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Hello ginger, i enjoy backing your selections and have made some nice money from them so thank you.Do you mind me asking that since you back only in higher class races which are run mainly on saturday and you said before that you can work out a race in about 15 minutes what do you do the rest of the week, i think this pro investor lark is a nice cushy number
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Doing even less betting this time of year – end of the Flat start of the Jumps. Haven’t started the season well either, so am having fewer bets whilst checking things. Suppose it is a cushy number really.
Am reading Timeform Chasers And Hurdlers at the moment. Should be out getting the garden sorted out during the day -could do with Drone but can’t afford him. When there’s a good three day meeting like last week chores pile up and need to do them during weekdays. Getting the place ready for the girlfreind staying next week. 
Maybe you could both go to the garden and set some seeds and they would be in full bloom come spring time.
But my argument would be that even those who win long-term are in some way addicted, it’s just that they’re able to handle their addiction slightly better than someone like say a Willie Thorne who is going bankrupt because of gambling.
Not that I’m on that sort of level. Biggest bet I’ve ever done is 3k and biggest amount I’ve won is 1.7k.
Addicted to what? “Racing” probably, “gambling” no.
Those that “win long term” tend to bet less often when things aren’t going right, sometimes stopping altogether and not having a bet for three weeks or more. They also keep rigidly to the type of race/bet they know has worked for them in the past and bet only when finding what they consider to be a value bet. Are those the hallmarks of an addict?Maybe you’re right. I guess I’m contradicting myself when I said earlier that most successful gamblers are boring people.
I guess you can’t generalise and it takes all sorts.
But my argument would be that even those who win long-term are in some way addicted, it’s just that they’re able to handle their addiction slightly better than someone like say a Willie Thorne who is going bankrupt because of gambling.
Not that I’m on that sort of level. Biggest bet I’ve ever done is 3k and biggest amount I’ve won is 1.7k.
Addicted to what? “Racing” probably, “gambling” no.
Those that “win long term” tend to bet less often when things aren’t going right, sometimes stopping altogether and not having a bet for three weeks or more. They also keep rigidly to the type of race/bet they know has worked for them in the past and bet only when finding what they consider to be a value bet. Are those the hallmarks of an addict?I agree with Ginger, as with drink and drugs most people can enjoy gambling long-term without becoming addicted. Probably an addictive personality is the reason somebody turns any of those three things into a vice, addicted to some kind of high, may not matter which it is.
I didn’t bet between mid-May & mid-Sept, mainly because of doing research for a Grand National history website I aim to create but partly due to the rare Jumps card on RUK being overwhelmed by about four Flat meetings!
I may not be having a bet for several weeks now, and this may be a cure for all addicts that use the site, because racingpost.com is getting a new look. It might be better but it will take a while to assimilate form remotely as quickly as needs to be done until used to the new layout. Time to start a new thread methinks!
But my argument would be that even those who win long-term are in some way addicted, it’s just that they’re able to handle their addiction slightly better than someone like say a Willie Thorne who is going bankrupt because of gambling.
Not that I’m on that sort of level. Biggest bet I’ve ever done is 3k and biggest amount I’ve won is 1.7k.
Addicted to what? “Racing” probably, “gambling” no.
Those that “win long term” tend to bet less often when things aren’t going right, sometimes stopping altogether and not having a bet for three weeks or more. They also keep rigidly to the type of race/bet they know has worked for them in the past and bet only when finding what they consider to be a value bet. Are those the hallmarks of an addict?I agree with Ginger, as with drink and drugs most people can enjoy gambling long-term without becoming addicted. Probably an addictive personality is the reason somebody turns any of those three things into a vice, addicted to some kind of high, may not matter which it is.
I didn’t bet between mid-May & mid-Sept, mainly because of doing research for a Grand National history website I aim to create but partly due to the rare Jumps card on RUK being overwhelmed by about four Flat meetings!
I may not be having a bet for several weeks now, and this may be a cure for all addicts that use the site, because racingpost.com is getting a new look. It might be better but it will take a while to assimilate form remotely as quickly as needs to be done until used to the new layout. Time to start a new thread methinks!
Maybe but given the stats say that over 90 percent of people who gamble lose, and that losing involves losing money you could argue there’s a huge amount of problem gamblers out there. Not sure about the drugs comparison either as depends on the drugs. I doubt anyone who takes Heroin has a handle on it.
Walk into any betting shop and the amount of people playing these dreadful roulette machines is disturbing. Yes there are a huge number of people who lose an amount they are comfortable with but my guess given that we are talking about a multi-billion pound industry here, there is also a large number of the 90 odd percent who are losing heavily to the point where it becomes destructive to their life.
I think the problem is Ginger not just what trying to win a huge amount of money might cost a gambler, but also the problem if you’re chasing that feeling where do you stop?
If you win 50k of course it doesn’t end there, you start betting 5k a time and so on. Win a million and you’ll be looking to punt 20k at a time etc.
This is very true. I knew of someone who hit the biggish one with Frankie’s 7. Only thing is he missed the 1st race so instead of winning hundreds of thousands he “only” won tens of thousands. The deluded **** actually said that if he had had all seven he would have had enough money to gamble to eventually close William Hill’s down he would win that much. Not surprisingly the tens of thousands didn’t last long.
You’re right of course but they should be an emerging force around Cheltenham
.Emerging Force runs in the first at cheltenham tomorrow,i think it’s a stepping stone for the RSA for which it is quoted at 20/1 same price National Hunt chase 9/4 tomorrow.
How do people keep note of their antepost bets if they don’t have a spreadsheet?
I’ve a seperate one for jumps, flat & Cheltenham.I’m currently 61 points down for this jumps season
Haha you love a spreadsheet, i use a very basic one- haven’t a clue how to format cells etc. Do you use microsoft or apple?
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Hindsight is 20/20 so make the most of it!Judge was some lad, i forget the thread where he completely blew his lid, shannon bridge finished him
I’m relatively new to here, plenty of names in this thread i’ve never seen before!
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Hindsight is 20/20 so make the most of it!Judge was a good laugh but prone to blow his lid when he lost, hated folks backing ballydoyle haha, had a few laughs out of him, wish hed come back
Whatever race shannon bridge finished 2nd in at the start of last season i think was the thread he lost it and never returned, everytime i see the horse running he pops in my mind straight away lol
Part of me thinks hes ee/potato sometimes haha
I work with spreadsheets Jack, so keep a track of my bets via my phones notes and then screenshot and record when i’m back at work. Excel should be the same on both Microsoft & Apple.
The Judge was a very blatant duplicate account, but I don’t think for a minute that he is Potato.
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Am reading Timeform Chasers And Hurdlers at the moment. Should be out getting the garden sorted out during the day -could do with Drone but can’t afford him. 
When there’s a good three day meeting like last week chores pile up and need to do them during weekdays. Getting the place ready for the girlfreind staying next week. 
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