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02 Sep 15
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Korals have started only taking on managers from outside the industry who have a proven sales track record.
Many staff who have been in the industry for many years are now unable or not eligible to apply for the posts, yet deputies have been told it is their responsibility to train these new managers.
Staff from 2 shops in York were so fed up with the new rules that during Ebor week they all walked out leaving their AM to find cover from other areas, this included Korals paying travel fees and overnight accommodation.
I was of that week but had I known I could have volunteered for the late shifts and saved myself the hotel fees.
Many staff who have been in the industry for many years are now unable or not eligible to apply for the posts, yet deputies have been told it is their responsibility to train these new managers.
Staff from 2 shops in York were so fed up with the new rules that during Ebor week they all walked out leaving their AM to find cover from other areas, this included Korals paying travel fees and overnight accommodation.
I was of that week but had I known I could have volunteered for the late shifts and saved myself the hotel fees.
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fly with the crows you get shot with them
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.... "a proven sales track record."
How the Betting shop game must have changed.  Imagine them try to work out a 50p Each-Way (Equally Divided) Yankee - - with 1 race a Quarter the odds, 2 races a 5th the odds, and 1 race a third the odds 2 places only ... - along with a 15p Rule 4 in one race, and a 30p Rule 4 in another... - with Winners at 15/8 and 11/4, and Placed horses at 7/2 and 100/30. |
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Most horse race bets would be settled by the EPOS system, and I suspect that on the rare occasion that fails, or for the rare bet that wont go through it, they have a settling machine to do it with.
But as someone who used to mentally settle bets, it scared me what some other people would put into the machine to settle bets. "Best" example, a £100 double, one at Evens, one at 2/1, and had to use machine to settle it! Glad I'm out, even if I was in call centre last 8 years or so in industry |
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Onlooker... Can you remembr the name of those big 'calculator-type' machines that LBO managers used to settle the types of bets in your example?
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OTT Machines, I'll save him the posting, lol.
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genies before otts
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sporting life brought out a small calculator size settler and a desktop model
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Cheers SB and TD... But, neither of those ring any bells.
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The Dealer... Think you've nailed it... Sporting Life Super Settler. (Or something like, I think.)
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that desktop sporting life model was the mercedes of settling machines, a bit ahead of its time, only person i saw having one was a ladbrokes manageress back around early 80's. they werent cheap, she must have bought her own. very easy to use, no monitor just a display if i remember right. never used an old genie but they were popular around that time. most just had to use a calculator with crash blokes, pyramid blocks and add a point settling methods. the good old days
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EPOS system is a fail every time I collect ladcrooks
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stephaniebot - two questions, feel free not to answer, just curious:
1 are you actually a woman called Stephanie? 2 Did you work for corals? |
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I've got a Silicon Express machine, still works very well even though some of the numbers have faded.
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The Genie was the giant calculator used for settling bets in the early days
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I always remember the Corals manageress who tried to pay me £314.99 for £195 on an 8/13 winner. She showed me the result on her calculator. I just laughed at her!
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^ So they were doing the 'Betfair Penny Pinch' back in those days, too.
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jmdc = lol
On my second day as an office junior at Shermans head office in Cardiff, I asked my manager why a £1 dbl on 2/1 & 10/3 was settled at £12.99. He said, 'that's what the genie says son'  |
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The ''Genie 247'' was a fantastic machine....... keys for Rule 4's & D H's........ the dogs !
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Ronnie... get out mate, you're better than this !
If I can do it YOU CAN ! |
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 Happy Days |
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1973-Edgware Road London.Mecca shop.Settling machine known as DOTTIE(No,not the cleaner!)Manager Pat Foley the only staff member allowed to use it.Useless thing.Freestanding-measured about 2foot by 2foot at base,stood about 3feet high,floor mounted.Anyone else remember one of these?
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Not surprising from one of the biggest amusement arcades in Britain. Who's daily staff routine board displays...'Offer Tea/Coffee to MACHINE PLAYERS'
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jed .. stephaniebot .... is Stephen who likes it up the 'bot' guaranteed
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A trainee in my local WH shop was asked the total stake on a 75p rev fc.He put 75p x 2 into the calc.
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1991 William Hill Kilburn I was short changed on a Yankee. I had to sit down with the area manager and show him how I worked it out because he had no idea
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in my area there are only 4 shops, Korals took two dynamic whiz kids from the retails sector on 3 months ago as new managers, the AM said we could all learn from them.
this week both of the have handed their notice in, we should indeed learn from them |
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Worked in an small independent shop in the late eights during the summer whilst a study. Single manned, counter and settling, 200-250 slips per day. Nothing but an ordinary calculator.
crossed, double crossed, flags, round robins, if cash, e/w all e/w...... all accepted. |