Gambling in Sport

[Philby]

Family owners of Bet365 weigh up potential £9bn sale of gambling empire

Company headed by Denise Coates holds talks with Wall Street banks about full or partial sale of assets

www.theguardian.com

 

[Hallbopping]

https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-41636068.html

Yet more proof that bookies are profiteering on the backs of young people. This is a disgusting trend and one which needs to be addressed with tighter regulations and laws.

 

[Philby]

Are any of ye following the story of the irish fella who did a 30eu each way double last april, Both horses won at huge prices,
300K Due to him, ladbrokes wont pay,

I must have missed it last month, but I see this has been paid out...up to the €100k cap

Bad week for Ladbrokes as punter waits over a year for bet to be paid

A Social Media storm last week culminated in Ladbrokes coughing up €100,000 to stable lad Dylan Phelan on a bet he had placed in one of the bookmaker’s Irish shops over twelve months earlier.

www.irishracing.com

 

[Gregory_Mike]

I must have missed it last month, but I see this has been paid out...up to the €100k cap

Bad week for Ladbrokes as punter waits over a year for bet to be paid

A Social Media storm last week culminated in Ladbrokes coughing up €100,000 to stable lad Dylan Phelan on a bet he had placed in one of the bookmaker’s Irish shops over twelve months earlier.

www.irishracing.com

Why would he put a bet like that on knowing the max payout? Surely he'd have spread his bets?

 

[Philby]

Why would he put a bet like that on knowing the max payout? Surely he'd have spread his bets?

Was probably either unaware or didn't realistically expect both of them to place?

 

[Gregory_Mike]

Was probably either unaware or didn't realistically expect both of them to place?

Fair play to him but that's mug behaviour.

 

[Philby]

Fair play to him but that's mug behaviour.

It is a bit. I'm guessing the prices available with Ladbrokes were attractive enough, relative to the rest, that he was a bit blinded to how much money he'd leave on the table given a black swan event of both horses coming in as winners.

 

[Gregory_Mike]

It is a bit. I'm guessing the prices available with Ladbrokes were attractive enough, relative to the rest, that he was a bit blinded to how much money he'd leave on the table given a black swan event of both horses coming in as winners.

It's only when you win, you see the lack of integrity and honour amongst bookies. They will do anything not to pay out on big bets. PP one of the most despicable on that score.

 

[jimmym]

Check out the jockey throwing himself off redwood queen at Wexford today,ffs

 

[Cloudy O'Ranieri]

Check out the jockey throwing himself off redwood queen at Wexford today,ffs

Yep, add in the fact of it being a Byrnes horse which drifted wildly in the betting pre-race, and you have a wicked cocktail of integrity question marks.