Blue Square to close...

Blue Sq gone into a black hole then...

Blue Sq have not had traders in Alderney as far as I can recall Sportingbet still have traders and Surrey Racing were here till they went back to the UK a few years ago

Who would want to be on that windswept God forsaken hole.Had many dealings with the "Authorities" who were as clueless as the alleged Blue Square traders...

You sound a tad bitter mate, wot dealings did you have with the authorities?

Complaints that went unanswered because the alleged "Authorities" were clueless !!

Not bitter topshop as they paid off a significant part of my mortgage along with those clowns 888sport who for some reason take their prices !!

Unfortunately like many on here ran out of identities but I will be back.....

close down altogether do you mean ??

By authorities do you mean the Gambling Commission, which seems to be pretty much well respected and licence a great deal of bookmakers?

Unless some one buys them daniel. Who would want to buy a firm that has consistently lost money and seems to spend all its resources on closing down successful punters rather than addressing the real issue...

Rank poor trading......

and on a personal basis, I hope all the people who ran the affiliate side of the business get their P45s as they were total scum

topshot - I certainly do..

If they are well respected by certain "bookmakers" then that should suggest to you that they are not going to play fair with the ordinary punter particularly as there is no one there who has a clue about Gambling.

To summarise I will use the magic three words that sum up that small Island and all who sail in her...

Full Tilt Poker....

topshot     11 Jan 13 21:08

By authorities do you mean the Gambling Commission, which seems to be pretty much well respected and licence a great deal of bookmakers?

You are jesting?

no shops so no machines not rocket science big brother 365 put them to bed as the song went  this town not big enough for the two of us FACT

no shops so no machines not rocket science big brother 365 put them to bed as the song went  this town not big enough for the two of us FACT

Plenty of Bookmakers in the World that have no shops and no machines that make stacks of money and do not ban winning punters...

Unfortunately they do not take bets on UK Horse-racing (come to think about it nor do nobet£3.65...)

NAME ME  A BOOKMAKER WITHOUT SHOPS IN BRITIAN WHO DO WELL YOU T+T

NAME ME  A BOOKMAKER WITHOUT SHOPS IN BRITIAN WHO DO WELL YOU T+T

i will.

http://www.betinternet.com/en/Sports.bet

Good to see Guinness2dear back.
Homefortea you have just posted some of the most contradictory posts I have ever read.

Take more water with it Black bush..

I never mentioned Britain.

Calm down Manxy that firm has never made a profit yet !! And never will....

Where do you think the money came from to set up that rancid Stoke firm Black Bush....

ofcourse not, they are a charity, only been here nearly 20 years.

Good evening WMFB..

And all the best for the New Year...

Founded in 2000.Take it from me they are a no go area manxy.

wot about the conference league> ?

Guinness2dear, where have you been dear chap? I was organising a search party a couple of weeks ago!

Too true Delt
Don't want them not being able to hand the trophy pot over when we win it

homefortea
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Founded in 2000.Take it from me they are a no go area manxy.


i would rather take it from some of the 100 or so local people who work for them, not some internet gobshye thanks.

HOMEFORTEA WHAT WEBSITE DO YOU GO TO FIRST 365 OR BLUE MOON COME ON BLUE MOON NOT WORTH TO BOB WHAT DO YOU CARE HAVE YOU HAD A DRINK IF SO CHILL

HOMEFORTEA WHAT WEBSITE DO YOU GO TO FIRST 365 OR BLUE MOON COME ON BLUE MOON NOT WORTH TO BOB WHAT DO YOU CARE HAVE YOU HAD A DRINK IF SO CHILL

Hola, Slippy.

not surprised if this is true,these clowns had just about the best portfolio of pitches on course you could imagine but couldn't make it pay so decided to sell,all they had to do was stick an advert in the RP and bookies would have been knocking their door down but no they employed an agency who knew eff all about the on course game or any other game for that matter,they produced a brochure and sent to what they thought were leading bookmakers,but in fact they were far from that who wouldn't have had the slightest interest in their pitches,however a few shrewdies got wind of this and offered to but the lot which was their preferred option as they didn't want any bad publicity apparently! and these guys got them for at least half a million less than thir true worth and some have sold them on for at least double,nice work for the rank shareholders,lol.

Hotshots due back soon Manxer ?

im having a week off bf forum to get some serious backroom figures sorted, and bring my bfsp, nd full results data-sheets upto date, aint done them since28th aug, bout the same time i started my interest in my ratings, got some back-ground work to do with daza after that.

ribero, not sure about getting 1/2 million more, in todays market they would get 1/2 million less

Sad news, for an ex employee of theirs. Worked in telebetting in Highbury between 2003 and 2005, and still remember those days even now. Not that I suspect hardly anyone I knew is still there anyway.

