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[Sir Tigger KC]

Gambling that is! 

I don't generally gamble because I usually lose my money, but just for fun I put a fiver on an accumulator bet for the winners of the last 16 matches in the World Cup.  So over the last few days as my selections have all won I've been getting quite excited and was on the edge of my seat watching Belgium v USA, as Belgium was my last pick on the accumulator and I stood to win about £300! 

So Belgium won, Happy Days thought I, as I cheerfully went into Ladbrokes to collect my winnings, only to be brought down to earth with a thump when the guy said the matches had to be won in normal time (90 mins) for the bet to be valid! 

Mug? Me? Yes! 

[Kevin Wood]

Bookies. Somewhere down there with insurance companies and estate agents.

That said, I have won a fortune gambling myself.. by never having done it.

[zirk]

Bookies?

Never been in one in my life, wouldn't know what to do. Its on my Hit List before I leave this Planet!

1. Take a Free trip on the Woolwich Ferry.
2. Place a Bet in a Bookies.
3. Stuff some Coke up the nostrils.
4. Go back to Hong Hong and find that toe rag that ripped me off for a load of Lappy Batteries.

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

Gambling that is! 

I don't generally gamble because I usually lose my money, but just for fun I put a fiver on an accumulator bet for the winners of the last 16 matches in the World Cup.  So over the last few days as my selections have all won I've been getting quite excited and was on the edge of my seat watching Belgium v USA, as Belgium was my last pick on the accumulator and I stood to win about £300! 

So Belgium won, Happy Days thought I, as I cheerfully went into Ladbrokes to collect my winnings, only to be brought down to earth with a thump when the guy said the matches had to be won in normal time (90 mins) for the bet to be valid! 

Mug? Me? Yes! 

Is this true?......or did he see you coming, Sir Tig?........sounds a bit iffy to me.

[Sir Tigger KC]

Yes I've looked at the T&C's on the website and it says that games in knockout competitions have to be won in normal time.  However, there's nothing obvious in the shop to make you aware of this, nor was it pointed out when I placed the bet. 

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

Yes I've looked at the T&C's on the website and it says that games in knockout competitions have to be won in normal time.  However, there's nothing obvious in the shop to make you aware of this, nor was it pointed out when I placed the bet. 

How many games have gone to extra time or penalties?.......quite a lot. This gives the bookies even more of an advantage as you have just found out.....

A win should be a win regardless of extra time or penalties. Fooking crooks.
 

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

Yes I've looked at the T&C's on the website and it says that games in knockout competitions have to be won in normal time.  However, there's nothing obvious in the shop to make you aware of this, nor was it pointed out when I placed the bet. 

Yes. They like to keep the bad news quiet, Sir Tig.

[Sir Tigger KC]

A win should be a win regardless of extra time or penalties. Fooking crooks.

That was my argument in the shop this morning Doctor.....    The last part was mentioned as well!! 

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

You must have been pissed off. I would be.

You go in the shop expecting £300 and then come out 2 minutes later with SFA.

[flyer 0712]

Yep all bets on football are generally 90 mins 

[Sir Tigger KC]

You must have been pissed off. I would be.

You go in the shop expecting £300 and then come out 2 minutes later with SFA.

Extremely!    I think they understood my feelings on the matter as well! 

[Rods2]

Well you know what to do next time you are walking past a money drain bookies. Keep your money in your pocket.

If STEMO was about, he would be telling you that you could of got at least 5 Daewoos Omegas for that fiver and still had some change.

[Rog]

My Dad used to say that you never see a poor bookie !

I have a bee in my bonnet about gambling, I'm not completely against it, I do the lottery a bit, I've played roulette and Blackjack (badly) in Vegas and Monaco, but I've always controlled it I've won and I've lost and I've always walked away, never good money after bad.

My concern is the profileration of advertising by gaming/gambling companies. Websites, TV, everywhere, are adverts encouraging gambling in some form or another. If a company advertises it is because they make money out of it. If they make money, then it stands to reason that the punter loses money. I just find this ethically wrong and yet it recent years it has boomed, and the most likely victims are those who can least afford it.


Rant over . . . . . 

 

[Marks DTM Calib]

A win should be a win regardless of extra time or penalties. Fooking crooks.

That was my argument in the shop this morning Doctor.....    The last part was mentioned as well!! 

Easy money for a bookie then as I don't ever recall a world cup where at least one match went to extra time in the first round of the knock out stages.

So basically, I bet you could never win (or one that should have had stupidly long odds)

[Lagondanet]

When I saw the thread title I thought you were taking about buying old cars.