New Posts For Thread: Why are Irish Bookies overrounds much greater than UK?https://community.betfair.com/irish_sports/go/thread/view/94110/29611329/why-are-irish-bookies-overrounds-much-greater-than-ukfor horse racing?..........if you compare the prices with exchanges the irish books are basically ripping off oncourse and off course punters..........its a disgrace. is there any specific reason why they have been able to get away with it and UK booMerely quoting 1/6th terms is misleading.Book A could be quoting 1/6 odds EW about a 37.0 shotIn contrast his neighbour, Book B might be 31.0 with 1/5th odds EW about the same runner.Who would you punt with if you were purely price conscious?https://community.betfair.com/irish_sports/go/thread/view/94110/29611329/why-are-irish-bookies-overrounds-much-greater-than-uk?post_id=527751369#527751369Merely quoting 1/6th terms is misleading.Book A could be quoting 1/6 odds EW about a 37.0 shotIn contrast his neighbour, Book B might be 31.0 with 1/5th odds EW about the same runner.Who would you punt with if you were purely price conscious?Fri, 04 Jan 2013 15:58:52 -0600Will a course do a deal with an exchange to allow bets at exchange SP organised via the track ? Would eliminate the Tote essentially , but all round the punters would get as good a deal as they get now , and the courses could charge a small commisihttps://community.betfair.com/irish_sports/go/thread/view/94110/29611329/why-are-irish-bookies-overrounds-much-greater-than-uk?post_id=527750545#527750545Will a course do a deal with an exchange to allow bets at exchange SP organised via the track ? Would eliminate the Tote essentially , but all round the punters would get as good a deal as they get now , and the courses could charge a small commisiFri, 04 Jan 2013 15:32:19 -0600we were on the same wavelength acer it seems.https://community.betfair.com/irish_sports/go/thread/view/94110/29611329/why-are-irish-bookies-overrounds-much-greater-than-uk?post_id=527745657#527745657we were on the same wavelength acer it seems.Fri, 04 Jan 2013 12:59:59 -0600To give the Irish bookies some credit there is no win only which is prevalent on the UK courses, and you get the correct ew odds for each race, none of this 1/6th and 1/7th rip off that is also prevalent in the UK, thats not TO discredit all UK on cohttps://community.betfair.com/irish_sports/go/thread/view/94110/29611329/why-are-irish-bookies-overrounds-much-greater-than-uk?post_id=527745611#527745611To give the Irish bookies some credit there is no win only which is prevalent on the UK courses, and you get the correct ew odds for each race, none of this 1/6th and 1/7th rip off that is also prevalent in the UK, thats not TO discredit all UK on coFri, 04 Jan 2013 12:58:36 -0600We were in Cheltenham last year some of the bookmakers were offering 1/6 odds eachway betting on some races, they tended to bet their own eachway terms, at least irish bookmakers havent stooped this low yet...https://community.betfair.com/irish_sports/go/thread/view/94110/29611329/why-are-irish-bookies-overrounds-much-greater-than-uk?post_id=527745371#527745371We were in Cheltenham last year some of the bookmakers were offering 1/6 odds eachway betting on some races, they tended to bet their own eachway terms, at least irish bookmakers havent stooped this low yet...Fri, 04 Jan 2013 12:50:45 -0600you think its bad her santry , you should try get a price at an english track ..unreal they all change automatically thats without taking any kind of bet as far as i can see...https://community.betfair.com/irish_sports/go/thread/view/94110/29611329/why-are-irish-bookies-overrounds-much-greater-than-uk?post_id=527743759#527743759you think its bad her santry , you should try get a price at an english track ..unreal they all change automatically thats without taking any kind of bet as far as i can see...Fri, 04 Jan 2013 11:48:44 -0600I think in the not to distant future there will not be any any on course bookies in Ireland. Technology will do away with them. Free wifi on course with punters betting on line is what I think will happen. Its already happening.Punters bet on line wihttps://community.betfair.com/irish_sports/go/thread/view/94110/29611329/why-are-irish-bookies-overrounds-much-greater-than-uk?post_id=527742087#527742087I think in the not to distant future there will not be any any on course bookies in Ireland. Technology will do away with them. Free wifi on course with punters betting on line is what I think will happen. Its already happening.Punters bet on line wiFri, 04 Jan 2013 10:57:29 -0600I agree with you in the main bdj's and realise you are talking about on course books,you aren't quite right about Thurles yesterday as Sizing Kimberbly was odds on/evens for much of the day on the exchanges, a bit of a sickener if he actually won andhttps://community.betfair.com/irish_sports/go/thread/view/94110/29611329/why-are-irish-bookies-overrounds-much-greater-than-uk?post_id=527733607#527733607I agree with you in the main bdj's and realise you are talking about on course books,you aren't quite right about Thurles yesterday as Sizing Kimberbly was odds on/evens for much of the day on the exchanges, a bit of a sickener if he actually won andFri, 04 Jan 2013 04:07:15 -0600BDJ , the last time I was on course I spent a fair bit of time observing what was going on in the ring . One pitch in particular had one of their number specifically glued to a computer , never moved , it was obviously a big part of their operation .https://community.betfair.com/irish_sports/go/thread/view/94110/29611329/why-are-irish-bookies-overrounds-much-greater-than-uk?post_id=527728723#527728723BDJ , the last time I was on course I spent a fair bit of time observing what was going on in the ring . One pitch in particular had one of their number specifically glued to a computer , never moved , it was obviously a big part of their operation .Thu, 03 Jan 2013 20:39:52 -0600see the betting today at thurles?.........who would go betting there when you can get a point higher on every horse on the exchanges..........not the same in UK.........the irish on course layers deserve and will go out of extinction very soon save fhttps://community.betfair.com/irish_sports/go/thread/view/94110/29611329/why-are-irish-bookies-overrounds-much-greater-than-uk?post_id=527727787#527727787see the betting today at thurles?.........who would go betting there when you can get a point higher on every horse on the exchanges..........not the same in UK.........the irish on course layers deserve and will go out of extinction very soon save fThu, 03 Jan 2013 19:50:36 -0600