But it was a good place to work, sad to hear it might soon be all gone

oops today my resolve weakened and i opened the 'forum', nothing accomplshed since, nuff  said.

No way BD,it's only a couple of years since they sold them,also the really top pitches will still fetch as much as ever,Chester was moved on for at least double less than a year ago,i know the cheltenham pitch has been offered over double and york as well.

maybe but the southern lot aint worth a carrot

tell us a southerner who is barry.

it was the best example of how not to sell pitches you will ever find

Did i read this right?

The words "Gambling Commission" and "Respected" in the same sentence

Fcuk me, its extortion 21st Century style for this group of shameless freeloaders, at least the Mafioso brought some seriously good food to the table as compensation, unlike this clueless rabble

Perfectly put itk.

Hardly surprising from an outfit that rolled over against a takeover 18 months ago that offered a paltry premium against their share price.

Look at their history , they have consistently bought high and sold low in several ventures, cinemas, films, butlins, etc

"Who would want to be on that windswept God forsaken hole"

Erh me and probably about 2 mill others if we could afford to live there.

sad to see demise of one of the original internet betting firms - we all remember the marketing days of the bluesq blimp - was always going to fail once they put in the lstminute.com guys - mark jones - never had a bet in his life and had a bad rep at lastminute - you don't get  plumber to wire your house .....

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homefortea
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Founded in 2000.Take it from me they are a no go area manxy.


i would rather take it from some of the 100 or so local people who work for them, not some internet gobshye thanks.



100 people !!
Hope your ratings are a tad more accurate.There will not be more than 20 people working there 24/7 as everything is "automated" and most of those 20 wouldn't know a bet from a banjo.If Jim Mellon had not consistently been pumping in money the firm would have gone 10 years ago.

How do I know - I am unfortunately a shareholder

And it is Gobshyte....

black bush
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HOMEFORTEA WHAT WEBSITE DO YOU GO TO FIRST 365 OR BLUE MOON COME ON BLUE MOON NOT WORTH TO BOB WHAT DO YOU CARE HAVE YOU HAD A DRINK IF SO CHILL

Black Bush..

It would be a blue moon if Anyone could get a bet on with the rancid Midlands outfit !!

betinternet's only 'asset' is a US 'business' and that is what they are hanging their hopes on realising...

the first internet account i ever had back in the good old dial up days when we logged in to the sound of the pc doing an impression of a donkey with its nuts in a vice. in many way pioneers at the time.

however also the first to close an account i held so good riddance. as you reap so shall you sow.

Without wishing to speak ill of the dead, but the on course pitches were run by a clown who refused to take any money and would rather spend his afternoon telling 'jokes' .

Rather difficult to show a profit on anything with a zero turnover after exes.

Have they closed early? Their site been down all morning. Not like it's a busy day racing after a dearth or anything!

Looks ominous.

Great news if they are gone, imo...

Why ?

they're still tweeting

So are 20 sparrows in my back garden but they won't take a bet off me either...

As someone who currently works for Blue Square I can confirm that we are indeed still in business. Every customer's funds are safe and all bets will be honoured

hedgeybaby....

Not much of a talker are you

I suppose that closing all those accounts down has taken up your last eight years

My advice to your firm in its dying days.....GET SOME TRADERS....

"Who would want to be on that windswept God forsaken hole"

Erh me and probably about 2 mill others if we could afford to live there.

have you ever been there duchavelle ?
my folks used to take us there every year for the annual hols as I had a grandparent who lived there
it must be one of the most boring places on earth.there is absolutely nothing there
mind you its probably better than nelson tbf

Take down that 16/1 Savello in the 3.35 Leopardstown before you are closed down.....

Even I managed to get some via a new account from Scotland

Wolf - I was going to say that but it was a little bit obvious.Add the cost of getting off the rancid rock and dealing with the half wits who cling onto it makes my bedsit in Blackburn look toasty

Non-runner to the rescue !!

Have you ever been to Alderney home for tea, just cos you had issues with the Gambling Commission doesn't make it a rancid rock you moron

Why is it you infest every thread where there is a bit of conflict and spout your Shyte?

Blackburn or the Channel Islands?...um I might need a minute or two to think about that one

Been twice topshot and couldn't wait to get home to my cosy Blackburn Council Flat.