do they still have massive queues at bookies to pick up their Grand National winnings?

nightmare back in the day when i managed a bookies,hand settling all stupid national bets maybe 1000 or more,people in for there 47p winnings seconds after race over seething day in that job

Don't know - never go in them nowadays.
Still recall trying to get a price for a bet on a Conditions Flat sprint race at Beverley - and stuck behind a queue of tanner e/w National punters.
That would be about 46 years ago.
Ian Baldings runner won the race and got disqualified!!!!
Unfortunately I did get bet on.

Man who says "I don't use bookies" is usually lying

For some reason when people talk about them on here they have to qualify it by claiming they don't use them

I would say 99.9999% of people on here use bookmakers , even the winning punters

You are a GAMBLER , it is fine to admit you use bookmakers

Normally the person in front of me asks how much tax they need to pay or how to fill the slip in. Regulars going mad cos they cant get bet on virtual racing cos of the queues. Think it a day for normal punters to keep away. Gonna go myself soon while early, had a word for trap 3 at brushwood lol. Have a good one.

comic

No way you are betting on the national

All the runners are ODDS AGAINST and I have never seen you put up ANYTHING odds against

Only time I hear from you is when your having a go, take it your a troll. Cant even make a comment on a thread without you sticking your nose in. Put some picks up yourself you horrid little man.

It's not about using Bookies
It's about using Bookies Shops
Most of us use internet nowadays

have your shops up north got television screens yet pinza

Wow, I'm one in a million.

couldn't make up how stupid the public are in bookies on gn day,even if you start the day in a positive way they will drive you mental long before the race is off,then the afterrace confusion about winnings etc just tops you off,needed few stiff drinks asap when day over

they always had that i cant count look on their faces

EWW, I used to spend a fair bit of time in the bookies in the early 80's, I met my wife in the local Mecca bookies, she worked there at weekends. I haven't been inside a bookies for a good 7 or 8 years.

Nearest I have got is when we went to my wifes old manager's wife's funeral a couple of years ago, he died last year but we didn't find out until after the funeral. He used to manage a bookies in Chichester with his wife for years

This is the first National day i havent worked in a bookies for years . Really looking forward to enjoying the day , but even though i dont bet in the shops now i will still go in for the atmosphere until about lunch time . Feel sorry for the staff now . No 6 o clock finish anymore and no bonus to go for a drink for all the hard work .

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couldn't make up how stupid the public are in bookies on gn day,even if you start the day in a positive way they will drive you mental long before the race is off,then the afterrace confusion about winnings etc just tops you off,needed few stiff drinks asap when day over

this all day long, used to be a long long day when i was an LBO manager

Just been in local indy to put wife & daughter bets on,chap in front said £10 ew sea bass & can i pay the tax,GN day must be a nightmare for bookies.

when i worked in c0rals, management in their infinite wisdom decided to run a fobt competition the same day absolute chaos.

further to barrow boy, unbelievable you stil get the tax question! they normally qualify it by saying 'i only do this once a year'...so did not paying tax for the last 2 decades not sink in then?

the one that used to get me was the would hand you a piece of paper with about ten selections on, you would show them how to fill in the quickslip
then they would put the bets on, go to walk out the door and say can i take the prices or am i too late

Should be no queues at payment if manager is any good, I used to sort all bets by
horse and stick em in the pigeon holes, and separate piles, so as result came, you
didn't have to many dockets to go through. But that was a long time ago. You'd allways
hope a rag popped up

I would say 99.9999% of people on here use bookmakers,i reckon thats the first time ive ever been 00.0001 of anything

id say youre in the top 00.0000001% of boring coonts in the country

Re: the national we done a sweep in the local last year, one of the
old dear's decided to play, (orrible cow) pissed as ass oles, picked
out a ticket, Neptune collonges, told us to stick it up our ass, wouldn't pay the £5
and walked away

chav,i am a bit boring,but there are worse things to be and a betting shop mug is one of them

Just back from my local Ladbrokes and they had no floor walkers and not all tills on . Staff hours cutbacks said the Manager who was as discussded as me . Long que,s and once a yearer,s who clog the que,s up . Garbage company .