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Mick Sturbs
10 Mar 19 17:51
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A punter claims his local betting shop has banned him because he was “winning too much”. Grandad Michael Bates, 74, pocketed just over £2,000 in a 12-day streak of 48 successes at a Coral’s branch.The widower, who told how he landed the modest haul after devising a method to predict horse race winners, said a staffer then asked him to leave and not come back.
He said his “system” for picking winners was ­purely based on his research findings that 80 percent of races are won by horses with the numbers one to four.LaughLaugh
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Report Deltâ • March 10, 2019 4:58 PM GMT
went thru the card at Lingfield the other day
Report s.kenbo • March 10, 2019 5:01 PM GMT
A wise decision with some of the field sizes this week! He’d have took them to the cleaners!
Report cardifffc • March 10, 2019 5:07 PM GMT
deltaLaughLaughLaughLaugh
Report GEORGE.B • March 10, 2019 5:11 PM GMT
Coral’s PR director Simon Clare said he would investigate Mr. Bates’s complaint as it is against the firm’s policy to ban punters for winning. “For a very small minority of shrewd bet that it’s likely to be unprofitable for a bookmaker, we may want their bets phoned to our trading desk for authorisation,” he added.
“Even these are rarely ­refused but we may limit the stake.”
The Gambling Commission said there was no legal “right to bet” and no bookmaker had to accept a bet.


https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/offbeat/grandad-who-took-£2000-from-coral
-is-banned-from-bookies-for-winning-too-much/ar-BBUAKpi?ocid=spartanntp
Report onlooker • March 10, 2019 5:46 PM GMT
Deltâ    10 Mar 19 16:58

went thru the card at Lingfield the other day

Grin
Report McCoy Carp • March 10, 2019 6:57 PM GMT
Coral’s PR director Simon Clare said he would investigate Mr. Bates’s complaint as it is against the firm’s policy to ban punters for winning.

Laugh
Report hulk23 • March 10, 2019 7:08 PM GMT
clares one of the worlds biggest bullsh1tters, just gets up every morning and blissfully bullsh1ts his way through another day ...
Report mouse muldoon • March 10, 2019 7:11 PM GMT
This method could finally eclipse the fineform formula.
Report Cantthinkofaclevername • March 10, 2019 7:14 PM GMT
So in a big field race horse number 14 must be a shoe-in!
Report Do wah Diddy • March 10, 2019 7:16 PM GMT
You can laugh all you want but there will be many on here going through the statistics to see if he's right
Report DenzilPenberthy • March 10, 2019 7:19 PM GMT
80% spot on 6 runner races only though
Report DenzilPenberthy • March 10, 2019 7:22 PM GMT
Shameless Simon will be dreading the bad publicity being Cheltenham week they even paid on 2 results for the Sandown winning posts debacle which wouldn't have happened any other time imo.
Report handtorofe • March 10, 2019 7:54 PM GMT
You cannot expect Corals to take hits like that my god 2k over 2 weeks nearly 150 a day unsustainable in the long runLaugh
Report DIE LINKE • March 10, 2019 7:54 PM GMT
Clearly this 74 year old had to be banned as he was putting the long-term future of Corals in jeopardy.
Report leif • March 10, 2019 7:57 PM GMT
He clearly follows the old saying 'one more four the road'
Report Rico-Dangleflaps • March 9, 2026 3:03 PM GMT
A punter claims his local betting shop has banned him because he was “winning too much”. Grandad Michael Tobymugs, 74, pocketed just over £2,000 in a 12-day streak of 48 successes at a Coral’s branch.The widower, who told how he landed the modest haul after devising a method to predict horse race winners, said a staffer then asked him to leave and not come back.
He said his “system” for picking winners was ­purely based on his research findings that 80 percent of races are won by horses with the numbers one to four
Report s.kenbo • March 9, 2026 3:07 PM GMT
Can someone get Denzil a new calculator please!
Report swiftynifty • March 9, 2026 3:27 PM GMT
Mr Bates' system is a number 2.
Report Ramruma • March 9, 2026 4:38 PM GMT
We can test the Coral Bates 1-4 system against last year's Festival.

Results - Tue 11 Mar 2025

1:20 Supreme Novices' Hurdle
5. Kopek Des Bordes 4/6F

2:00 Arkle Challenge Trophy Novices' Chase
1. Jango Baie 5/1

2:40 Ultima Handicap Chase
23. Myretown 13/2F

3:20 Mares' Hurdle
9. Lossiemouth 4/6F

4:00 Champion Hurdle
7. Golden Ace 25/1

4:40 Fred Winter
6. Puturhandstogether 17/2

5:20 National Hunt Chase
6. Haiti Couleurs 7/2J

Results - Wed 12 Mar 2025

1:20 Turners Novices' Hurdle
10. The New Lion 3/1

2:00 Brown Advisory Novices' Chase
5. Lecky Watson 20/1

2:40 Coral Cup
6. Jimmy Du Seuil 16/1

3:20 Cross Country Chase
1. Stumptown 5/2F

4:00 Queen Mother Champion Chase
6. Marine Nationale 5/1

4:40 Grand Annual
15. Jazzy Matty 15/2

5:20 Champion Bumper
15. Bambino Fever 4/1

Results - Thu 13 Mar 2025

1:20 Mares' Novices' Hurdle
1. Air Of Entitlement 16/1

2:00 Jack Richards Novices' Handicap Chase
3. Caldwell Potter 7/1

2:40 Pertemps Final
19. Doddiethegreat 25/1

3:20 Ryanair Chase
3. Fact To File 6/4F

4:00 Stayers' Hurdle
1. Bob Olinger 8/1

4:40 Plate Handicap Chase
13. Jagwar 3/1F

5:20 Kim Muir
18. Daily Present 12/1

Results - Fri 14 Mar 2025

1:20 Triumph Hurdle
11. Poniros 100/1

2:00 County Hurdle
7. Kargese 3/1F

2:40 Mares' Chase
1. Dinoblue 6/4F

3:20 Albert Bartlett Novices' Hurdle
9. Jasmin De Vaux 6/1

4:00 Cheltenham Gold Cup
6. Inothewayurthinkin 15/2

4:40 Hunters' Chase
23. Wonderwall 28/1

5:20 Martin Pipe
2. Wodhooh 9/2
Report Ramruma • March 9, 2026 4:38 PM GMT
Four winners on Thursday!!
Report Rico-Dangleflaps • March 9, 2026 5:22 PM GMT
sew need to bet 4 in every race?
Report leif • March 9, 2026 6:05 PM GMT
Numbers 1 & 2 went through the card at Plumpton today
(3 and 4) respectively.

1,905/ 1 accumulator.

128 permutations though for those numbers.
Report aberdonia • March 9, 2026 6:55 PM GMT
Surprised its not StewartyB tbh...
Report Trusty • March 9, 2026 7:52 PM GMT
He can reduce his stakes by only backing the top weight at Park courses only.
Report stu • March 9, 2026 8:44 PM GMT
I think the last time I went and bet in a Corals shop was back in the day when you could get coupon footy bets at half time (because they didn't notice some were at 2-0).

When they stopped having that, wasn't interested in them. Good riddance to them.
Report Facts • March 10, 2026 9:39 AM GMT
We can test the Coral Bates 1-4 system against last year's Festival.


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