Ladbrokes should be ashamed of themselves

[Drone]

I believe that ‘inside information’, as it is generally understood by the everyday punter, is vastly exaggerated. (I was introduced to three owners at Aintree once; each had a horse in the same race. Each owner told me his horse was a good thing – none finished in the first three)

True inside information is hugely precious and quite rare and very well protected.

I wouldn’t mind betting that 99% of punters ‘restricted’ by bookmakers never base selections on inside info.

By writing that the winning punter supplies bookmakers with ‘information’ I most certainly was not referring to the ‘inside information’ (ghastly term) that the bets of connections purport to give bookmakers; most of which as you say is worthless and will be – or should be – laid for ever and a day

No, the information the assisduous winning form student supplies in the shape of his Win Single bets (tenner, pony or monkey) is what the bookmaker should value as worthwhile information

I’ve no real problem with bookmakers showing the door to those daft enough to only wander to the counter with a dead eight EW double or other bet on mathematically favourable terms, as in this case the bookie has his trousers taken down but gets nowt back to ameliorate the embarrassment

[MarkTT]

£193.5 million profit

Well done, Lads.

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