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Did you know that in the early days of betfair it was not easy to become a member.In fact I might surprise you to tell you that I have a written contract with the worlds largest betting organisiaton .in the early days you could send cash by post,and all payments if you were lucky to win were paid by cheque.
You had to prove who you were and a driving licience and birth cert,had to be checked.This was done by fax machine.There was no broadband at the time.Bank accounts were checked before joining . later on and the electronic payments started.
In those days it was great to see the cheques mounting up on the mantle over the fire place.but alas those days are gone.
if you were a consistant winner you were called a sharp mind.If you backed in hundreds you were called a whale.
Like today the staff were very friendly,but they seemed to have more time in the past.Now nobody has a minute.In the old days guys would ring up and ask if "how are things"
and also ask if you had any problems.The forum would be buzzing with excitement and everyone would share tips and information.
A live football thread would get over 2000 posts.Forumites respected one another then.But now all has changed ,and the good old days are gone,sad really.
You had to prove who you were and a driving licience and birth cert,had to be checked.This was done by fax machine.There was no broadband at the time.Bank accounts were checked before joining . later on and the electronic payments started.
In those days it was great to see the cheques mounting up on the mantle over the fire place.but alas those days are gone.
if you were a consistant winner you were called a sharp mind.If you backed in hundreds you were called a whale.
Like today the staff were very friendly,but they seemed to have more time in the past.Now nobody has a minute.In the old days guys would ring up and ask if "how are things"
and also ask if you had any problems.The forum would be buzzing with excitement and everyone would share tips and information.
A live football thread would get over 2000 posts.Forumites respected one another then.But now all has changed ,and the good old days are gone,sad really.
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here here
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We used to get great big parcels containing sheets and sheets of A4 paper listing ALL your bets individually - and if a bet was broken down into,say, 20 different increments, then that is how they displayed on the sheets of A4, as in 'Betting History' nowadays online.
Those parcels must have cost Betfair a fortune to produce in paper and postage. I am still using the reverse side of some of the A4 sheets as scrap paper. |
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Onlooker - I remember that. I often think, thirteen years on, how large my pile of A4 sheets would be had it continued.
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onlooker remembers when it were pigs blood on parchment.
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I still use my quill pen for my betting records.
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that's nothing, i had a pigeon drop my bets into Betfair Towers. Those were the days!!
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Probably still quicker using a pigeon than atr for in running
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in the early days , betfair needed people to bet to get things up and running , liquidity, popularity , word of mouth etc .
nowadays they don't . |
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aghh but did you get koi giving you odds on losers in hunter chases everyday,
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think the slippery slope started when the celeb pro punters and the likes of that commentator who wrapped his job in to go pro betting in running with fast pics,labled the losers on here as clearing up the mug money
what was that commentators name had a baseball cap when pictured in a leeds trading office ,said he won because of his race reading expertise,failed to mention the 6 secs fast pictures he had,wonder if he,s still going ,making his millions |
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U refer to Phil Curry 1st time poster . Who r u really ?
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yeh thats the lad,is he still at it,making a living ?
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The fast picture horse racing punters must have made their millions. Wish I could have had a stab at it.
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nah something immoral in taking money of people who didnt understand the fast pic thingy,not like they were taking it off the big buisness it self,in my eyes akin to cheating in cards
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Phil Curry a complete class act with regard to this. On a different level from anybody else I have ever come across.
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Was Phil Curry that bloke with the scouse accent?
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didnt say he wasnt but give some pictures and interview to one of the tabloids regards betting in running,bigging himself up as one of the best racereaders in the buisness which gave him the edge,never mentioned the fast pictures,wonder how his race reading skills are doing now that most people betting in running also have access to fast pics,
question,what would you rather lose your info from doing course commentaries or your 6 sec fast pic advantage, |
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no the one with the step ladder
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I think Phil Curry posts as sludge on here
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30 years ago I remember the days
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xe1a1wHxTyo  |
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Sludge with the step ladder
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Hi 1st time poster. Sat next to him doing the in running for about 5 years and obviously quick pics help . In his case though if he felt things were right he would bet at various stages during the race sometimes from the off.
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hope you learned something and made it pay
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I learnt a lot but as u stated the quick pics were the major help for me. A lot tougher now but still living the dream !
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Would have been a dream to have played with quick horse racing pics.
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You using those face time pictures now
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and the bets were settled a lot quicker back then, and the forum had real characters
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I remember when he did a comm (was sedge I think) he said this 1 will be trading short in running minus your 20% boys
didn't go down too well with the powers that be and he was soon off the roster shame as thought he was ok comm |
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sludge....what have been your best and worst results inrunning? if you dont mind me asking
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I once rang up and asked for an account statement and they send the page 3 girl Kathy Lloyd round with it.
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