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Thank you, the empty box thing is something I thought of too. It really is something else when you have a living breathing, kicking and bucking horse in the box. I can’t imagine how it must feel and never want to find out, even falling at the first or a late withdrawal must be gutting after all that work.
There do appear to be bigger cash bets about, but the business is still predominantly small recreational in the Weestcountry.
Thanks all, four parts now up, it’s been picked up by the on-line versions of The Mirror, Star and Sun today.
I can honestly say that it’s not in a bookmaker’s interest so try and rip a punter off, the hassle if there’s a dispute would totally outweigh any gains. besides, reputation is everything in bookmaking. I’m sorry if that’s been your experience, despite how it looks I’d still guess that it was a genuine mistake.
The bets are all counted, if the punter is known to the bookmaker they’ll probably be laid then the money counted, it’s invariably right, the bigger punters are usually known to the bookie. If the punter isn’t the money will be checked in front of them. If that’s not possible then it’s ‘spun’ when there’s time, always before the race. If for example a punter has handed over a wad of notes saying it’s £5000 and it transpires to be £4900 the BRM ( Betting Ring Manager ) will be called to verify what’s been tendered and they are on to that amount. The reality is that the bigger punters number in the handful so are known to the bookmaker and aren’t the sort of people to pull a stroke for £100, it’s the ones that have ‘£200’ and it’s only £180 you have to watch, those bets are always ‘spun’ in their presence. Dodgy people that try to underpay will be watching bookmakers at work, they’ll chose the lax bookies to have their bet with. I’d hasten to add that those types of people are few.
Sorry I’m 10 months late replying, I’m guessing someone was kept busy during lockdown!
The latest has proven very popular – professional gambler Anthony Kaminskas https://www.starsportsbet.co.uk/bettingpeople-anthony-kaminskas/
I really enjoy that, he knows all the jockeys anyway so I doubt it phases them, it’s an aspect of racing that most people never got to see.
