The benefits of going with Hollywood over the Billy Goat

gregbucks Wrote:

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> Dev you need to run a full page ad in all the
> local papers... that will fark tab off....
>
> something like ''JOIN THE VARIETY CLUB AT
> HOLLYWOOD AND GET THE BIG PAYOUT''

Love it Greg! Keep an eye out for your next issue of Sporting Post!

Dev Wrote:

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> There was no error. As Hollywood moved to our 24/7
> racing, we began offering the open bet using the
> overseas tote dividends. As there are bigger pools
> in the home country, the chance of getting a truer
> dividend is more possible than say smaller pools
> which are easier to get manipulated. The open win
> dividend for Variety Club in Hong Kong was R12.60
> which we paid to Hollywood customers, as opposed
> to the R1.80 it paid on Saftote. This is if you
> took the open win option. Obviously if you had
> taken the fixed win option, you have got the price
> you received.
>
> Hollywood now gives you the option. You can take
> the fixed win, you can take SP (which paid 5/1),
> or you can take the open bet (using the overseas
> pools). Its up to you to see where the value lies.

Dev,for future reference and to make an informed decision, where does the 5/1 SP come from?

> Dev,for future reference and to make an informed
> decision, where does the 5/1 SP come from?

As we had fixed odds betting for that race, it would be the Starting Fixed Odds Price we offered on our books for that horse.

and dev whats the win limit as I heard some guy had a few grand each way and after the race he had money deducted from his account as he was over the win limit

The open win limit is R20,000 for Hong Kong as per our T&Cs. The limits differ for different courses. Please see the T&Cs for full details.

www.formgrids.com/subscriber/fgHorseHist.aspx?hs=BILLY GOAT,ZA

so if I had 5000 wins on variety club instead of being paid 60k I get paid 20k?

harry hotspur Wrote:

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> so if I had 5000 wins on variety club instead of
> being paid 60k I get paid 20k?

What you want me to say Harry? Those are the T&Cs. He would get R20k plus his stake back (due only because of the limit). So if he bet R5k, he would get R20,000 plus his R5,000 back.

Not to put a damper on anything guys but this 24/7 racing is not all good
Sometimes you will win a Trifecta or Quartet and find a big negative/positive in dividents
Like Mauritius Race 3 or 5 yesterday where Hollywood paid a lot more than the Tote {I was pleasantly surprised}-
A little later it went the other way:(
Now that i can live with

What I don't like is that I now have to use my Telebet account again {I have not used it even once this year}
I have not even used my B/world acc this year

I love playing Quartets but H/wood only gives selected races to place them

I have not been playing horses much since this TT debacle and unfortunately i feel like a fish out of the water with H/wood 24/7

It just is not user friendly to me:S