when bookies do this it makes my effen blood boil

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when bookies do this it makes my effen blood boil

13 years 1 month ago

race 1 vaal jid dah is scratched the betting for the race remains THE SAME AFTER THE SCRATCHING BUT WINNING BETS SUBJECT TO A 5 PERCENT DEDUCTION...daylight fcuking robbery...

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Re: Re: when bookies do this it makes my effen blood boil

13 years 1 month ago

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5% deductions should be scrapped imo,i don`t deduct the 5% ers in the UK and neither do most of the big firms..

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13 years 1 month ago

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Hi Pirates had a word with Hollywood and they only deduct up to 14/1, not sure what price the horse was or if bookies have different rules? But agree on principle to have any deduction and not alter the price of others makes it strange to hurt your early punters?

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13 years 1 month ago

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Bloodsuckers !!!

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13 years 1 month ago

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well hollywood should advertise the fact that they dont take a deduction on prices bigger than 14 to 1 as most punters will not know this

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13 years 1 month ago

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what difference does it make? anyway if you'll win, you get banned. so it just takes more time to ban u, result the same

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13 years 1 month ago

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5% I believe is on 20/1 shots, some of these horses are paying R50 and more on the Tote but the Bookies price up 20/1 Bar, absolute scandal and as Pirates calls it daylight fcuking robbery

Hollywood are calling it right IMO, if a horse is 16/1 and upwards, there should be no deduction

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13 years 1 month ago

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What about the fact than when a horse is scratched, sometimes a reserve runner comes into the betting and we still have to pay a deduction ?

I.e - a 10/1 shot is scratched and a reserve runner comes into the betting at 5/1.
The punters have to pay a 10% deduction even though the scratching has been replaced with a horse shorter in the betting.

Surely that is an unfair rule ?

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