Johnny Dineen

Now you know why I dissed horseracing pundits. Most are no better than the good recreational punters.

4x the price it was a short while ago for a yard where the alleged second string pings in many a winner, and he's making it a huge lay and saying it has "zero chance"

If Ryan Moore tipped heads in a coin flip we could probably get 5/2 tails with him

Funny bloke no doubt but completely clueless punter.

Just another knackers chatter

Johnny Dineen - professional punter, in the name of all that's holy how can this professional chancer be taken seriously! Notable Speech, Dineen's best bet of the meeting at around 2/1 and Great Barrier Reef a great Lay not just in the win market but a great Lay in the Place market. What a waste of space this chancer is. Way past time this joker was unmasked and sent packing!

Johnny made it pay for years as a bookie , switching roles is never easy , to say he's clueless is harsh . He gave his opinion and it cost him a little like a lot of us on here I'd say..

Of course he is clueless. Being a bookie (if you are able to get a pitch) is very easy as so many low IQ people out there punting at hideous odds.

In Ireland we don't have a sixth of the odds unlike the U.K. Irish punters wouldn't have a bet with you at those odds , so Johnny was compeating on level terms

I like listening to Johnnys  stories but take his tips with a pinch of salt.

Fully understood Second again..

Jun 16, 2026 -- 3:42PM, workrider wrote:

In Ireland we don't have a sixth of the odds unlike the U.K. Irish punters wouldn't have a bet with you at those odds , so Johnny was compeating on level terms

Angela us Irish can't believe the rubbish ye Brits put up with, I suppose everyone to their own..

'being a bookie is very easy'

rubbish. have a go

It used to be. cash cow central when there was still loads on money on the track, and it could be hedged on the 'machine'. Including the 'offices' trying to squeeze SPs.

Jun 16, 2026 -- 3:58PM, Busyfool wrote:

'being a bookie is very easy'rubbish. have a go

Depends on the context. Setting one up and attracting customers is difficult, without question. Pricing a book and taking money from low IQ customers on hideously priced bets is very easy once you've got the set up and traction.

Thanks for the comfirmation Angela the Brits would except any odds offered..

rubbish upon rubbish

making a book isnt that tricky but getting low iq customers like you to take unders is difficult. the mugs are usually 2 quid punters and bookie exes are considerable. and many are on the phone

few are coming into the game, mostly the opposite

i know several who are getting out or already have

accept they wouldnt

Jun 16, 2026 -- 4:15PM, workrider wrote:

Thanks for the comfirmation Angela the Brits would except any odds offered..

Yup. Brit racegoers or punters in general are very low IQ, which is why Denise makes as much as she does bud !

The geezer IS CLUELESS

Jun 16, 2026 -- 4:09PM, Angela Rebecchi wrote:

Jun 16, 2026 --  3:58PM, Busyfool wrote:'being a bookie is very easy'rubbish. have a goDepends on the context. Setting one up and attracting customers is difficult, without question. Pricing a book and taking money from low IQ customers on hideously priced bets is very easy once you've got the set up and traction.

As I said then

OI jonny you played the Big Mac all in on the first race!

Did your bookmaking end up like his?

You look thick as too!

Busyfool I tanked a bookie over here at one time so have a little insight into the game, on my travels to the U.K. in recent years I was staggered to witness people lining up to back at 1/6 each way I'm even sure i seen a guy at Ripon go 1/7 on a race and people still bet with him...I agree with you that its a tough game for many these days..

i very much doubt anyone looking to bet ew at 1/6 is having fortunes on so its unlikely it will be a bonanza for the book

some people just like to back a winner and going back to the layer waving a ticket

if there was good money in it Little and Fletcher wouldn't have packed in 20 years ago.  Look at SD on YT  plenty of pensioners laying.