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Betfair announced some
interesting figures on those earning 15k and over a year. Correct me if I am wrong but pretty sure it was
.071 or .073 well seven people in a thousand.If that is profit net-of-commission then seven in a thousand seems perfectly reasonable to me
The choice of this arbitrary figure of 15K has long annoyed me.
Of far more interest and relevance would be figures for those who return a net profit: full stop
15K in isolation means nowt. It may represent one’s 2% POT or another’s 20% POT
The worth of a punter should not be judged by zeros in the bank, which is wholly dependent on size of stake or turnover: it should be judged by the long term net profit margin attained
The punter who chooses to bet with ponies and returns a long-term POT of say 10% but whose bottom line only enables a wet weekend in that guest house on the north sea is every bit the equal of the punter betting with monkeys whose POT is say 3% but whose bottom line is up there in the 15-large enabling three months wandering in boots
Grinding 24/7 is too much for a man of my advancing years: soured and weary by too much of a good thing, the betting-eye wanders hand-in-hand with acuity of mind
Chasing steeples 4/5 maybe 6 even 7, GMT only is muddy grind enough
Agree with the 3 day pass at least it would be a welcome change, many things have changed on this outpost , not least the all singing all dancing glitzy add bombarding chaos we have now
Let me take you back to 2003/2004 when Betfair was still struggling to establish , the bookies were goin all out to have it banned , and we had some great posts between ID and Red , who was a unofficial spokesman for the Australian PMU system . aaah the innocence of it all …
Betfair is now the Big Blue Shark , Australia is working nicely , America looms large, and the once small grafting firm whose prime interests was rapport with their customers has now been replaced by the mantra of a PLC
The Big Bookies limp on and have some jewels still….Monmore green is now Kempton Park , and multiple bet offers have now been replaced by more and more roulette machines …..
Alan Potts still brings his wealth of knowledge to the table and welcome it is …..but somehow the mist of poking fun for the sake of it seems to have evaporated
never mind we have Gamble for a while …….
Lets have that Amnesty please
cheers
Ricky
Ah, the Betfair User Group, what innocent times. I think BUGGERED would be a more fitting acronym these days.
You would never get a market as tight as 0.71% to 0.73% these days. It’s either 0.2% or the vote percentage of a Glorious Leader in a Democratic Republic. It all depends on the agenda and who’s been enfranchised as an ‘active user’.
You mention three day passes. It seems that the redesign has left a hole in the fence for clones to come through. You may have spotted a few in green garments. I won’t torment them about recent business beyond comparing this with the hidden from the outside world policy of the official Basingstoke Town forum. You can’t see the threads there these days or register online it seems. Apparently there was a spot of bother last year, a troublemaker, there were bizarre phone calls and discussions of a buyout. The story is horribly familiar!
It would be interesting to hear the Big Chief’s views on the Mysterious Khan’s horse going lame on Tuesday (or at least pricking its foot) and then bolting home, smashed off the boards, yesterday. Braveheart fav nowhere in the same race.
Maybe a clone could step forward……..
As he’s been mentioned…anyone know what ID is doing now? I chucked a few quid at the green place some years ago.There was talk of Eddie The Shoe pumping a lot of liquidity into it.
Not kept tabs on what happened.I wish him well in whatever he’s doing.
…oddly, like so many who sign up, he seems lost for words on Twitter. If we are talking the same person, certainly the age, sex and location would correspond, and with a biography that reads ”the less said the better”, I would vouch 1.01 on that one.
If not…apologies
I always found him courteous and worldly wise which made him an interesting read, even if you did not always agree, and whatever his motives.
Not sure you’ve got the right person,Ugly Mare.
Isn’t twitter full of kids ‘following’ z list celebs?
Could be wrong as I’m just going on what I see on other forums,people asking to be followed and promising to follow back.All sounds a bit silly to me.
…yes that’s also how I felt about it at first, but it can grow on you a little I think.
Just a calculated guess re ID, may well be wrong.Although I agree with you in the main about young people following celebrities, Twitter is not only for the youngsters, in fact there seems to be a few respected stalwarts of this forum partaking of it too, as well as other horse racing groups.
I do think people generally like to make some use of what is available thereby combining all the options, Twitter being just another. It’s a way of reaching out isn’t it? if you feel the need.
I should say hello to gamble.
…I expect he’s on there tooHello Ugly Mare,
fond memories of our time in the American bible belt,
but no I have no twitter fixation and facebook rather frightens me.The thought of clones raises the spirits
I pm’d Tor last night suggesting I knew him
but he never cloned back.I did investigate his Dartmoor heritage
and reading the place was haunted
by a large stone dog with no wagamama
I rather ruled out DaviesHi Gamble,I’ve not received any pms at all.So either the system is playing up,or you sent it to the wrong person
http://yoursmiles.org/tsmile/drink/t0376.gif
Cheers
^^lol!..I love that.
hi gamble,
yes Tor does sound a little familiar, straight in there -no messing, as if a blast from the past.re. those other places, you surprise me gamble as I thought you had an
eye
for that sort of thing. Clearly,
eyeing
is so far all you’ve managed to do
Now you’re here I expect your friend Jilly will be along later. Strangely, I miss her you know.
all the best now,
This thread brings back some happy memories and some that make me enraged.
Those pen pushers at the Gambling Commission have a lot to answer for. Felling the Green Giant when it was getting into its stride yet they let the Three Tramps roam free.
Protecting the vulnerable indeed
Batty I would call it
Well Tor I have fouled up with the message
there is nothing to you in my sentbox.
You have a certain bravado for someone
with very tight punctuation
who has posted six times and been
singularly picked on
for almost owning a football clubBoots Jilly
is near the place you love Tor
curled up in front of the TV
with her pipe ‘n slippersWow! This thread is a real blast from the past. You seem to stir the juices Gamble and of course any mention of Diane Avis soon gets the hackles rising. God or whoever forbid the pedantic twat ever returns to these forums.
"I’m Jake the Peg, diddle diddle diddle dum."
Batty I would call it
Well Tor I have fouled up with the message
there is nothing to you in my sentbox.
You have a certain bravado for someone
with very tight punctuation
who has posted six times and been
singularly picked on
for almost owning a football clubBoots Jilly
is near the place you love Tor
curled up in front of the TV
with her pipe ‘n slippersWell I shall look out for her if she ventures onto the Moor.The pipe should be a dead giveaway
http://yoursmiles.org/tsmile/smoke/t3011.gif
Hoofski at last – the missing link
Greeaat to see you.
La Peste by Albert Camus
was about plague ridden france
and has always fascinated me.Yourself and Tooting in gory masks
with those long leather frightening noses
would make such terrific theatre
Ever thought about getting up on stage with the pro ?Tor you are so extremely confidant for a lurker
in fact you ooze it
I beleive Cormack should grant you
classic status immediately.Your words
" I do love a bit of gossip "
were the very best clue
but like my pm
your exact identity escapes meI’ll just have a half
what did you say ?
I’ll just have a half
was that two halfs ?
is that what you want two halfs ?
alright give me a pint
but you first asked for a half
alright give me a half
but you changed your mind to A PINT
now come on the bar’s almost closing
MAKE YOUR MIND UP
WHAT’LL YOU HAVE ?
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