What's your biggest messup while placing a bet?

I had a good one today. I was out with the family today to a holiday resort. I brought my smart phone with so I could place some bets. I was happy to see the resort had some cell signal, I could pick up edge sometimes. I logged into my Interbet account no problem. The first bet I placed won, I was off to a good start for the day. My second bet for the day is where the trouble started. I entered my bet, the site failed to update, I entered it again, three more times, with no change showing on the Internet site...

Then came the big change, it took all four bets on WIND SINGER to win. Now I had placed 20% of my original bank balance on this horse to win instead of my usual 5% on win bets I like. I couldn't watch the race live as I had little data on my phone, I had to wait for the result to come through... I've never wanted Muzi Yeni to win a race so badly. And then the results appeared, and I got that sinking feeling in my stomach, it was a loser, thanks Muzi.

I though of contacting Interbet and asking them to refund me due to my silly error, but I realized they probably wouldn't, and if the horse did win, I wouldn't have contacted them to tell them to reduce my balance. I'm too honest I know.

Lesson learned, be careful when entering bets over a slow connection...

Many years ago I had my first horse running in its first race... It was 25/1. MDk also had a first timer. I got told that Mdk horse was too strong and we would finish 2nd. I was at the track as I was obviously so excited to have my first runner....

After the parade ring, I went to take a few bets Mdk to beat my baby and took the following-

Exacta- 7 X 10 - 100 times
Trifecta- 7 x 10 x F - 20 times
Quartet- 7 x 10 x F x F - 3 times....

Coming past the finish line Mdk won the race and my baby came 2nd... I was over the moon. I still remember checking the dividends and a quick calculation in my head I was up to pocket over R30k....

I went to the teller to cash my tickets... The lady scanned them and informed me I was not a winner... I thought she was pulling the piss with me, so I laughed and asked her to pay me as I had places to go.... She looked at me with a confused look on her face and said "Sir, its not winning tickets".... I snatched the tickets out of her hand looked at them, looked at my Computaform and realised Mdk's horse was number 6....... I called myself a few choice words not suitable to post on this forum.....

mines was when i when i was taking my jp costed around R25 was using tab gold end of the day bet won paid about R600 bucks i had taken it 10 times only to wake up next morning realizing i clicked the wrong venue and my bet was running in the uk and not rsa off course it lost lol never bet with that site again i learnt to always check my tickets or bets.

I was still young and had a hot blonde bird

It was Durban July day and I went along to the off tote on Racecourse road to play my bets.
The que was long and she was sat in the car. My bets were boxed trifecta Devon Air/Bodrum/Versailles plus swingers all round. It would have cost me R20. After 20 minutes in the que I saw her raging face. What was a guy to do? Stay in the que and get nagged at for the rest of the dayy or step away from the que and obey. Like a full on tosser I left the que and went shopping with her.

The horses all came in and I missed out on around R6 k a load of money at the time.
Moral of the story

Do what you want and don't let anybody rule you

Phoned my bookie for a bet once told him the 3:40 , my race was the 4:40

#4 lost the 4:40 but won the race I wasn't meant to bet

Result

Dude years ago bookies would occasionaly see it was an error and re imburse but folk played on it and chanced their arm

Every bet I place

Karma wrote: Many years ago I had my first horse running in its first race... It was 25/1. MDk also had a first timer. I got told that Mdk horse was too strong and we would finish 2nd. I was at the track as I was obviously so excited to have my first runner....

After the parade ring, I went to take a few bets Mdk to beat my baby and took the following-

Exacta- 7 X 10 - 100 times
Trifecta- 7 x 10 x F - 20 times
Quartet- 7 x 10 x F x F - 3 times....

Coming past the finish line Mdk won the race and my baby came 2nd... I was over the moon. I still remember checking the dividends and a quick calculation in my head I was up to pocket over R30k....

