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I keep getting unbelievable ‘boost’ offers. The latest one was ‘Manchester United to score in the first half (against Leeds) EVENS – was 4/7.’ Just click here to bet!
They seem to think the days of the punter betting on what he/she wanted to bet on are over. Now it is all about advertising and getting the sad punter to bet on something their experts think will lose. Surely they wiii fall for ‘evens’ when it was 4/7?
Daily, I am invited to bet £5 or more on an ACCA and get another ACCA for free.
You cannot even reply to tell them they are wasting their time.
It’s pretty clear that bookies only really care about mug punters now, and why wouldn’t they really? No point taking a risk on people who know what they’re doing when the masses will happily chuck their money away on massive accumulators and awful value ‘bet builders’.
Everyone is encouraged online where they don’t even need a human to monitor you for signs that you’re clued up.
Not saying it’s right but as I have asked before, what can you do about it?
Spot on Richard have yet to see some of the young kids betting on every cartoon race in shops that they have to be restricted or a traders decision does not allow them to get on at cartoon castle
It is not a big deal but why has this thread been moved to the Lounge? The original post was about Hills closing 200 shops. Why is that not relevant to horse racing?
I keep getting unbelievable ‘boost’ offers. The latest one was ‘Manchester United to score in the first half (against Leeds) EVENS – was 4/7.’ Just click here to bet!
They seem to think the days of the punter betting on what he/she wanted to bet on are over. Now it is all about advertising and getting the sad punter to bet on something their experts think will lose. Surely they wiii fall for ‘evens’ when it was 4/7?
The boosts are targeted at the mugs but I don’t think its because their experts think it will lose. Otherwise they wouldn’t limit it to £10 max. They are competing with other firms and even if they lose the majority of the “super boosts” they know the mugs will give it back with interest
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Not having a go at you Nathaniel, but I’ve always disliked the term ‘mug punter’.
Unless one believes in the maxim ‘never give a sucker an even break’ I believe that bookmakers shouldn’t fleece what I prefer to call ‘recreational punters’ or ‘fun punters’ by stacking the cards heavily against them; be that by offering the probability-unaware superficially tempting offers or by ramping up the over-round on events like the Grand National.
Without the recreational/fun/mug punter those of us who take betting seriously wouldn’t have any markets to ‘invest’ in to borrow a Gingertipsterism.
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