https://community.betfair.com/irish_sports/go/thread/view/94110/29593603/former-post-office-manager-jailed-for-175m-theft-to-fund-gamblingA former post office manager has been sentenced to four years in prison after stealing €1.75m.Wexford Circuit Court heard 37-year-old Tony O'Reilly from Hackettstown Road, Carlow town, took the money over a 14-month period to feed his gambling habihttps://community.betfair.com/irish_sports/go/thread/view/94110/29593603/former-post-office-manager-jailed-for-175m-theft-to-fund-gambling?post_id=553855971#553855971heard tony on the radio .he speaks very well..Wed, 04 Apr 2018 08:30:12 -0500https://community.betfair.com/irish_sports/go/thread/view/94110/29593603/former-post-office-manager-jailed-for-175m-theft-to-fund-gambling?post_id=553700515#553700515I didn't know it was on but when switching TV channels I saw poker chips behind the TV3 panel so started watching and realised it was Tony O'Reilly.He was a bit quiet. Declan Lynch did most of the talking.I finished the book. It was as I expected,Tue, 13 Mar 2018 21:30:18 -0500https://community.betfair.com/irish_sports/go/thread/view/94110/29593603/former-post-office-manager-jailed-for-175m-theft-to-fund-gambling?post_id=553699963#553699963Tony is a 'guest' tonight on TV3's The Tonight show at 11:00pm. Will be interesting to see him in the flesh!!!Tue, 13 Mar 2018 18:00:33 -0500https://community.betfair.com/irish_sports/go/thread/view/94110/29593603/former-post-office-manager-jailed-for-175m-theft-to-fund-gambling?post_id=553670001#553670001I looked back through the book for examples of winning bets.Page 123"an €8,000 acca* on eight football matches returned €88.823". The average odds are about 1.3511 or a little better than 1/3 (three to one on)"a €10,000 treble returns €66,00Fri, 09 Mar 2018 12:26:15 -0600https://community.betfair.com/irish_sports/go/thread/view/94110/29593603/former-post-office-manager-jailed-for-175m-theft-to-fund-gambling?post_id=553668835#553668835I am now on page 176 where he has been caught and is in rehab.Here is a sample.Page 124Starting with a deposit of €4,000 at lunchtime on the Friday , over the course of the weekend he lands several enormous winners, mostly accumulators that returnFri, 09 Mar 2018 09:09:02 -0600https://community.betfair.com/irish_sports/go/thread/view/94110/29593603/former-post-office-manager-jailed-for-175m-theft-to-fund-gambling?post_id=553657055#553657055The book arrived in the post this morning.I am on page 58.So far there is nothing about how he picked his bets, if he read the horse racing papers or any horse racing books.Many of his bets are doubles - first goalscorer in a soccer match, and the wiWed, 07 Mar 2018 12:25:18 -0600https://community.betfair.com/irish_sports/go/thread/view/94110/29593603/former-post-office-manager-jailed-for-175m-theft-to-fund-gambling?post_id=553655807#553655807seems a very pleasant individual..Wed, 07 Mar 2018 09:14:41 -0600https://community.betfair.com/irish_sports/go/thread/view/94110/29593603/former-post-office-manager-jailed-for-175m-theft-to-fund-gambling?post_id=553655089#553655089Fair play to Paddy , in an extract from the book it says , that when they were offline one day, he rang O Reilly and told him he could bet way by ringing him direct on his own mobile phone . Very accommodating of Paddy , he really seems like a genuiWed, 07 Mar 2018 06:37:44 -0600https://community.betfair.com/irish_sports/go/thread/view/94110/29593603/former-post-office-manager-jailed-for-175m-theft-to-fund-gambling?post_id=553653593#553653593No sign of the book yet.Tue, 06 Mar 2018 16:40:13 -0600https://community.betfair.com/irish_sports/go/thread/view/94110/29593603/former-post-office-manager-jailed-for-175m-theft-to-fund-gambling?post_id=553648731#553648731Fair play to the guy on the forum Reb for writing to An Phost regarding stolen funds from the tax payer.Mon, 05 Mar 2018 22:39:49 -0600