"Let's just say you were putting in £2,000. We double it, so you've got £4,000 to bet with. You'll have a £2,000 cash balance and a £2,000 free bet balance. It's up to you how much you put in but, obviously, with Cheltenham coming up, if it was me, I would be making the best use of it and getting in as much as you can, just so you've got funds ready for Cheltenham.
"We do get ridiculously busy through Cheltenham. We are putting messages out shortly, just to make sure that you've loaded up your accounts ready for Cheltenham. We're offering matched deposits to all our existing customers as well with the festival coming up, just so we're not getting dragged down with people putting money in during the festival when we're really busy. We would rather people load up, have money in your accounts and then you're free to go and do whatever you want."
A former racehorse owner is alleged to have lost £270,000 after the collapse of an illegal bookmaker, Birmingham Magistrates court heard on Monday.
The details came to light as Haydon Simcock, a former manager of a racing ownership syndicate, pleaded not guilty to two charges relating to the running of The Post Bookmakers.
This seems like a lot of trouble to go to in order to get a bet on. Especially when all you have to do in order to get a bet on with a licensed and regulated bookmaker is decide whether you want to put it all into a Lucky Leprechauns slot machine or play roulette and stick it all on Red!
And remember, before Affordability Checks you could have as much on as you liked on a horse with all those brilliant bookmakers that are licensed and regulated!
I read somewhere that as recently as this weekend a man in Somerset got £2.50 Each Way on a horse with one of the major firms.
This seems like a lot of trouble to go to in order to get a bet on. Especially when all you have to do in order to get a bet on with a licensed and regulated bookmaker is decide whether you want to put it all into a Lucky Leprechauns slot machine or