Bookmakers open tomorrow - NO Thanks

might be an argument for sticking the 'bandit screens' back up in the interest of staff safety. There will be desperate fuggers out there when the gravy-train comes to a screeching halt. Robbers paradise with masks not raising an eyebrow. Hell to play when a punter is knocking the door down to get a oner on one but can't get in because the 'shop busy' sign is up with the two or three smelly feckers sat there with their TTC forecast double slips, hogging the Racing Post.

yes its mad i've just walked down the sh!thole of narborough road leicester the ladbrokes on the corner has a sign saying knock on the door for entry and then covid signs about distancing,well good luck with that as the same people of east european descent who frequent this place also have been street drinking just outside an east european supermarket nearby with total disregard for social distancing in groups of 10 or more

Will fobt's addicts be given VIP priority?

another arcade (i cant call them bookies0 up the road WH have lovely signs which most of the fckers who are going to go in aint going to read

1st sign staying covid 19 secure in 5 steps
2nd sign customer safety notice maximum 10 at ant one time maybe a short wait to enter
3rd sign STOP dont enter if temperature cough taste and smell depicted with little pictures

none of the regular numbskulls are going to read any of that sh"t and will play the **** retard when challenged

dumb pass without the p

Queueing to get into a bookies, I can't think of anything worse

the WH shop only gets about 19 in anyway maybe more on a normal saturday leasing up to 3pm ko

the lads shop has got the problems with overcrowding machine norks

Absolutely agree Storm,been arguing it for months on here.Not ONE single reason to justify opening ANY betting shop,ANYWHERE in the world.The greedy bastards want to squeeze the very last cent from the most vulnerable in all society.

You will not hear shame or any other contrition from these bastards,you will hear "We are looking after the most vulnerable,giving them somewhere to come and meet their mates"!!

They will forget,taking the money given by benefits,charities and emergency funders.

1.01 that Coral and Ladbrokes shops are at least 50% closed by 31 July,permanently,same for the others.NAP

i can see where people are coming fronm here and i go into my bookies about once a month , if that . but even then i see older blokes joshing with mates and even the staff . its their life and i'm not too high flying to suggest it might be mine one day . maybe mine is different , but the atmosphere is good in there .

agree i despise them for the evil filth that they are and i am glad that i took them for about £50k in the early days of internet trading

its an ok place for the oaps and waifs and strays

the machines need to go to casinos the sport betting terminals are ok

duke , i like to sit in a pub with a paper to read over a pint . on my own . they could think that is weird  soon !

What is wrong with a burger joint or coffee shop to meet,eat and greet? IMO close the whole fukcing lot,no use to society let alone the most vulnerable.

they get warm free tea and dont get asked to leave and the old uns keep themselves to themselves the trouble is and we all know this be that the likes of me and you the people who run the places even the police and councils its the criminal element thats the problem who just happen to be largely immigrant

WALOFS duke,YSDC!!! On that note buona notte.buona fortuna.

you're welcome to visit the utopia that is Sir Peter Soulsbys Leicester and enjoy the delights it has

have breakfast in Saint Matthews ( a warm cup of tea is always waiting for us white folk)

a leisurely stroll through the cesspit of what was once Leicesters affluent area (i kid you knot (mispel on poipus) Highfields try to dodge the red lights at night especially if driving and dont talk to the women (they maybe undercover and in some cases they actually are)

a dowmhill walk dooown London Road takes you further downhill into Soulsbys lair woooo aaaah its his cultural quarter and the curve theatre an £80 milliom  greenhouse and at the time the Walkers Stadium cost £30 million now called the King Power Stadium the home of Leicester City Football Club and thats the only time Leicester City should be used in the same sentence

its time to put the crash hat on and venture if you dare into the dark forboding neglected shadows of Humberstone Gate which looks like the set for Escape from New York and in tragic terms the white natives (oh how we laugh at that term) have just done that to be replaced from the cast of the future of the film

Every one that doesnt open is less money paid to racing, in what are already desperate times for funding. If you dont like them dont go in them but imo I would be careful what you wish for.

anyone been in one yet ?

dop

keep your filthy racist remarks to yourself

I've been in this morning (Corals).  To be fair the shop has done what they can, screens up to divide the betting terminals and the FOBT's.  Any single FOBT on it's own is out of use, only say a row of 3 or 4 will be used.  No tea or coffee, toilets closed and hand sanitisers available.  Stickers over the floor asking where to queue etc.... but that's probably where it ends.  The queue stickers are only really a metre away from the walls so anyone wanting to look at the Racing Post display will be within two metres of anyone queuing to get a bet on.  The screens are good to divide punters but anyone entering the shop will have to walk past them and will again be within two metres of somebody.  There was a guy playing roulette and following what I have seen for years where they press the button, turn away, go for a walk and then turn round to see where the wheel is currently at.  That's not exactly staying within the perimeter of the screen, but that's not the shops fault.

There was a couple of instances where a few people broke the rules as well with social distancing (two or three people wanting to read the same race card on the wall and easily too close).  But, I expect a lot of other shops away from the bookmaking trade will have similar problems now that they are opening back up.

