The bookmakers ideal scenario is every punter playing the FOBTs, virtual nonsense, 49s, maybe throwing in a few bets on mug football markets where they can bet to 150-200 percent. They don't want people who have any chance of snipping away at their profits.

Imagine Baldy without the FOBTS LOLOLOLOLOLOL....He's hair would probably grow back and fall out again, the fooking parasite..he's staff are totally clueless, more clueless than all the other bookie staff in the shops

Regarding the staff the only time in my life that I can remember being called a fcuking liar to my face was by a woman working for Betfred
A few years back I was going round the shops putting on some a/post bets the Saturday night before R Ascot and I asked politely for some prices for a couple of races to which I got the usual "we don't have prices for them".So I said you do I've just been to 2 of your shops and got prices to which her reply was "you're a fcucking liar show me the slips".So she rang one of the shops which confirmed what I'd said and told the manager there that she was phoning head office because she'd given out prices on those races.
True story it was annoying at the time but not unexpected tbh

Re my above post I phoned and asked for £100 @ 9/4 as shown on Odds Checker.I knew I had no chance of getting this on line.The bet was accepted the horse drifted but won 7/2.When I phoned to W/d my £450 I was told NO bog was only aval to bets placed on line for this particular race and you are being paid out @ 9/4.This was years ago but sure enough hidden behind the green button Fred said bog "for bets placed on line"not "only" which might have been more helpful.!

What,s the betting that in the next few days the R/POST will run a story about how someone has won a life changing amount on a multi bet for a couple of quid, no name of the so called winner. It happens every year before a big meeting, just another way that this rag bows to the big boy bookies instead of checking and making sure the story is 100% true.

Haven't bet with Betbald since he didn't pay out on the Accrington Stanley so called fixed game from many years ago.

BB Im sure you have joined in such threads before but there is too much racing. Too many poor horses and poor trainers, jockeys and the like trying to eke a living out of £2k pots or even £3.5k (wow) to the winner. So much poor fayre put on severlely diluting the prize money pool. Two meetings a day in midweek and 3 or 4 on a Saturday, with one extra evening gig three times a week in summer. Nothing on a Sunday because its never really taken off her. Who wanted all the dross wall to wall racing, oh thats right, the High St but now they have virtuals, Indian , African and Martian every 5 mins from opening they don't want to even pay for the hellish gutter racing they wanted and forced the BHA to sanction because of it lack of direction and strong leadership. Bring forth the cull on shop staff, stable staff, horses and trainers and then start again with new business model that can be fulfilled by the newly streamlined Racing industry.

Wildcat Army. 09 Feb 18 13:05
Haven't bet with Betbald since he didn't pay out on the Accrington Stanley so called fixed game from many years ago

Me too, I wouldn't have gave a shoite if they suspended betting on the game like the others, but not them. They took bets right up until kick off and when they copped they then voided them. What was said back then by our Racing Press and pundits....

if they want to get proper staff who know how to MAKE A BOOK, run a BETTING SHOP and not an AMUSEMENT ARCADE, they will have to pay the wages.
and thats something they've not been doing since FOBT'S came on the scene..Why get somebody who knows what they are doing, when they can pay someone minimum wage who's only job is to open and empty the FOBTS ?...But that looks like changing

should have their bookmaking licence revoked and barred from laying horses and sportsbets, if they want to be a casino operator, fine open a casino or advertise the business as a casino. They have nothing to do with bookmaking and only bring sports betting and bookmaking into disrepute.

The Racing Post is sh1t, and because there is no competition it is able to operate with a leader that's clueless and feed solely from the bookies' fobt machines; the paper is not fit for purpose, and neither is its leader!

cant say to much but sad to say its looking very bleak for a lot of staff
Ronnie.
ps yossa where are you

Some amount of filthy media propaganda now in circulation about problem gambling and how the crack cocaine FOBTs are not to blame. Absolute scumsters ,should have started the max stake at 20p ,£2 a spin .                                                       The twisted media departments want to tell us there are few problem gamblers on fobts whilst pushing the line that they need a high max spin stake and threatening job losses. SHAMELESS SCUM.                                                                                                Goverment should be introducing min age for cat D gaming machines ,and making slot machine type arcades age restricted along with limits on all types of gambling for those under the age of 21.                                                                                 According  to the gambling commission return to player  (RTP) has to be displayed even for cat d machines ,displayed but does not stipulate where and have never seen it myself .                                                                                                         The Gambling Commision  have to be replaced ,the stench is overpowering ,and not just on the font issue.

workrider

Sorry for the late reply, just got in after my second 13hour shift on the trot

re Hector Macdonald unfortunately I don't know the shop in wood green as I live a few miles away in the wild and windy north east. I did however know Hector as he used to bet on pick 1 on the rails at the Royal Meeting, in those days the courses used to make the governor stand themselves on the pitch and I remember in the last few years he used to go in his wheelchair, it was sad to see and thankfully the rule no longer exists.

I also know one of his ex staff who only lasted a few weeks working for him, the lad did a good few quid in when Frankie had his 7 up.

talking about how Hectors shops were always buzzing, today when the Schweppes was in running there was only 1 person in my shop, and it was me

Ronnie those are terrible hours, needs must I suppose, I remember my mate was going to take a chance on holding a £10 treble from a punter, you could in those days,thankfully I talked him out of it, of course they all won and it paid a couple of hundred, more than 3 times his wages at the time. Remarkably there's a letter published slating fobts in today's Post I kid you not.

Fobts is a bigger sponsor of Horse Racing in Britain than the high profile rich individuals and companies eg the Sheikhs, Qipco, Qatar, Investec, Sun Alliance, Vodafone and many more; taking money from the sick and deprived to fund the sport of kings for the wealthy.

It can only happen in Britain, and nowhere else not even in Ireland where horse racing is a passion with most!

they know the limit is coming then!

feel sorry for those that will lose their jobs and obviously its bad news for racing

but nothing will please me more this year than seeing the likes of your firm ronnie having the biggest kick in the knackers they've had in years
2 pound a spin YES SIR

No doubt many hundreds of High Street shops will close if this does come about but I can't help but think it is a good thing to happen. Like someone said previously, maybe they will start to take bets OTC again although I won't hold my breath.

Was the man charged with the Birmingham firebomb attack and murder in Paddy Power shop a FOBT player ?   They were quick to mention mental health but not heard much if anything about the accused or his motive .Of  course it's a live case but should be restrictions in place to protect the vulnerable ,think this is a big fail from the industry ,can't sell a drunk man alcohol but don't see anything in place to prevent someone suffering from mental health problems suffering losses that they can't afford or control . Apparently most compulsive gamblers are suffering from mental health issues but that's one stat you won't see pumped out by the pro FOBT pr machine ,all went quiet on the Vegas mass murder motive as well .