bye bye oddschecker

They charging just to look at the odds grids, or charging for their tips etc?

Dunno about alternatives, easyodds used to be ok, though looks to have changed.

R.post has price tables, but only for about 8 of the biggest firms.

I ain't paying 9.99 a month

nobody's paying 9.99 a month for that.  need to get real.

Everyone here wins thousands, can't afford a service the price of one hamburger a month?

it's an advertisement gaze. 

you don't pay to see a fkng advertisement. 

the people advertising pay to get their prices shown. 

if they're lucky you'll see them, open an account, have 3 bets, and get your backside banned.

You mean we're gonna have to pay to see Andy Holding's tips?

What are the chances of the ATR website following suit?

if Andy Holding's tips were worth paying for Andy Holding would be sitting on Andy Holding's own Caribbean Island, flying round the world in Andy Holding's private jet and Andy Holding would have a collection of vintage Andy Holding Ferrari's in Andy Holding's garage.

Gravy trainers burnout

Pinch an inch - lose a foot

I think Andy Holding is doing just fine Hulk23

Darren Owen    +4.83    +30.07   
Leonna Mayor    +1.55    +13.52   
Paddy Aspell    +11.97    +11.74   
Alistair Jones    +5.57    +10.38   
Ian Brindle    +2.84    +9.50   
Gary Capewell    +3.71    +3.24   
Alex Dunn    +3.60    +0.29   
Andy Holding    +0.71    -2.56   
Sam Norris    -0.02    -5.77   
Tom Humphries    -10.55    -8.68   
Stuart Redding    -13.40    -10.50   
Luke Elder    +0.37    -13.34   
Fromthestables.com    -10.66    -17.90   
Ian Cruddas    -4.93    -27.13   
Dan Middleton    -10.42    -33.23   
Dale Gibson (WH Producer)    -24.17    -38.95   
Andrew Thornton    -9.63    -41.56   
Craig Forsyth    +1.60    -42.47   
Dani Jackson    -13.02    -49.29

that ain't getting you a caribbean island ...

W.Hill naps comp - means nothing. Or do you think Craig Forsyth is useless too?

not saying he's useless, but if you had a ton on all his naps you'd be the thick end of 4 and a half grand down.

at what point do you say "ok, forget the fkng island, i just want my four grand back and i promise i'll never back another one of Craig's again" ...

I think it's reasonable to be sceptical about most tipsters, you've just chosen the wrong 2 to make your assumptions about. No worries I just beg to differ

-41.56

would place him 49th in RP Naps league. 

but i take your point about these leagues as it's only a matter of time until those down the bottom, probably including Craig, start napping 150/1 shots in the vain hope they'll strike gold.

anyone who follows them -  oh, they've been up all night studying the form and they've found a 150/1 shot as their best bet of the day.  i'll have a couple of quid on that.

reality - i'm fkng miles behind so i'll just nap that complete no-hoper and head off down the boozer.

It takes a lot of time and creativity to set something like that up and update it every minute everyday. The only way they make money just now is if viewers click on the Bookie banners currently on their site offering free bets and open an account via their link.

...... Personally, I don`t use it. BF odds on any horse to win are much higher without checking.

It's always been useful for golf, compare
e/w terms etc.

But £10 a month... Will I need proof of earnings...

doesn't seem to be the main price page, just the history for individual horses

craig used to visit my office.. jock sillleeek****.

Still got tips and views from a trainer
From Essex vase and 2020 derby
£10 might just update or delete

Great days of that site are gone should charged 20 years ago

Can remember starting off
Stan James , lads , coral , paddy , hills  than 365 the best still are by miles
Than had blue square (Derby sponsors showed every single heat  on their website) list went on , than family fiends work mates 
Oddschecker was more important than bible

I dont really use price comparison anymore. Back in the day when gambling was fair ecosystem not run by FTSE companies you could shop around and get on. The funny thing in one of my subject access requests recently to bookies one of them had flagged i used oddschecker. You just cant make it up. Bookies advertise on a site then when you come they dont want you!

Where does it say you have to pay £9.99

Look at price history of more than 2 horses and you get a pop up of
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"To unlock unlimited access to all of oddschecker..."

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Not another subscription. Is there no end to this greed of companies? Time to get rid of every online subscription I have.

Just had a look and Andy Holding's tips are still free to view, and why wouldn't they be with all the bookie adverts on the page?

That Caribbean Island dream is still alive!

Just had a look and Andy Holding's tips are still free to view, and why wouldn't they be with all the bookie adverts on the page? Not for me, I block them with uBlock Origin Using picker and zapper mode

Seems like your
Going have be bit frugal
With two looks policy

I have this site bookmarked and it gives live shows, SPs, and finishing order, exactly like in a betting shop.
Perfect for updating “Happy’s Monkey” after the off.

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/15Z5Q8hfeJNt2dqRN4ABEL45lq3dbYzkEbbXLOqfgWVM/edit?pli=1#gid=63349819

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Forgot to post the site – sorry.

https://www.irishracing.com/odds-comparison/Thu-29th-Feb-2024/Taunton/1405

happysandwich29 Feb 24 13:36Joined: 06 May 10 | Topic/replies: 3,556 | Blogger: happysandwich's blog
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Forgot to post the site – sorry.

