Hearing no early betting from the 1st of August

Bob Brogan
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Re: Hearing no early betting from the 1st of August

9 years 11 months ago

Tero wrote: Turnover will decrease, lots of guys take their cash bets at bookies after they finished work, a day before a race meeting. Most working folk don't get time off to go and take bets on race days.

bookies are claiming the opposite, mostly graft take early bets

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Re: Hearing no early betting from the 1st of August

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Bob Brogan wrote:

Tero wrote: Turnover will decrease, lots of guys take their cash bets at bookies after they finished work, a day before a race meeting. Most working folk don't get time off to go and take bets on race days.

bookies are claiming the opposite, mostly graft take early bets

I tend to disagree with the bookies. Due to work constraints on a week day I always take my bets a day prior to a race day. If the betting is out on race days, I will not be able to punt on week days.

They need to satisfy their customers needs, I think if it was any other business they would consider what is convience for their customers.
It seem like customer is king does not apply to racing.

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Re: Hearing no early betting from the 1st of August

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basically the bookies are closing their doors for business to their customers and you have to ask would any other business do that?

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Re: Re:Hearing no early betting from the 1st of August

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Agree with pirates here. I can't be bothered if someone takes the early price. Good for him. He either had the graft or studied early. Why should he not have an upper hand.

If I choose to only look on the day and have missed the early price I must deal with it.

How we do not have an exchange in this country is beyond me!

I didn't choose the #puntlife, the #puntlife chose me!

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Re: Hearing no early betting from the 1st of August

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Bob Brogan wrote: Also hearing a well known odds compiler has a new Job starting at the end off the month coincidence ?

Dean Finder?

Guessing has never been widely acclaimed as a good gambling strategy.

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Re: Hearing no early betting from the 1st of August

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We could quite easily price up races with our ratings and do so easily spotting false favorites all day long,

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Craig Pienaar
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Re: Hearing no early betting from the 1st of August

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I only punt early so that's another reason for me to stop betting racing, what I have been told is the bookies have realised they win more from lotto and sport so are encouraging that front and couldn't care less is punters get a bet on racing or not
Like one engelsman has done once you have enough reasons not to gamble, get out and for most that reality must be sinking in quickly

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Craig Pienaar wrote: I only punt early so that's another reason for me to stop betting racing, what I have been told is the bookies have realised they win more from lotto and sport so are encouraging that front and couldn't care less is punters get a bet on racing or not
Like one engelsman has done once you have enough reasons not to gamble, get out and for most that reality must be sinking in quickly

I amazed if bookmakers taking bets on lotto numbers, can be legal ................and if it is, through some technical loophole ,I'm sure that's about to close!

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