I went to the teller to cash my tickets... The lady scanned them and informed me I was not a winner... I thought she was pulling the piss with me, so I laughed and asked her to pay me as I had places to go.... She looked at me with a confused look on her face and said "Sir, its not winning tickets".... I snatched the tickets out of her hand looked at them, looked at my Computaform and realised Mdk's horse was number 6....... I called myself a few choice words not suitable to post on this forum.....

kak funny bet it happens a lot

just had one now - took an exacta race 5 - 6 float field. got home and started swearing cause there was a problem when the woman put my ticket through and she manually entered it and i see R4 - 6 float field . Wanted to go and cancel but too late and it comes in - R211 exacta for a R26 perm so for once a mistake in my favor!!

.......swings and roundabouts.....lost when messed up with wrong numbers ....and made up by getting nice wins from tote operator mistakes.....but the biggest miss to get good lolly for jam was not entirely my fault or was it.....

......I once had a family member work in a Ranjiesfotein stable.....she was unasuming plain and never said a word around the yard or track that she had connections to the ordinary folk that never or no longer get graft or stable skinny but like a little wager.....however when I occasionally call her she spewed forth everything she'd heard or seen....and it was very helpful....

.....one day she tells me that there is a horse in the yard that makes luckless and average but hard working trainers life worth while living.....the motive for getting up in the early morning and put an end to the humdrum of exercising and racing talentless horse flesh.....it is very smart....works like a world beater will go through the divisions... the right stuff.....may be a classic contender....and running tomorrow gives the name and and I thank her.....

Colt just turned 3 unraced owner breeder obscure little stud....1st time up and unfancied.....have a bolder than the usual tiny bet EW 'S plus exotics win banker with Fields place roving with fields double floating with fancied and some of my fansies plenty swingers boxed..... :woohoo:

and they off....misses the break then moves up and disappears into the pack....I lose sight of it.....not mentioned in the finish is unplaced....toss the tickets....start pouring rum into my Tab....then the tote proprietor comes to me and says that the roughie I was roving floating boxing and swinging on, has been decleared a non runner....fish tickets from bin and cash in.....no mistakes and I get my money back....pour another double Captain into the diluted double & Tab I was sucking on earlier..... :S

Phone to get the post mortum....horse head over gate and obstructed by handler....but unpersevered with .....runs 5th less than 2 lengths off a fair sort and not recorded because of the non runner status.....next time

......plays up at start sweats misses break again and runs a shocker.... :huh:

.......repeat......

......ditto..... :dry:

.......again..... :sick:

.......and again....

.....scratched suspended.... :blink: :oops:


......gelded..... :ohmy:

.......phone call.....problems sorted "you will see a different horse tomorrow".....mid week Vaal meeting...1400m straight maidens and 1st timers bred in the purple....big talk on raced improvers...study the CF mid card race ....like some 1st timers....early betting quotes shorter on 2 of the debutants from top yards like them both....get a page.... write BankerX1st timerXfield....Banker X other 1stx timer X field then boxed trifecta....box swingers X 10...R50EW

.....arrive early at the office....but yay it,s secretaries day.....1st of Sept....the division has a table booked at Harrisons on Twelfth....eary lunch bosses taking ladies to lunch but we plan to be done by 2....race at 14h30....no money in TELEBET....boss is swamping me to get the mid week work done by 11h30....arrive in Rivoina by 12....closest tote is near my office back in Sandton....under a Squires Loft in the City lodge..... :oops:

....service is slow food is fast and taseless so is the wine...get bill.... pay....I'm the driver bosses co car....sprint down Twelfth hit Bowling at 2 left on Bowling sprint past tote on Katherine U turn at Rivonia....toss out passengers(including boss) sorry ladies at Alexander Forbes building we got the whole top floor....just going to park car in basement....sprint past the parking enterance down Katherine to the tote....rush in get to the tote terminal look up at TV they are loading pull out paper.....start calling bets.....

......SORRY SIR THE SYSTEM IS DOWN..... :dry: :blush: :oops: :S :pinch:

......the roughie wins the race.....the 1st timers I like fill the places but drifted un fancied...
money was all for raced improvers.....mine paid R80odd the win .....places in the double figures....3 digit swingers....and a R17K trifecta..... :sick: :sick: :sick: :sick: :sick: :sick

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