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  • #1487862
    greenasgrass
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    Article on the home page.
    Atrributed to “admin” – but I assume (hope) not written by any of you chaps. Perhaps not written by a human at all.
    Best get rid, I feel.

    #1487863
    greenasgrass
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    Although granted I’ve never seen a sentence like this

    Sports betting or online casinos, for that matter, are an excellent source of a second income. actually in the obligatory termsandconditionsapplybegambleawaredotorg lip service bit at the end so some points due for brass neckery I guess.

    #1487868
    ham
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    Comical stuff

    Whoever wrote it should seek help.

    #1487882
    Avatar photoGingertipster
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    Thought I’d better read it expecting to defend the article, Green’; but sadly can not. Written by “Admin”, so must be David Cormack’s. Not up to the author’s usual standard.

    A beginners guide to horse racing betting should imo not focus on profit. By reading this you could get the impression most punters make a profit. Yes, there is a chance of profit on any day and somedays a big payout, but this is imo wide of the mark. Overall profit for a beginner? No. Point out that when coming back from the pub or any other leisure time activity, nobody asks did you make a profit? Buying the pint is the bet and in this game it’s possible to make a profit from that pint.

    Beginners Guide to betting on horse racing should be all about the sport, the horse and a bet – in no particular order.

    For most there is also nothing wrong with a small wager without any form study. Just enjoying the social side of going racing is enough. I also remember one big racing enthusiast/personality (and you couldn’t get bigger) Big Mac once comparing having a bet on the horses to sex.

    You go to the paddock and pick your horse. Pick a girl/boyfriend.
    Walk round to have a bet, choose a place in the stand and wait. Take her/him back to yours with anticipation growing.
    And they’re off! The foreplay.
    Sometimes ending prematurely with a fall or soon relising it’s going to be an anti-climax,as your choice is just not performing.
    But sometimes it gets better and better, the whip comes out and noise reaches an enormous crecendo!
    The rider finds the spot and you win/ejaculate!
    Any beginners guide to horse racing should show the Grandstand when a race is building in to a tight finish. Focussing on some faces – both male and female having their orgasms…
    Particularly the big win – the best sex ever!!!

    No wonder I enjoy this sport so much. :heart:

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    #1487883
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    Picking a bookie should not be a “long term” thing. Pick as many reputable bookies as possible and bet with them when offering the best odds… And what about Betfair/the Exchanges?

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    All this on the first date Ginge?
    you must have fallen off a few!!!

    #1487885
    Red Rum 77
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    It sounds so easy to make money from gambling reading the article. But the truth is far from that. And the beginner can get drawn into a world of debt. My advice is only bet what you can afford to lose and no more. Don’t chase losses, and online casinos are a quick way to the poor house. They alright for small bets, but don’t expect life changing profit unless you’re extremely lucky. However it is luck and not good judgement with these.

    You've got to accentuate the positive.
    Eliminate the negative.
    Latch on to the affirmative.
    Don't mess with mister in between.

    #1487888
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    It does point out most of those things, RR. It’s just the profit stuff imo goes some way to over-ride that information.

    Information on how to bet is also left to the link to an American “Handicapper” on an American track on youtube… and a lot of that is different to when going racing or having a bet in Britain.

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    #1487890
    Avatar photoGingertipster
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    Vast majority were determined to be non-runners after I picked them out, Sam. :cry:

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    #1487905
    Marginal Value
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    This might be a bit Empsonian (remember him?), but there are so many anomalies, errors of grammar and vocabulary, and then the whole of the paragraph “Don’t Be Exclusive” negating the whole of the paragraph “Do Your Research”, that it cannot be David Cormack in Normal Mode, but it is either a Spoof, a Hack, or a David Laugh. Since he forgot to change the date from 30 April to 1 April, it must be a David entertainment for for we poor souls locked away from the racing environment.

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    Avatar photoEx RubyLight
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    There was an article about the history of the Cheltenham Gold Cup a few weeks ago. Sadly with photographs of runners at US flat tracks. Can’t believe that David wrote that one as well.

    #1487914
    Red Rum 77
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    Missed that one Ruby, think I would have enjoyed that. I do have early jumps including Cheltenham Gold Cup on a DVD box set, as well as flat from 1900’s .

    You've got to accentuate the positive.
    Eliminate the negative.
    Latch on to the affirmative.
    Don't mess with mister in between.

    #1487916
    Avatar photoEx RubyLight
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    You might enjoy this one as well RR.

    Top five jockeys of all-time

    #1487969
    Avatar photocormack15
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    We derive some income to help with the site overheads by running these articles which are provided by third parties.
    I do offer to fix them sometimes but they normally want to run them as sent. If I author anything I’ll usually put my name on it. ‘Posted by Admin’ usually means it is a copy/,paste job for someone paying a small fee, presumably for SEO purposes.

    Good to see at least some of you can recognise when a ‘Cormack’ isn’t an original!

    #1487974
    Richard88
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    I’m guessing the actual authors of that drivel are W Hill, J Coral and P Power.

    #1487981
    Avatar photosporting sam
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    Sports betting or online casinos, for that matter, are an excellent source of a second income
    Paid for content which would not pass muster were it an accredited advertisement. Yet it is seen fit to write it as a feature article.

    While you are pleased Cormack that some people can tell the difference between something you might write and something someone pays you to write when it is misleading drivel. Actually what is the difference?
    You wrote it because someone paid for it and that is ok?
    You have shiny betway adverts and links to other companies, surely that enables the site to stick to standards.

    Advertising by the back door but way below an acceptable level of standards.
    Like some of the naughty bookies, lip service to the gamble aware ethos.

    #1487986
    chestnut
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    Agree with you Sporting sam.

    That statement that says online casinos are an excellent source of a second income is a terrible one to be supporting.

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