There was a couple of instances where a few people broke the rules as well with social distancing

social distancing is government advice, not the law, so it is an individual's choice whether to adhere to it or not

Been in 4 to collect!!!!!!!! 2 fred shops seem exactly the same ........the Laddies i went in had no pens ....lots of sanitiser and one way in one way out .......joke orals seem to have taken it most seriously , no seating or tables ,no tea or coffee and Ben behind the counter was wearing a mask!!!!!!...All offered B.O.G to ALL customers......

I think at this juncture betting customers only to maximise social distancing - no loiterers or race watchers.

Will we be allowed to loiter 15 minutes while our bet is rejected?

Stay Away from them!

Been to Billy’s, laddies and paddy’s

Billy’s - worst of the lot, worst prices (self service now mirror the pathetic prices behind the counter), no hand sanitizer for punters, stickers on the floor for social distancing , shop was clean and I was only person inside.


Laddies - self service terminals still a joke with worse prices than behind the counter, and now the self service terminals you can’t take a price on horses or greyhounds!! Staff rang around and confirmed,  its a new policy ‘until the horses have had a few runs’

Laddies didn’t have any markets on self service or behind the counter for the championship outright winners market!
‘I could ring up but it takes ages to get through’

On a plus side they had hand sanitizer unlike the others

Paddy’s - barely any Covid precautions other than a weird floor Sticker system

But on a plus, happy to take a bet

£500 on West Brom 5/2 cash to win championship
£50 on Fulham 40/1 cash to win championship

Best price around, hills and laddies (online check as they couldn’t get me a price in shop) both 9/4 and 33/1 same bets

Paddy gets my business .

its a new policy ‘until the horses have had a few runs’

Ellisjohn

It’s not like you can get more than £50 on a horse or dog on those self service machines, and even then it tries to lower the odds if it doesn’t like the potential pay out

Refusing to take a price is bonkers

Jun 15, 2020 -- 9:50AM, Facts wrote:

dopkeep your filthy racist remarks to yourself

yeh i must stop mocking white people i didnt realise it was racist to do so

always been led to believe that the libtards dont like it the other way round

Went into Ladbrokes just after 11 this morning. I was the only customer. Pens and betting slips as normal.

Had £50 each way on Summer Moon in the last, because I wanted the 5 places. Paid with 5x £20 notes, no problem. Only had to wait 6 minutes for the bet to be accepted, so I guess they can't be doing much trade.

The only thing which felt unsafe was the stifling atmosphere. In the old days there would have been an open door with a plastic strip curtain, which would have felt much healthier.

Went into Billy's in Wetherby. No seats and no Racing Post. There was a sign on the door saying a maximum capacity. Can't see them taking much over the counter -used to be that for Royal Ascot in some, but not all, bookies that the regulars would bring in crisps, nuts, cake etc.

I just couldn't justify going to a bookies atm. You have to put family and friends first. I wonder how many of the older generation who contract Covid-19 in a bookies will regret the visit forever.

..... the last of my scraggy bookies pens was on its last ink, so re-opening for me was rather timely .....

Luckily I don't have any family or friends to put first, so I was able to get the 11/1 Summer Moon this morning.

Sixty quid profit on the each way, well worth a brush with the Peking pox imo.

Also the dog was over the moon to see her friends behind the counter again, which is the important thing.

They will not be alive to regret it Storm,is the simple answer and shame on anyone who feels the need to enter a mini Casino,these are the individuals who will perpetuate the virus.

You need to go back Screaming........paid out 5 x £20 notes? ROFL YSDC?

His bet was 50 e/w and he paid with 5 x 20's which part of that is funny?

Not funny btw,just extremely sad and stupid,by him and the bookie!! HTH

I popped in the bookies today for half an hour, was a nice escape from the wife and kids. Pubs next please.

I don't get it, what's sad and stupid about it?

You were rolling around the floor laughing so I presume you found it funny.. Sorry.

Laughing at the stupidity of going into a betting shop for one,2 going in one for no good reason,3 using notes to pay.......plenty more if you wish?

Never laughed at tragedy or irony? Does not mean funny!!!!

So you're one of these nutjobs who wants everyone to stay locked up for the next 3 years or until every single business in this country has gone bust and millions of people lose their jobs. Now that is a tragedy.

The good reason for going in was to get the 11/1 Summer Moon, 1/5 the odds 5 places.

That's odds of 3.2 for the place, when it was only 2.6 on here. Or, the difference between a return of £160 in the shop, and only £130 minus commission on here.

Plus, it was just good to see the staff again. I don't have any family, and being deaf I haven't spoken to anyone for weeks.

Jun 16, 2020 -- 9:22PM, glentoby wrote:

Laughing at the stupidity of going into a betting shop for one,2 going in one for no good reason,3 using notes to pay.......plenty more if you wish?Never laughed at tragedy or irony? Does not mean funny!!!!

What else would you use?

Coins? Peanuts? Liquid Gold?

Dont say card, the flaws blatantly obvious.

bookies have been wearing masks for years, to be fair.

dick turpins the lot of them.