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made some sensible points about the social benefits that can come from habitual ( non-addictive) betting. Maybe it doesn't apply as much today but it certainly was the case up to about 20 yrs. ago .My grandfather lived for following Piggott with his few shillings evary day and I doubt he ever lost that much -it was the modest price of entertainment.
I had an uncle the same -a daily treble or 'bob up and down' was his chief interest when he retired.Plus the camaraderie to be had in the bookies - gossip , hard luck stories , conspiracy theories , rotten referees , dumb stewards etc. etc.
Seemed like innocent times compared to now where every little problem is dramatised into a full-blown crisis and we're always being told we're only a step away from doom and disaster.
I had an uncle the same -a daily treble or 'bob up and down' was his chief interest when he retired.Plus the camaraderie to be had in the bookies - gossip , hard luck stories , conspiracy theories , rotten referees , dumb stewards etc. etc.
Seemed like innocent times compared to now where every little problem is dramatised into a full-blown crisis and we're always being told we're only a step away from doom and disaster.
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wonder if piggot ever had to pick from VOb 1st,2nd,3rd,4th,5th,6th choice in a group one, maybe AOB should look closer to home
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lets be fair bookies have never been the nicest place to be everyone has seen someone losing money theyu cant afford to lose,losing it with the staff .fellow customers etc,pacing around, especially if you used to spend a few hrs in them and after work etc,my local bookies a ladfcrookes had a perspex screen up to protect the staff over 40 yrs ago
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While going through some pretty tough periods in my life, I can honestly say that daily form study was often the only thing that kept me sane.
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gambolling is the new smoking
the amount of bollox talked on this subject by those who dont know what they are on about is incredibly irritating. the national press and the beeb are bad enough but some(mostly) labour politicians see it as an evil where giant corporations prey on the poor little mugs who dont know whats good for them. my mp a g1 example. she knows what they need. never had a bet of course the gambolling commission made things worse. some of the figures theyve fed to the antis that have been discredited are now used against racing. much as bookmakers havent helped they are subject to strcit regulation and pay chunks in tax and if things get much worse they will give up horse racing altogether. its too much grief and doesnt make economic sense a lot of the time |
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He's living in the past.
Problem gambling has been fuelled by gambling adverts that get people hooked on all sorts of shoite. He's right to say that people should be entitled to a bet and as far as I can see no-one is about to deny their right to have one. "There are so many older people out there, the likes of retired people who don't work anymore, and watching racing and reading what you guys and girls write and watching interviews, marking off the horses they fancy in the paper, that sort of stuff is getting them through the day and getting them through life. We don't even realise how big and how important that sort of stuff is." Banning gambling adverts that promote free spins, Bingo, scratchcards etc wont affect that demographic in any case. "Some people get addicted to things. You can get addicted to smoking or to this or to that, but if people get addicted to something it's a case of helping them out and getting them through it. What about the other 99 or 95 per cent of people? Don't take it away from them. It's not being taken away from the ya big oirish daftie  "People can be helped and they can get through it. They can get to a place where they still love it without being addicted. I always say a problem isn't a problem when you know it's a problem. Somebody with an addictive personality might get addicted to drinking tea, that's the way it is." What's 'TEA' got to do with it ya big Oirish daftie Losing Racing Tv in Ireland isn't the end of the world ffs He's just worried it will hit him in the pocket. |
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Aidan should have kept his mouth shut on a subject he doesn't understand.
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I have to mute TV when he comes on. Cringe
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krypios , " done things no horse ever done before ", COT best horse hes ever had and still havent got to the bottom of him ,
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uber-idiot leafy calling anyone daft is something. 'hit him in the pocket'. walob. he couldnt give a monkeys you nob
losing rtv is important. what a dismal wanchor you are. hurry up and have another breakdown |
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Have I poked the pish artiste
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is his boss tabor still involved with certain bookmakers whos barred or restricted very recreational players
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People who get addicted to TEA don't usually end up swinging from a tree.
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bluebook 25 Oct 24 19:01
While going through some pretty tough periods in my life, I can honestly say that daily form study was often the only thing that kept me sane. My auld fella has dementia (short-term memory is kaputt) and if he didn't have the daily ritual of going for the paper, studying the form and going to place bets, he wouldn't be around anymore. |
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Anything in your view Die Linke that prevents him from doing so?
