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Rider, I was talking about the McCoy thing, though I understand she did question Miller on air recently about William Hill not taking bets...
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if i went into sadcrooks and wanted an even 10 grand on red in a roulette spin...
1. would they take the bet? 2. would the spin be legal, shall we say? |
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^ There are many casinos that wouldn't take that bet.
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10 grand on red. Sums him up.
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there have been many threads on the mccoy matter and punters are split on that topic, if she has started challenging bookmakers and their shady practices then this is commendable, welcomed and not before time, though i havent seen it first hand (or read about it anywhere) i'll take your word for it, millhouse
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why doesn't someone set up a union ( organisation type thingy ) to talk to the regulators of bookmakers ( the governmaent or mp's ) to discuss the problem of bookmakers taking bets of losers , but refusing bets off winners .
if they refuse to take bets , maybe there licence should be refused . or they should be limited to taking the size of bet off everyone , so losers should be restricted like the winners are . |
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rcing, if you went into the Big Three's hospitality boxes at the Cheltenham Festival, I've no doubt you will find plenty of MPs enjoying lavish hospitality.
You could set your watch by one former Minister for Sport at World Hurdle day every year - he even presented the trophy for Ldbrks a couple of times. The equally contemptible Philip Davies MP, who regularly fights the bookmakers' corner in parliament on things like FOBTs, lists Ladbrokes Hospitality among the privileges he has enjoyed... |
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millhouse , they are taking the p.ss if thats the case . but like all things to do with mp's , its only a matter of time before a conflict of interest like this would come out in the press . such as the mp's expenses scandal .
doesn't matter if you are a mp or not, the public generally know right from wrong . its just in this case the public have not been informed , yet . thats why punters need to set up there own organisation . to show the discrepancy that occurs on a daily basis . |
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You are absolutely right, rcing...
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I wonder if you were in court in front of a judge or a dury even what they would make of it?
Only those of us within racing know the scandal that goes on day in day out. Would be interesting if someone could get them in court! |
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I believe that in the 90s a punters panel was set up but unfortunately it did not last long. Bookies need bringing to task about Pricewise and banning winning punters. And those flaming FOBT's
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The racing post must be spashing with this story daily.
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Barney curley once tried to set something up in the early 90s i believe??
Rem seeing it on a newmkt open day. Do they still have those?? Anybody know?? |
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Don't forget to email Tom, Big Mac and Tanya @ C4 tomorrow -
E-mail: racing@channel4.com Will they dare discuss? |
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In todays paper i notice Ladbrokes made £360 Million from their FOBT's.
1 Million a day profit. There is the reason you can no longer get a bet on. |