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What is the biggest bet you have seen with your own eyes placed and did it win ?
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Me going to uni
27K free bet Did it win? Kind of |
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No cash changed hands, but I was right behind a well-known punter who had £25k on War of Attrition with Freddie Subtitles in the 2005 Arkle. It lost.
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£2
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took £10K on Generous to win the Arc, in cash( carrier bag ) when working for an independant many moons ago
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The carrier bags of cash guy at York backing Oh So Sharp..Commanche Run hammered it....telly guys reckoned between 100K and 150k
at 2/7 0r 1/3 can't recall. |
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110,000 @ 4/11 Zero Watt in the QA Stakes at Royal Ascot in 1989
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stood near barry dennis stand at chelt,as footballer steve Claridge got 8 grand out in new notes in pink plastic bags and had 8 grand on best mate at 13 to 8, to think win his 3rd gold cup,handed it over like it was his last 8 grand in the world
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I was present when a £50 million bet was brokered on a 7 runner race at Windsor one night. Bet lost.
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^ Mart ?
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eye wonce scene seaside do a $400 on a 4/5 and a $20 s/fc
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40k at 1/12 Frankel, but that was with someone elses eyes
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When still at work prior to 2007 took £200k at 9/4 from a prominent owner , hacked up at 13/8.
No details you'll just have to take my word for it but turn of the millennium the major call centres took absolute fortunes in the owners clubs. |
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200k off a famous southern chancer when a trader @ Betbald.
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I was watching an Irish race on here once (distance of race was at least 12F) & as soon as they were "off" you could see a £50K offered around 30's (that was about its odds). The 50K stayed there throughout the race and of course it won.
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When still at work prior to 2007 took £200k at 9/4 from a prominent owner , hacked up at 13/8.
unsinkable boxer. |
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23 mil, betfair vlv
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2.00 Leopardstown 28.12.2011 Backed Voller La Verdette 28/1 in running Had plenty on it.....kept lumping on Betfair Rapid as it got closer to the winning line.... Never got paid By BetunFair.
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Rico
No but in many ways a good shout  |
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Does anyone rem "poly bag man"?
Think there was a bit of myth but pretty sure he was known/named on here? Did he like a pipe novice hurdler... They was always 13/8 into 6/4, 25 clear over phurst. |
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A disgraceful carry on mat
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^^ the one I mentioned was definitely not V la V
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Unsinkable won at 5/2 I fink
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Was one of Barney's I fink that 200k on
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Mine was rugby world cup
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Mine was a big field h/cap
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dont keep bringing it up. between 6 of us we had lumps on the thing at 28-about 25k if i recall correctly. although it might have grown with time. i actually laid it for a place also. lucky to escape that one
i laid someone 1000 in the fabled carrier bag at 100 on something to win the national. it finished 5th. charlie mann horse. name escapes me |
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I`ve seen a guy stick hundred pound notes into a gaming machine, get up to over 5k in half an hour and then blow the lot within 15 minutes. Can`t do it now as they are limited to £2 a spin or something like that. Don`t know the limits for a spin now as machines and casinos make absolutely no appeal to me.
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Yes it was Jimast. If had been the other way round and you by mistakenly lay a 13/8 shot at 28/1 don't expect a refund if your bankroll is cleaned out.
Betfair like to move the Goal Posts  |
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someone tried to put together a class action to sue notfair after vlv but few were willing to sign up, for obvious reasons
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it went to ibas who stood with bf, i can't recall how long after, several months but i recd a small payout
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Goodwood 1968. Standing in the grandstand immediately behind a very well-known and immediately identifiable racing personality. He was standing alone and immersed himself in a racecard. After several minutes he walked down to a bookmaker, with me right behind trying desperately to remain anonymous, and placed a £500.00 EW bet on Karabas (almost positive that was the horse). Don't forget this was 1968. After he walked away I thought to myself, if he fancies it that much who am I to doubt his judgement and placed, for me, at that time, a monstrous bet of £10.00 EW on the horse which duly won, (if memory serves at 5/1). Happy days!!! Definitely 1968 because Sky Diver won the Stewards Cup for a second time.
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er... on what grounds did you receive a small payout?
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Greenacres has just opened a giant can of worms
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they paid small compensation , initially they cancelled everything at the time then made a statement out of the blue they would pay something post the ibas thing, i didn't expect any because i'd been taking the 29s but surprisingly i did get some
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ive just had a look it's jan 2012
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you did well. we didnt get a nana. althought they did cancel my place lay. that would have really dun in me melon had they not
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i'll see if i can find their statement
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Since the 2.00pm race at Leopardstown on 28 December 2011, we’ve looked in detail at all the circumstances surrounding the technology failure and the anomaly it created. In addition, we provided our Gibraltar regulator, the Gibraltar Gambling Commissioner (GGC), with a detailed technical and operational report on the incident and the GGC made a number of recommendations. We have also consulted with customers and taken their feedback on board.
Accordingly, we have reviewed our decision to void all in-running bets matched on the race and, in the interests of fairness, certain categories of voided bets will be compensated by way of ex gratia payments from Betfair. Relevant accounts will be credited by us today. This compensation complies with, and goes beyond, the GGC’s recommendations. The categories of bets that will be compensated are: 1. In-play winning positions in both the ‘win’ and the ‘to be placed’ markets which were achieved before the technology failure; and 2. In-play winning positions in the ‘to be placed’ market achieved at any time through to the completion of the race. Bets matched in the ‘win’ market after the technology failure will remain void. We would like to take this opportunity to thank our customers and the GGC for their feedback in helping us to achieve what we believe to be a fair conclusion to this unprecedented incident. We remain committed to providing our customers with the best betting proposition possible. as i said, i didn't expect any as id been taking the 29s, never thought about it until they credited my acc |
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Saw 30K on Joe Mac-Conor O'Dwyer up in the Bumper @6/4 at Cheltenham 1998,came there swinging in the straight and got out stayed by Alexander Banquet with R Walsh up.
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