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prevents him betting?
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Yep
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nowt, mate!
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Magic
 Hope he has a bit of luck tomorra! |
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Sorry to hear about your father, DIE LINKE.
That must be very tough to deal with. I can only wish you and him all the best. |
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the picture of punters even in old days talking in betting shops is miminal
biggest problem with betting is that its a lonely pastime,people don't tell people their losing ,how much their losing,size of stake etc,they hide it from their wife,partner,kids,family.they even hide it when winning to quote Terry in MINDER to Anthony valentine the pro gambler, tewrry says I like a punt I do all right, valentine you mean your a loser |
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biggest problem with betting is that its a lonely pastime
Not according to the F**y bingo adverts. apparently it's a "community" |
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funnily enough or not funny I no a young bloke who lost a lot of money,his flat,his family for losing bigt on online bingo about 12 yrs ago when it 1st became popular
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I know people who were addicted to poker machines and virtual racing -I always presumed it is the bells and whistles that get people hooked.
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In a previous life, decades ago now, I was a betting shop manager and spent a deal of it as a pool manager spending time at many a branch.
A stereotypical, degenerate punter might wear a boiler suit, a three piece suit and every other kind of suit but all had the same trait. They didn't enjoy having a bet they were just hell bent on doing their stones trying to get that adrenalin hit that elevated them to some point who knows where. It's an illness and not one of them would want to see the back of gambling adverts or enticements to prolong their misery. fact |
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wouldn't* would want to see the back of gambling adverts or enticements that prolonged their misery.
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Eddie, it's the instant hit they want, win or lose
I've known plenty in the bookies tell me that they fancy so and so today on the horses, then tell me they're only having a fiver on it... 2 minutes later they're doing 20 pound a spin, when you could, on the machines Madness |
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yes reginald but you cant uninvent them and they are not forced to play them. never played meself and dont get it
women in particular like numbers 'games'. dunno why but they do. should we get rid of bingo halls? they are no different being one number short gets them excited even though they are still massive odds against to hit it. you are better off with roulette as the takeout is less than 3% |
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Agree mitolo
How many people who gamble have any idea of the actual probability, or takeout? Very few I'd guess And a large proportion of them would still carry on even if you pointed it out to them |
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they do
my mate used to work for camelot_hes retired now on the back of it and he told me there are thoudsands who do 123456 every week if only it would come up. id like to see theri faces after getting paid 100 quid for a 49 million shot talking of probabilty. i set a pub quiz for my mate mitolo recently and one of the questions was; what are the odds of tossing a coin 4 times and getting 4 heads. 3 teams out of 10 got it no doubt you will. without cheating |
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Mitolo -my Uncle worked with someone who did his numbers twice for every lottery draw because he wasn't sharing with anyone if his numbers came up.There are a lot of lunatics out there.
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Mitolo a complete tool... gambling ruins lives and he s blaming it on the lefties not the money grubbing corporations and bookmakers ripping off the public and mug punters and using the media to capture new young poor souls through repetitive,targetted advertising on every media forum...what a bell end...
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I worked in betting shops, and was a regular punter in them, in a working class village in the late 1960s and based on that experience they did have a social dimension and I only saw one punter (lovely woman) who, retrospectively, was a little addictive as she spent all racing hours there but her bets were standard amounts so I don't think she did any damage to herself financially speaking (her husband seemed well off).
Maybe it was different in other environments, but I found them a friendly place and never once had a bad encounter with a customer. |
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It fits in with the liberalist ideology. They love to create a section of society who are too dumb or too stupid to make their own decisions. Therefore they need the State (ie them) to protect the stupid from themselves. Hence the gargantuan welfare state, nearly 10 million adults not working, untrammelled immigration and food bank industry.
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Cheers, bluebook! Appreciate that!
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the financial 2008 crisis, ponzi schemes,privatized utilities etc were oc course the fault of the clever .bright right wing free market capitalists ,begging THE STATE to bail them out for their mistakes
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Maybe it was different in other environments, but I found them a friendly place and never once had a bad encounter with a customer.
errrmm.LOL |