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This coming Monday (11th June) is No2 son Sam's Birthday and as is becoming an annual jaunt, he wants to go to Romford dogs again.

So same as last year, any one who fancies meeting up for an evening of punting please feel free to join us.

so well trained

LOL trouble is, the last few times we have been, we turned a decent profit .... its bloody hard work restraining him to 1 trip a year on his birthday.

1st a punt

2nd the dogs


wat a cool dad

me rooks and ling will be there first race 6.39

Good stuff ... will be a laugh.

oh and


HAPPY BIRTHDAY SAM  ;nanana; ;nanana; ;nanana;

 :birthday: Sam

 :birthday: sam

Just back from Romford, have to say we had a fantastic afternoon/evening... Sam spent plenty of his birthday money ... including 50 notes for a pair of jeans and 30 quid on a T-Shirt !!!!

So we get to the dog track and we have a tenner each me..first 10 races 3-6 50p reverse forecasts __ Sam 1-5 50p reverse forecasts. Rookie ,Skrikera and old man ITB turn up and we are all having a laugh and a giggle..cracking company.

Anyway, after the first race i spot a $5 note lying on the floor right next to us ... no one around so I pick it up and tell Sam that we will put it on a dog in the next race ... Trap 3 obliges at 3/1 ..happy days. to cut a long story short, after drinks and entry fees are taken out, we get 2 forecasts up to get the 20 quid back AND we turn the £5 note into a clear profit of £130 by the last race.

Rookie, Skrikera and ITB all finished in front as well so it was a quality night out.

Please also note that those buggers INCLUDING Sam were scoffing hot dogs and chips all night... but despite plenty of teasing and provocation, I didnt weaken and kept the discipline going :)

Thanks guys for coming, Sam had a fantastic time and was buzzing all the way home.

Great going! Glad you had fun and made money :D

Well done on being disciplined Kev ;applause;  it's worth the effort

as kev said you all missed a great night.

young sams a credit to his old man though must get his good looks from his mother or they had a hansom milkman 15 years and 9 months ago lol

was a quality night as kev said we all finished up. i shouldve won more than i did but lumped on the last few races to do most of my profit.


i was £50 up over all, skikera won a few pounds thanks to the last race winner and the luckbox rookie after failing to cash in the first 6 races and being £150 down ended the night over £200 up after also backing the last winner.

come to think of it i was the only mug not on the last winner deciding to stick my £40 on a donkey.


anyway's looked like sam had a great and his half of the winnings covered his afternoon spending spree so all worked out well.

thanks sam and kev for the invite i loved it!

Ditto, good night for sure.

For the record, i did not eat kev, out of respect. LOL. And Ling says she distinctly remembers you having 1, yes 1, WHOLE chip. Salt and all.

Nice for all to come out with a profit, the last race was the best though. Everyone thinking trap 4, jumping from 5/2 to 6/4 was tooled up, only for me skrikera and kev to shove our money on the trap 5 at 7/2 and count the winnings :D

Ling says "I hope sam didnt mind giving me a kiss"

LMAO

i need some help with this dog betting lark, i have done £600 in two weeks and need some advice on whats the best strategy to minimise losses, will appretiate any help coz i cant see how i managed to loose tht much!

Well done you lads though and im glad your geez had a good time

bet 0.

minimise loses by keeping money in your pocket

quick question have you ever seen a poor bookie?

yes iron john mcCririck went bankrupt!

seriously betting is a mugs game but you cannot beat going to the track and having a night at the dogs. different class.

greyhounds are the most wonderful animals and a site to behold in full flight.


bwas funny me and sam sitting either side of him with jumbo hotdogs lol must of been torture for the mug  ;kev;

thats cause he was crap at it

there should never be such a thing as a poor bookie

in this day and age with betting exchanges having a high street book makers shop is a liecnce to print money

anything done for fun is good aslong as its done for fun and not profit

a 50p bet on the national is good fun but dont expect to beat the bookie never bet more than you can afford to lose without it hurting or feeling regrets

my limit is about a quid

think you got it wrong there mate. before betting exchanges high street bookies were a lisence to print money. after the launch of spread betting and then betting exchanges bookmakers were in dire straits. it was only the introduction of roulette machines in the shops that saved them.
in fact many shops only survive because of these machines.

and you asked if id ever seen a poor bookie, answer yes mcCririck though not poor anymore.

mccrick was poor before he was a crap bookie and a crap buisnessman

a bookie should never go broke and the betting exchanges mean that they have insurance for any bet

not disputing he wasn't iron lol

just your question was have u ever seen a poor bookie(no other criteria) so i answered it lol

bookies have always had the facility to lay off there liabilities long befor ebetting exchanges. but some chose not to by being to greedy and gambling themselves.
thats how bookies go broke!

before betting exchanges they could lay off the bets elsewhere but with the betting exchanges they can do it and get +EV on the odds where as before it was -EV and thus gave them the inclination to gamble

the odds arent always better on the exchanges.

they used to get +ev because they would get there lay off bets tax free (in the days of 10% tax)

My brother works for the tote and tells me a similar story to this. The machines in bookies are a goldmine.

LOL I missed this post .... No Sam didnt mind at all, In fact i think he would be willing to go through it again LOL

bookies are suffering the same risk to their business from the internet as everyone else is - betting exchange can offer better prices, they dont have any overheads, meaning that the the traditional bookie is having to offer bigger prices and basically have less margin in their book.

all good news for the punter though....Although try to go into one of the corporates (hills, laddies etc) and have a grand at an early price on any event....good luck !