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Title: Another reason why bookies don't need to lay bets.. Post by: TightEnd on October 03, 2015, 12:09:37 PM 'I lost £400k using High Street betting machines'
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-33566034 Title: Re: Another reason why bookies don't need to lay bets.. Post by: The Camel on October 07, 2015, 02:57:16 AM There's an old fella in Darlo, who literally spends all day, every day on these machines.
If you go into the bookies at 9am or 8pm you can guarantee he's in Ladbrokes, Hills or Betfred playing £2 per spin on roulette (for some reason I've never seen him in Coral) Frightening to think how much he must lose per week. Title: Re: Another reason why bookies don't need to lay bets.. Post by: TightEnd on October 09, 2015, 11:41:48 AM Half-Baked Off
http://www.theguardian.com/sport/blog/2015/oct/08/ladbrokes-investigation-betting-system-punters-horse-racing?CMP=share_btn_tw Title: Re: Another reason why bookies don't need to lay bets.. Post by: TightEnd on October 19, 2015, 03:54:12 PM Bookmakers “refusing to take bets” from winning punters http://bbc.in/1OC4LuG
Title: Re: Another reason why bookies don't need to lay bets.. Post by: AlunB on October 19, 2015, 06:51:57 PM Bit of a logical flaw in they don't need to lay bets to winning punters because they make money from machines....
Title: Re: Another reason why bookies don't need to lay bets.. Post by: Tal on October 19, 2015, 08:17:20 PM A friend of mine started an anecdote the other day with "I had a nice result on an each way lucky 63 the other day..."
Not expecting him to be restricted any time soon. Title: Re: Another reason why bookies don't need to lay bets.. Post by: BorntoBubble on October 19, 2015, 08:24:20 PM A friend of mine started an anecdote the other day with "I had a nice result on an each way lucky 63 the other day..." Not expecting him to be restricted any time soon. Hey if you find enough good each way bets on one day it may not be the worst bet in the world... But i get your point. |