Help!!

SligoRoversFC

Ok so I've only turned 18 and want to make a bet on the outcome of the World Cup but I've never made a bet before and honestly don't know what I'm supposed to do. Do I just go up to the counter and say 20euro on France please? I know this sounds stupid but please don't take the mick!
Thanks!

Our man in Havana

Go into the bookies and get a docket and write on it 20 euro win France World Cup on it. Take docket and 20 euro and possible taxes to counter and the bet is made. You get a copy of the docket as proof of the bet.

Good luck.

Tar.Aldarion

Go in and get a slip, look at the bets on the screen, fill out the slip. If it's not on a screen ask for the odds.
Write it down and pay.
Now to bed with ya youngin or I'll get Cranmore after you.

Our man in Havana

Do you still have to pay tax on a bet? It's years since i backed anything.

Tar.Aldarion

Um, no.

Well, I never have anyway.

padi89

Bond-007 wrote:

Go into the bookies and get a docket and write on it 20 euro win France World Cup on it. Take docket and 20 euro and possible taxes to counter and the bet is made. You get a copy of the docket as proof of the bet.

Good luck.

I would also advise to get out of there as soon as youve placed your bet:D !
Dont be tempted by the various beautiful LCD screens with great odds or the endless amounts of betting you can make besides sports;)

Kernel

Tar.Aldarion wrote:

Um, no.

Well, I never have anyway.

Nah, betting tax was abolished by the people's champion Charlie McCreevy.

Basq

If it's one thing Sligo has enough of, it's feckin' bookies!

raheny red

OP are you over 18 :eek:

Oriel

SligoRoversFC wrote:

Ok so I've only turned 18

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connundrum

sinecurea wrote:

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LOL

Don't back France anyways - Trinidad & Tabago all the way!! 2001/1 odds!

charba

Bond-007 wrote:

Do you still have to pay tax on a bet? It's years since i backed anything.

I worked in a bookies last summer and you had to pay tax, if you won then you got your tax back.

muppetkiller

Just go into the Bookies put on the SLip
World Cup
France to Win outright
put the odds below

and GIVE away your money ....NO TAX will be charged unless your in some illegal betting shop.

anyway the reason I say give your money away is that Mexico are goin gto win ...and are currently at 50/1 hehe

Tar.Aldarion

basquille wrote:

If it's one thing Sligo has enough of, it's feckin' bookies!

Amazingly, I don't even know where one is.

robinph

Why not bet online and then you don't have to pay tax at all as they are all in the Isle of Man of Jersey. Just click the buttons with the mouse and your good to go.

Tar.Aldarion

You don't have to pay tax at all anyway.

CuLT

Everyone in After Hours - in fact, all over boards.ie - is too eager to give their opinion. So eager, in fact, that barely anybody reads the replies before making their own response. Hence so many stupid and/or pointless replies in this thread (amongst all the others).

But this is old news. The dolt population increases exponentially every year.

Tar.Aldarion

Now, I didn't bother to read what CuLT said(as per usual), first line was ok, but I agree.

Fanny Cradock

Betting €20 on France is money down the drain! They wont win, whereas Brasil most likely will.

Why not try spread that €20 over a number of smaller bets, i.e. on a game per game basis. This said, I don't bet myself as it's a fools game. A fools game, I tells ya!!!

raheny red

sinecurea wrote:

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Doh

johnp

Fanny Cradock wrote:

Betting €20 on France is money down the drain! They wont win, whereas Brasil most likely will.

Why not try spread that €20 over a number of smaller bets, i.e. on a game per game basis. This said, I don't bet myself as it's a fools game. A fools game, I tells ya!!!

Well said. The odds for outright win of the tourny are too short. Split that €20 over a couple of games.

Diarmsquid

Fanny Cradock wrote:

Brasil

Heh, reminds me of a time when I saw it spelt Brazzle.
:rolleyes:

guinnessdrinker

You definatly have to pay betting tax. It was gone for a while but its back again. I dont know the amount, i think its something like 5%. Although maybe some bookies still have it abolished.

charba

guinnessdrinker wrote:

You definatly have to pay betting tax. It was gone for a while but its back again. I dont know the amount, i think its something like 5%. Although maybe some bookies still have it abolished.

its 3%

YeatsCounty

I'm a betting novice myself as I've only ever betted twice since I turned 18. The first time, I went to the bookies close to the corner of Castle St and High St, beside the monument of Lady Erin.

All I did was go in and check the odds on one of the big screens (I was betting on Milan to win the Champions League). Once I saw that the odds were favourable, I went up to the counter and asked to put €10 on Milan to win the competition. The woman behind the counter took my cash, took out a slip of paper, wrote down the details and handed me the betting slip.

If you have any questions for them, they should be very helpful. They were any time I went to them anyway.

Basq

YeatsCounty wrote:

..(I was betting on Milan to win the Champions League)..

That bet didn't turn out too well for you.. did it matey?

YeatsCounty

basquille wrote:

That bet didn't turn out too well for you.. did it matey?

Quiet you. :mad:

The first one actually did turn out well, I made the bet in 2003 when they won the competition. I put another tenner on them to repeat the trick in 2004 but a 4-0 loss in Spain ended that. Thank God I didn't bet on them for 2005, I'd be in an even worse humour than I was with Liverpool's victory alone.

Fanny Cradock

Diarmsquid wrote:

Heh, reminds me of a time when I saw it spelt Brazzle.
:rolleyes:

OK, Brazil even! Happy now??:rolleyes:

Diarmsquid

Fanny Cradock wrote:

OK, Brazil even! Happy now??:rolleyes:

No no! I liked it the other way!

But yeah, betting... it's good when you win.:)

Fanny Cradock

In my defence Z is below S.

Also, I can't spell proper like!

johnp

Fanny Cradock wrote:

In my defence Z is below S.

Also, I can't spell proper like!

In Portuguese they use S

Agent Smith

robinph wrote:

Why not bet online and then you don't have to pay tax at all as they are all in the Isle of Man of Jersey. Just click the buttons with the mouse and your good to go.

where is this isle of mann of Jersey?

robinph

agent smith wrote:

where is this isle of mann of Jersey?

I'll use the same defence as Fanny Cradock that the F is below the R.