Hollybucks and Hollywood
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4 years 11 months agomr hawaii wrote:take a walk into any bookmaker and the Racing section is tiny - maybe 2 tellers- Soccer and numbers go out the door - I doubt racing in any form is the major earner for any bookie for years and yearsRA Stranger wrote: Not complaining, but imo if it was not for the open bet Hollywood and others would not be as big as they are today. The open bet enabled the bookies to catapult from giving away R100 a day to now being a major sponsor of local racing. They deserve all credit due as they know how to treat a majority of their customers.
Yes this may be so, I see this at Brazzaville WSB before lock down but the fact that Hollywood is now still chucking big bucks at local racing gives one hope that it is still worth something.
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4 years 11 months agoRA Stranger wrote:mr hawaii wrote:take a walk into any bookmaker and the Racing section is tiny - maybe 2 tellers- Soccer and numbers go out the door - I doubt racing in any form is the major earner for any bookie for years and yearsRA Stranger wrote: Not complaining, but imo if it was not for the open bet Hollywood and others would not be as big as they are today. The open bet enabled the bookies to catapult from giving away R100 a day to now being a major sponsor of local racing. They deserve all credit due as they know how to treat a majority of their customers.
Yes this may be so, I see this at Brazzaville WSB before lock down but the fact that Hollywood is now still chucking big bucks at local racing gives one hope that it is still worth something.
maybe more to do with Heffer who is a racing man -
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