Getting on in betting shops

obviously depends on the firm mate.

Shops will have different levels as well.

im pretty sure hills arent able to check liabilities thru the computer system but laddies may be able to. Hills somes have to ring in bets after they have been taken to inform the trading room.

Only way to get a decent bet on, is to make your stakes small and go from shop to shop.

most shops well take a Fiver as long as its not P/Ws

Some Korals shops are as low as a maximum stake of £10 on anything early in the morning.  Apart from the fobts that is !!

So a max of £10 per selection per shop without it being sent back to head office?

Depends Frog, if you bet in the same shop week in week out day after day they might let you have 30quid on, but if you go in only go on a sat more likely you get a fiver on.

how much you looking to get on frog

if you know somebody who looses loads of money
they will get on for you.

Get yourself on track mate. Those bookies will lay you a fortune if they don't think it will win.

go from shop to shop

Barry Grant, eh eh, great in Brookside, went off him in the Bill!
Strange seeing all these old posters who have disappeared over past 11 years.

jimmy corkhill would have cabbaged granty.

can get what you like on if a losing punter....

If you go around the shops, the ever diminishing number of them that is, would you not be open to handwriting surveillance? They do share facial images and examples of previous slips as far as I'm aware anyway. I'm sure Ronnie would know.

FBI or CIA Slippy?

"They" are watching you.

Only messing slippy but ronnie did mention doing affordability checks in his shop so a worry for those that use them I suppose.

Imo there will be few shops to worry about in terms of betting on racing in less than 5 years.

My business model nearly 2 decades ago was to buy up independents,fill them with FOBT's as allowed,take only minimum trebles and have no live TV.

Back here somewhere,stated would not do it from a moral standpoint but it was there to be done.

Amber grades
5\1 or less 300

11\2 or more 100

Always try to help.

Ronnie.

Pretty dire then Ronnie,less than a thousand slips on a guineas day regardless of results does not  cover the rent?

My partner told me we took £186,000 on the Guineas today compared with £24K on the whole of Newmarket outside the race,that said way down on any previousInternationally the meeting is a non event,domestic it must be a loss in UK?

Calgari

I had 2 nice glasses of a nice merlot with my duck dinner they must have been good because i dont understand your reply.
Ronnie.

Glad you enjoyed your wine Ronnie and hope you are well,try ours,far superior btw.My sole point is that a shop could hardly have covered it exes with less than a thousand slips in the UK?

Caglirig
The wine was was very nice i never have a go at anyone but can i ask where did i say we took less than 1000 bets.
Hope you are well.

Ronnie.

Sorry Ronnie if you missed I was going on your Amber etc,did you do more than a thousand?

Here is a topical tip race 5 Laurel Park,Majestys Freedom,bet and collect!!

Tits on a bull!!

Tits on a bull!!

Caglirig
750 slips yesterday 440 today shop won a round of drinks due to 3 irish lottery winners and a 20.00 acca paying 2.3 k
never got a tip off any of them.
another couple of glasses of wine with my cheese and biscuits then an early night another full day  beckons.

Hope you are well.
Rnnnie.

Good stuff ronnie,next time I am over I will bring you a couple of bottles.

Cag
Thank you Shiraz or Merlot would be nice or if you are feeling flush a nice Chablis.
As i have said earlier always try  to help.
Have a nice evening
Ronnie.

They`re always arguing in my local baldies.

I could get on 100 or more to win or e/w 2 or 3 times in a half hour period on say, a 5/1 shot in my local baldies shop every day of the week
Just gotta be a bit cute and target the newer employees
I could then repeat the same at several other nearby shops

By that, I mean that some of the newer employees are directed by liability charts not that they would necessarily understand them
And going back to the counter several times would not arouse suspicion
Didn't mean to imply I was taking advantage

Has anyone ever bet with a bookie in USA or Australia? I think they are obligated to take bets unlike the majority here.

Go from shop to shop, does work. Effectively, you can have a decent wager. Try not to go into the same company over and over though in the same day. Split between bookmakers.

ronnie why should a punter tip betting shop staff for just taking a bet and if it cops you pay it out ? back in the day if i nicked a half point yeah always gave a score but now days you get no help from the staff

michael because ronnie seesm a very nice bloke in comparison to some others who frankly are less helpful if you know what i mean.

Impossible123 - I think Aussie bookies have to lay upto 1000 payout on any horse as part of their licence. USA is tote.


As for tips on winnings,
I believe on every winning bet,there should be the option to round the winnings down to the nearest pound,if. Winnings  more than 20quid.
Example win 27.36. Collect 27. The 36p should then be given to the injured jockeys fund/reabilitation of race horses,same for dogs.


It should be called the coppers for croppers scheme,no one really wants the loose change,so this could be donated to the jockey horses who provided that win.
Again it would be optional,and on line you could set your account to do this..

It’s now happening in tescos Asda,when paying,asking for a charity donation.

Saves the staff messing about with loose change and supports racings charities.

Easy to implement,I reckon 80% would donate this.