Do you have a bet on the Horses?

I have a mate who bets heavy, really heavily on the horses. The thing is the bookmakers have taken his money whilst he was losing, but the minute he started winning they shut his account down!

How can this be right? Surely if you are in the business of taking bets (a Bookmaker or Turf Accountant as they are known) you take whatever the public throws at you, don't you? You change the odds accordingly, isn't that the way it works?

Any members have a bet and been caught out like this?

I think it's time we started on the Bookmakers like the Banks, not a lot to choose between them I say, all crooks eh?

I reckon if you are in the business of Turf Accountants you deal with whatever comes your way and if that means paying out then so be it, because not everybody will be winning.

They don't like it 'upem' do they Capt Mainwaring? lol

I heard a former professional punter from England say he kept meticulous records on every racehorse in England and he made a very good living from betting on the horses.It was a lot of work.The reason he was successful was because he had been trained by one of England's most successful gamblers.

Eventually, the bookmakers refused to accept his bets so he stopped gambling and found a new occupation.I'm surprised he didn't move to another city where the bookmakers didn't know him.He could have hired an accomplice to place his bets.The bookmakers should have accepted his bets but they didn't want to go bankrupt.They had families to feed and mortgages to pay.I don't bet.

Casinos protect their profitability by banning card counters and cheaters.

I knew an Caroline Calhoun that use to go to the Dog races when we had them here...she was an winner..not very much, but she had an kind of set routine of how she betted...and most often came in with at least what she was spending...I play the games on the puter here, card games, but never for the money...sometimes I buy an lottery ticket.... but I'm doing good to win back my $2...my brother though is fairly lucky at times...and I've played the video games at the Grand Rhonde Cascino and won enough to by us his birthday dinner and our gasoline to drive there an back one year..I've never had people ever give me much money in my life...I've had to earn it myself.  I do not get an lot of an chance to do much of that either. So I don't worry about winning most of the time. It's just nice not to be an loser. Life is hard enough as it is some days.

I have had the odd bet over the years but have not made it a habit,i have seen a few wage packets gone over the counter.

All these people who say they have won brag about how much they win never tell you how much they have lost.