have bet it at that price )
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not just how many books turn up but how many network every avaible pitch
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Simple question,why do bookmakers keep saying decimal odds are nonsense when the computer operator oncourse has one eye on his/her DECIMAL SCREEN and relays that that the 6/4 fav. is 2.6 on the exchange.
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Not forgetting the Tote is decimal too.As is every price abroad as far as I know!
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But do the boards work properly
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So the new decimal odds are going to be 1.38 for 11/8 and not 2.38 ? Isn't that making everything more confusing when comparing to say the tote dividend or exchange prices ?
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I really don't think the bookies can do it.They are so used to been greedy.All they know is poor value which any idiot could give.If the on course game was heads and tails they would be laying 4/6 heads 4/6 tails.This is how greedy they are and they are still kicking themselves for losing ''their'' punters to the machine .If they hadnt been so greedy maybe I would not be writing this now.I say they will feel due to greed and unable to have the skill to lay a book.
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what people forget is that a lot of punters who go racing dont understand the present odds nevermind decimal odds,i had a guy on saturday calling me a robbing so and so as he got 7/2 a 5/2 shot as he thought it was 4s as that was the number of the horse.the sooner this idea gets binned the better.
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well said ribero,but unfortunately this happens quite a lot.
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Qite true ribero...I remember a punter at Market Rasen complaining to
Robert Peak that he had only got 1/4 odds a place,when his pal had got 1/5th with T*d Ho*nby ,and that Robert was robbing him........... soon changed his mind when told to look at place pay on his ticket |
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What a load of rubbish replies,as expected.Why are you all forgetting the flexibility of decimal odds instead of citing one-off poor examples.What is wrong with offering 4.1 a 4/1 chance to beat the competition,that's not complex or confusing.
So you don't have decimal odds on your laptops showing exchange prices? To use your examples ,new punters don't know which is better 100/30 or 7/2,,however they WILL KNOW that 3.5 is bigger than 3.3 |
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the beast 26 Apr 12:01
Cheers uwgs...so if you have a grand on the 11/8 chance,you get a free fifty(1380)...nice one! Oh dear . what chance have we got with maths like that going on . |
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unbiased,if you dont like the prices dont have a bet,plenty of books go 5/2 when its 3.4 on here etc so it works both ways,all these silly decimals may work well on here but people forget the practical side of it,can you imagine all the change you would need and the time it would take on a busy saturday? typical logic fron people stuck behind a computer all day,anyhow no point arguing as i would never use them unless forced,incidentally are many on here who support it rushing to ascot to bet with these 3 bookmakers?
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Ribero,have bookmakers ever done anything they weren't FORCED to do.Meanwhile you didn't say whether it was easier for new punters to understand the diff. between 100/30 and 7/2 compared with 3.3 and 3.5. .Instead you had yet another swipe at the exchanges.
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DONEITHERE...sorry,i meant a free pony!
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beasty , its a fiver difference .lol.
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you cant stop change,no betfair on course, no computers, no boards on rails, no more tote outlets, make no mistake it will happen and those that get in first could make the most, if this experiment is a success then why not
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i hear b&k has already ordered his new boards,lol
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I don't know about it being a massive crowd at Sedgefield tomorrow night but has anyone got their letters yet ?
None of my daughters mates have received their letters. Don't they realise that sending them out last minute is no good, but there again I am talking about Sedgefield & the crowd running the place.I suppose we shouldn't expect any better,we should just learn to accept their style of management. When the announcements concerning the Miss Durham contest are more important than late withdrawels etc.well what chance does the racing have? |
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Got two for Donny today and allready had them ffs,got them when i was on course at a previous meeting,so all them in the same boat as me will now have four instead of the intended two
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Just back from towcester. s and d , alan j preston,dave bow, well done fellas, 1/5th odds on the dirty ew race, neil astor, not so good hey 1/7th the odds!!
But at least you wasnt as bad as the win only clowns, what a great advert you lot was.New customers havin no idea why they couldnt bet ew to a couple of quid !! Understand you not wanting to lay us "sharks" but that was laughable. Adage is that you under the cowboy hat, if so well done fella. |
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nice gamble landed in the last race 3-1 into 6-4......
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^^^ GREAT STUFF.
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mike,
that's an aussie breeze hat. off to darts match..back later |
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not so good hey 1/7th the odds!!
But at least you wasnt as bad as the win only clowns You've got to laugh. Day after day we hear about how "them bookies" should bet to traditional EW terms or put up Win Only, now it seems that betting 1/7th the odds is better than betting to proper odds and win only. Make your minds up fellas! |