Now Off To Bookies

[Duncan Edwards 2,231]

Just now, Graham Paddons Beard said:

Soon as I typed it I knew it wasn’t enough.!!

 

To win 100k you'd have to wager £166,666.67. 

[wcorkcanary 4,334]

5 minutes ago, Graham Paddons Beard said:

Soon as I typed it I knew it wasn’t enough.!!

 

Its never enough. 

[dylanisabaddog 4,920]

I once bet a huge sum (to me) on Robert Lewandowski scoring the first goal for Poland against Scotland at Hampden. It was the longest 2 minutes of my life and I'll never do it again. Thanks though to Russ Martin who was playing centre half for Scotland 🙄

It paid for my daughter's wedding. Her divorce has just been finalised 

Edited September 27, 2021 by dylanisabaddog

[Wacky Waving Inflatable Arm Flailing Tube Man 3,820]

For what it's worth, I used to be a manager of a high street betting shop and whilst they'd never accept even a small fraction of £60k on a single on a horse or some obscure match from the Icelandic second division, I reckon they'd probably accept it on a Premier League football match (although it would have to be approved by the trading team first, of course).

Not that anyone would ever do such a thing, of course, as the prices would always be better online.

[CDMullins 436]

Just now, Wacky Waving Inflatable Arm Flailing Tube Man said:

For what it's worth, I used to be a manager of a high street betting shop and whilst they'd never accept even a small fraction of £60k on a single on a horse or some obscure match from the Icelandic second division, I reckon they'd probably accept it on a Premier League football match (although it would have to be approved by the trading team first, of course).

Not that anyone would ever do such a thing, of course, as the prices would always be better online.

There's is (or was) a reason why people staked £70k in shop rather than online.

[Wacky Waving Inflatable Arm Flailing Tube Man 3,820]

3 minutes ago, CDMullins said:

There's is (or was) a reason why people staked £70k in shop rather than online.

Well, true, but those people generally used the FOBTs as there was less human interaction.

And Vince was clearly implying that he was simply trying to make money.

[CDMullins 436]

1 minute ago, Wacky Waving Inflatable Arm Flailing Tube Man said:

Well, true, but those people generally used the FOBTs as there was less human interaction.

And Vince was clearly implying that he was simply trying to make money.

Sorry, I genuinely have no idea what this mean.

[Wacky Waving Inflatable Arm Flailing Tube Man 3,820]

6 minutes ago, CDMullins said:

Sorry, I genuinely have no idea what this mean.

You were hinting at money laundering, right?

Edited September 27, 2021 by Wacky Waving Inflatable Arm Flailing Tube Man

[CDMullins 436]

2 minutes ago, Wacky Waving Inflatable Arm Flailing Tube Man said:

You were hinting at money laundering, right?

More the anonymity.

[Duncan Edwards 2,231]

1 minute ago, CDMullins said:

More the anonymity.

Tinpot county lines gangsters used to use the FOBTs, really blatant about it too. Load up a grand or two, have one 20p spin then print the ticket out, bring it to the counter, take a photo on their phone of their "winnings" and voila! Clean money. Always used to kick off when we banned them too. ****. 

[CDMullins 436]

1 minute ago, Duncan Edwards said:

Tinpot county lines gangsters used to use the FOBTs, really blatant about it too. Load up a grand or two, have one 20p spin then print the ticket out, bring it to the counter, take a photo on their phone of their "winnings" and voila! Clean money. Always used to kick off when we banned them too. ****. 

To the Police its clean.

Its unreal, all they care about is the value of the returns, not that they've had £10k on a 1/10 shot and the £10k was dirty.

Same with fraud, fraudsters are untouchable, our only deterrent is asking them to leave.

[Wacky Waving Inflatable Arm Flailing Tube Man 3,820]

14 minutes ago, CDMullins said:

More the anonymity.

Fair enough, but the desire for anonymity and the act of money laundering are quite similar. Generally money launderers would use the FOBTs as they think it's completely anonymous, although it isn't as the staff can see exactly what they're doing.

 

[Wacky Waving Inflatable Arm Flailing Tube Man 3,820]

17 minutes ago, Duncan Edwards said:

Tinpot county lines gangsters used to use the FOBTs, really blatant about it too. Load up a grand or two, have one 20p spin then print the ticket out, bring it to the counter, take a photo on their phone of their "winnings" and voila! Clean money. Always used to kick off when we banned them too. ****. 

The company I worked for actually actually had an alert pop up when a customer printed a ticket before playing through all the money that was entered into the system. I personally don't know any staff member who ever actually reported it though; I personally had no desire to get involved in grassing up known drug dealers, especially when they had previous convictions for drug dealing and violent crimes.

[Graham Paddons Beard 2,431]

This thread gets more interesting the longer it goes on! 
(I definitely feel a bit inadequate with the level of my stakes now😂) 

[ricardo 7,385]

5 hours ago, Big Vince said:

I am now off to the bookies to collect my 4/7 winnings on the Everton game.

Quite a tidy six-figure sum since I staked everything on the outcome.

 

No bookie would lay you to win that sort of money mate.

Its hard enough to get a oner on these days.

[dylanisabaddog 4,920]

1 minute ago, Graham Paddons Beard said:

This thread gets more interesting the longer it goes on! 
(I definitely feel a bit inadequate with the level of my stakes now😂) 

If you only feel inadequate due to the amount of your bets you have cracked life! Well done 😊

[Fuzzar 1,702]

I originally read that as b oner. 

Edited September 27, 2021 by Fuzzar

[CDMullins 436]

19 minutes ago, ricardo said:

No bookie would lay you to win that sort of money mate.

Its hard enough to get a oner on these days.

We've just laid £10k on a horse in the next.

Edited September 27, 2021 by CDMullins

[Duncan Edwards 2,231]

27 minutes ago, CDMullins said:

We've just laid £10k on a horse in the next.

Did it win?

[Graham Paddons Beard 2,431]

1 minute ago, Duncan Edwards said:

Did it win?

Yes … come on CDM . WE NEED TO KNOW !! 🤞

[spencer 1970 207]

Is it just me or can you smell something?

 

💩

[CDMullins 436]

13 minutes ago, Graham Paddons Beard said:

Yes … come on CDM . WE NEED TO KNOW !! 🤞

Came 3rd in the first at Newcastle.

[CDMullins 436]

11 minutes ago, spencer 1970 said:

Is it just me or can you smell something?

 

💩

Yeah, my hobby is lying to football forums about fake bets.

[Well b back 3,203]

4 hours ago, Uncle Fred said:

I wonder what odd you would get on a Norwich win next saturday

 I would expect at least 40/1 

You could always go to betfair and offer those odds as you feel it is an absoloute certainty, but I will bet you won’t as you are all mouth.

[Ken Hairy 3,772]

1 hour ago, Wacky Waving Inflatable Arm Flailing Tube Man said:

You were hinting at money laundering, right?

My first thought was money laundering too. 

[Daz Sparks 1,152]

14 minutes ago, CDMullins said:

Yeah, my hobby is lying to football forums about fake bets.

Then you are Big Vince, and I claim my £5. 

[spencer 1970 207]

1 hour ago, CDMullins said:

Yeah, my hobby is lying to football forums about fake bets.

I was talking about the OP mate. 

[chicken 2,624]

Does Vince know £6 isn't a "six figure sum".