difference between bookie and a chicken

Garrick, I think it is possibly an entirely different scenario. Your bookie, is he an independent operator or a firm that we will find advertised on ABC?

Englander wrote: Garrick, I think it is possibly an entirely different scenario. Your bookie, is he an independent operator or a firm that we will find advertised on ABC?

Independent. Been around forever. Easy to find. Easy to do business with.

Maybe he won't offer you a 'monkey' to open an account but you WILL get on whatever you want to back.

Gajima wrote:

no2son wrote: gajima says aukland jack let me tell you about aukland jack it was the race after cockle strand ayr grand national left him with a nifty to put on jack while I got the car for a quick getaway it was 3/1 when I left him he got back after it had won tellingme he had secured 6/4 thick bacon indeed

Check if your nose has grown since you wrote this. You could publish under the pseudenym Dickhead Francis.

You guys just make me rip with laughter.

Garrick wrote: I'm not planning to be an advocate for bookmakers but I would like to make this statement:

I have been a client for over 20 years of a prominent Cape Town bookmaker.

He lays me whatever I want whenever I want it. Period. Often when I suspect he would rather have laid me nothing at all!

If you are wondering 'But how much?' then I'll tell you - on two long term events for 2015 he has laid me multiples that could could win me R5 million. (Every year I adjust my betting to take account of inflation whereas most punters I know bet the same stake they started with.....)

The rules are simple - He pays if I win & I pay when I lose. It's not rocket science or high finance.

I really don't know where you all manage to find those outlets where you are limited or knocked back. Perhaps it's because you show no loyalty to one provider?

But,are you a winning punter? Are you ahead after 20 years?
Talking about loyalty,how does bookie A know if your also betting with bookie B
Showing loyalty to one bookmaker who is 6/4,when bookie B is 9/4 is complete madness.
I've just backed a nag at 6/1 ew,when it was 4/1 in places,if it places at 6/1 I win,if it places at 4/1 I lose.
You have to seek out value at this game and have multiple accounts.

To answer your question :

I am ahead on sport (which now accounts for about 90% of my total punting & 100% of my big bets)

I 'fiddle' with horses for a little delusional fun; particularly in summer when there is no local rugby. I am well behind with horses over a lifetime. I use Interbet for horses only because I am betting in 'pennies' and because 90% of my horse betting is on UK racing.

There is absolutely no need to have multiple accounts in RSA because the industry here is more cartel then competition.

If I identify a large variance my bookmaker will almost always match that price. As most of my big action is long term there is seldom a range of pricing to evaluate.

Most importantly - this is NOT my business but my fun. I lost interest in 'stretches' long ago & really cannot expect a stretch when I am asking for R1 million of an event. I would rather be 'on' than congratulating myself on getting a monkey of a 'runner' at an inflated price.

Garrick,see if you can get 6/1 on Robin Thyme in last race at Leopardstown.4-20 uk time.
Then I will join and have a decent ew bet.
This will go close.

unfortunately there no independents left in Scotland the bigger firms have finished them off on Friday I asked Ladbrokes for 11 hundred to four was told 50 at the price they changed the price to 9/4 10 minutes later they changed it back to 11/4 on presenting another bet at the counter was told I had 50 on and that's all I was getting later on tried to have 100ew on a 7/1 shot was told 25 win no ew this was LADBROKES the biggest betting shop chain in b ritian used to get big betson 20 years ago now they have driven the independents oot the game the have a monopoly and they can do what they want