- It's almost like you were just looking for an opportunity to show of your (highly fiddled and error ridden) spreadsheet!

Came within a heartbeat of buying a share in Oddschecker 16yrs ago for a bargain £80k from an extremely trustworthy betting partner ( co-founder ), refused the deal and turned out to be not one of my better decisions.

Unlimited grids? Cheap at twice the price.

Feb 29, 2024 -- 1:53PM, Hayden wrote:

Came within a heartbeat of buying a share in Oddschecker 16yrs ago for a bargain £80k from an extremely trustworthy betting partner ( co-founder ), refused the deal and turned out to be not one of my better decisions.

£80k 16 years ago was a lot of money for most people and lots of similar investments will have gone south . I tend to remember more  shares that I've sold that have gone up than the ones that are worth a lot less now. You do what you think is right at the time.

Money was no problem Manoleeds but regretted the no deal about 18 months later due to some developments.

You win some lose some   

Anyone using service websites every day with their adblockers switched on might want to think about whether they might look for ways to make their enterprise worthwhile. And I include myself in that.

Feb 29, 2024 -- 3:12PM, steerforth wrote:

Anyone using service websites every day with their adblockers switched on might want to think about whether they might look for ways to make their enterprise worthwhile. And I include myself in that.

You should NEVER turn your ad blocker off. Actually Ublock Origin can stop malware and phishing attacks. Attackers take over adverts on websites (even trustworthy ones) and implement their own malicious code. Also on mobile phones ad blockers can save some battery life , and video ads can eat your bandwidth.

I also enjoy CLEAN, orderly pages with an ad blocker. Not only that ad blockers protect you from ads that collect chunks of data from cookies, ads can use tracking tools to keep an eye on you at all times. Your interests, worries, secrets, every action you take online — is logged and exposed for everybody willing to pay for it. Your data can be leaked, making you an easy target for hackers and governments. Ad blockers disarm advertisers, keeping your data private and everybody else clueless.

Try going on the Daily Mail website (not that I read that rubbish) without uBlock Origin. It's unusable and you cannot read a thing. Last time I checked 150 trackers on 1 page + 22 ads that move!

The Management 29 Feb 24 13:46 
happysandwich29 Feb 24 13:36Joined: 06 May 10 | Topic/replies: 3,556 | Blogger: happysandwich's blog
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Forgot to post the site – sorry.

ShockedLaughLaugh - It's almost like you were just looking for an opportunity to show of your (highly fiddled and error ridden) spreadsheet! Blush

Hounded into the grave fgs

Ad blockers are a modern tragedy of the commons. Everybody should use one, but that stops websites earning money from click-throughs, so the sites either close or start charging.

When does the charge start? Used it today for price comparison and it seemed as usual.

KC -- charging is only for some features, although "more coming soon".

See
https://www.oddschecker.com/subscribe

Cheers

i use oddschecker every day and always found it really good.

i will not be paying 10 per month for the privelage

real shame but the way of the world these days im afraid

u cannot get any tips info without subscribing

£10 a month is 30p a day, give or take. Is it worth 30p for whatever parts you use?

only a complete idiot would pay 9.99
mind you a fair few on here so i guess their is hope for them

Barstewards mob may have hit the nail squarely on the swede. Pointed out that Oddschecker were coining it with mug punters clicking through the bookies' links and therein taking a cut.

They postulate that the endless stream of mugs has dried up and now they are forced to charge punters £10 to view price changes, Andy Holding's 'bad each way' tips etc.

Surely by reducing the amount of people that can see the grids will in turn upset the bookmakers who pay to be there , good luck with that oddschecker can’t see many takers.

You can still see unlimited price grids afaik. It is just the price history of an individual selection that is restricted.

£9.99 a month in this economic climate is just going to drive away customers. Maybe that's what they want?!

It is just the price history of an individual selection that is restricted. hmm, pehaps that benefits bookmakers over the long run? There is always a reason...

Oddschecker is no longer owned by bookmakers. It was sold a couple of years ago to an American private equity (PE) outfit, who will be looking to get their £150 million back, especially if the cost of any loans they took out has gone up with rising interest rates.

People object to paying £10 a month which is only 30p a day. I reckon they might do better charging 30p for the first paywalled transaction of each day but maybe it is impractical to put such tiny amounts onto a credit card.

Tbh I only look at one page, once a day, which is free for the time being.

only 30p a day

justify anything by doing this. 

get 10,000 people paying you "only 30p a day" (nobody's going to miss that) and you're clearing 100k a year.

100k a year would barely make a dent in the costs of keeping oddschecker up and running, so that doesn't seem an excessive aim?

maybe the exchanges should start charging?  Bookmakers must have saved a fortune by using them rather than employing staff to compile odds

My first thought when I got blocked from accessing previous odds and asked for money was buggers,,,but I’ve used the site for 15 years and it’s super helpful for me…I’m paying it …just hope they don’t produce more rings to go thru……There was a site called bestbetting.com.        They seem to have disappeared they were the only ones I ever come across who were closish to Oddschecker