New Posts For Thread: What your Bookmaker knows about youhttps://community.betfair.com/irish_sports/go/thread/view/94110/30455439/what-your-bookmaker-knows-about-youInterview on Radio 1 (RTE) yesterday with Richard Oakley (Sunday Times, Ireland, digital edition editor) following an article he wrote in that newspaper last Sunday. Well worth a listen for anyone who wants to have control over their gambling. Hadn'tThe reason the odds are firmly in favour of the big online firms is that there is no regulation . None of the political parties anywhere gives a toot about the punter , its the devil take the hindmost .The fact that "numbers games" ( where the punthttps://community.betfair.com/irish_sports/go/thread/view/94110/30455439/what-your-bookmaker-knows-about-you?post_id=545734747#545734747The reason the odds are firmly in favour of the big online firms is that there is no regulation . None of the political parties anywhere gives a toot about the punter , its the devil take the hindmost .The fact that "numbers games" ( where the puntSun, 02 Aug 2015 07:40:14 -0500All bets are off: why bookmakers aren’t playing fair Win too much at the races and you could find your bookmaker closing your account. An anonymous punter reveals why the odds are now firmly in favour of the big online firmshttp://www.theguardian.chttps://community.betfair.com/irish_sports/go/thread/view/94110/30455439/what-your-bookmaker-knows-about-you?post_id=545734427#545734427All bets are off: why bookmakers aren’t playing fair Win too much at the races and you could find your bookmaker closing your account. An anonymous punter reveals why the odds are now firmly in favour of the big online firmshttp://www.theguardian.cSun, 02 Aug 2015 06:53:08 -0500Masters of the contradictory messageAlcohol and gambling corporations do everything to seduce us, then they implore us to go easy, writes Declan Lynchhttp://www.independent.ie/opinion/declan-lynch-masters-of-the-contradictory-message-31067381.htmlhttps://community.betfair.com/irish_sports/go/thread/view/94110/30455439/what-your-bookmaker-knows-about-you?post_id=543949593#543949593Masters of the contradictory messageAlcohol and gambling corporations do everything to seduce us, then they implore us to go easy, writes Declan Lynchhttp://www.independent.ie/opinion/declan-lynch-masters-of-the-contradictory-message-31067381.htmlSun, 15 Mar 2015 09:31:18 -0500Everything has to be taken in context Ozy . You have no idea of the time scale involved in the operation . Or whether the bookie concerned had on line systems then or even employed computer systems people . Or had other than "runners" .The fact thahttps://community.betfair.com/irish_sports/go/thread/view/94110/30455439/what-your-bookmaker-knows-about-you?post_id=543898071#543898071Everything has to be taken in context Ozy . You have no idea of the time scale involved in the operation . Or whether the bookie concerned had on line systems then or even employed computer systems people . Or had other than "runners" .The fact thaWed, 11 Mar 2015 16:07:24 -0500what you mean like a program that identifies losing accounts, or inactive losing accounts and pushes promotions at them. Stuff like that? Wow. What will they think of next?https://community.betfair.com/irish_sports/go/thread/view/94110/30455439/what-your-bookmaker-knows-about-you?post_id=543897719#543897719what you mean like a program that identifies losing accounts, or inactive losing accounts and pushes promotions at them. Stuff like that? Wow. What will they think of next?Wed, 11 Mar 2015 15:48:25 -0500Know for a fact that one of the larger well known bookies had programs written ( not in house) to identify "losers" with a view to targetting those account holders encouraging them to "participate " .Mind you I found it hard to believe that this parthttps://community.betfair.com/irish_sports/go/thread/view/94110/30455439/what-your-bookmaker-knows-about-you?post_id=543897679#543897679Know for a fact that one of the larger well known bookies had programs written ( not in house) to identify "losers" with a view to targetting those account holders encouraging them to "participate " .Mind you I found it hard to believe that this partWed, 11 Mar 2015 15:46:15 -0500If your bookmaker allows you to keep betting on your account he knows you are losing money.If you show any sign of winning he knows enough about you to close your account.https://community.betfair.com/irish_sports/go/thread/view/94110/30455439/what-your-bookmaker-knows-about-you?post_id=543891833#543891833If your bookmaker allows you to keep betting on your account he knows you are losing money.If you show any sign of winning he knows enough about you to close your account.Wed, 11 Mar 2015 10:08:56 -0500Here is the article in full from The Sunday Times :https://webmail.eircom.net/service/home/~/08032015.pdf?auth=co&loc=en_GB&id=179720&part=2https://community.betfair.com/irish_sports/go/thread/view/94110/30455439/what-your-bookmaker-knows-about-you?post_id=543888617#543888617Here is the article in full from The Sunday Times :https://webmail.eircom.net/service/home/~/08032015.pdf?auth=co&loc=en_GB&id=179720&part=2Wed, 11 Mar 2015 06:07:28 -0500Interview on Radio 1 (RTE) yesterday with Richard Oakley (Sunday Times, Ireland, digital edition editor) following an article he wrote in that newspaper last Sunday. Well worth a listen for anyone who wants to have control over their gambling. Hadn'thttps://community.betfair.com/irish_sports/go/thread/view/94110/30455439/what-your-bookmaker-knows-about-you?post_id=543879965#543879965Interview on Radio 1 (RTE) yesterday with Richard Oakley (Sunday Times, Ireland, digital edition editor) following an article he wrote in that newspaper last Sunday. Well worth a listen for anyone who wants to have control over their gambling. Hadn'tTue, 10 Mar 2015 13:42:23 -0500