Bookies reopening

RivetingRoger

Does today's Govt announcement of high Street stores opening Monday incl Bookies???

Andrew00

I seen someone say bar one racing is opening some of its shops on Monday

Nunu

Paddypower have everything geared towards June 29th...this Monday too short notice. No idea about others?

Banner fights back

Andrew00 wrote: »

I seen someone say bar one racing is opening some of its shops on Monday

Correct. However from Monday only on street bookies can open and according to an email that I got this evening from bar one, that it will only be in hatch form, with just those collecting winnings from the
March nationwide lockdown along with depositing and withdrawing from online accounts accommodated for.

At this moment no members of the public, will be allowed inside the bookies, according to a reply of an email that I got this evening.

Monday 29th June appears to be the day where all bookies will reopen again.

Banner fights back

Banner fights back wrote: »

Correct. However from Monday only on street bookies can open and according to an email that I got this evening from bar one, that it will only be in hatch form, with just those collecting winnings from the
March nationwide lockdown along with depositing and withdrawing from online accounts accommodated for.

At this moment no members of the public, will be allowed inside the bookies, according to a reply of an email that I got this evening.

Monday 29th June appears to be the day where all bookies will reopen again.

Good luck to anyone trying to collect out of Lad's. If you don't come in to collect even a modest amount the day after, the clerk acts as if you're trying to mug her when you hand your slip across the counter if it's a few days or a week later. Standing there feeling like a criminal... Not their fault I know, but still

RivetingRoger

All bookies allowed open from Monday
That's been confirmed
Hope they do

Nunu

June 15th now for the major firms is the general consensus

https://www.racingpost.com/news/irish-betting-shops-can-reopen-on-monday-but-major-firms-aim-for-following-week/436240

Itll be interesting to see how they operate. Might have to mark out areas for sitting/standing and when they're gone you cant stay there.
Might push the machines more as well and less counter interaction.

Nunu

I don’t envisage any sitting allowed at all.

Bookies are really unique in retail setting...like will they even be allowed show races in the shops? That just encourages people to stay.

RivetingRoger

I always socially distance in bookies....
Some right smelly bastards in there!

themandan6611

RivetingRoger wrote: »

I always socially distance in bookies....
Some right smelly bastards in there!

and don't even mention the women

ninebeanrows

Should not be allowed reopen

Wretched shiyrholes, the customers arriving in next week should be walked straight into counselling rooms

Happy4all

RivetingRoger wrote: »

I always socially distance in bookies....
Some right smelly bastards in there!

I fill my football coupon in in the car and try to get in and out asap. Full of the great unwashed, putting dirty hands into bowls of sweets

Boylesports policy of buying large shops for a future arrival of the FOBTs addiction machines might backfire

kksaints

Its quite hard to see how a bookies can reopen to its old ways in the foreseeable future. Even the leaving out of pens and dockets carries an element of risk to it and its very hard to see people been allowed to sit down and watch the racing. The machines are also a potential health hazard unless they're cleaned after every use like the self-service checkouts in Supermarkets.
One possibility could be that you go to the counter, place your bet with the worker writing down the docket for you, then returning the docket to the customer who then leaves immediately but it still doesn't account for a lot of factors and would be hard to enforce.

Juwwi

It will be a nightmare for bookies trying to police keep 2 meter social distancing ECT ,, if they don't let people hang around watch the racing they basically don't have any customers ,, some people will already have their bets wrote out , quickly put them on and leave ,but the people who hang around betting on cartoon racing and horses and the people the bookies make money from and will want to keep .

Pauliedragon

Sleety_Rain wrote: »

Should not be allowed reopen

Wretched shiyrholes, the customers arriving in next week should be walked straight into counselling rooms

Why would they need counselling?

Happy4all

Juwwi wrote: »

It will be a nightmare for bookies trying to police keep 2 meter social distancing ECT ,, if they don't let people hang around watch the racing they basically don't have any customers ,, some people will already have their bets wrote out , quickly put them on and leave ,but the people who hang around betting on cartoon racing and horses and the people the bookies make money from and will want to keep .

I suspect a blind eye will be turned to the rules, we will still see everyone rush to the Counter 10 seconds before off.

Mark sense football slips can take an age to go through sometimes, leading to quques.

Too many obstacles for them to operate within the rules.

Juwwi

Yes I think your right it will be impossible to try and police social distancing , some guy losing heavily and the bookie girl telling him to stop running up late with dog bets won't end well .

I presume any bookies that don't have the screens up to protect the staff will sort that out.

Pens they could have behind the counter that you have to ask a staff member for one and then keep it or bin it when finished with it .

Most important will be hand sanitizer stations inside the door .

Hopefully they come up with some sort of times that you can't hang around , just place a bet and go ,, 10:00am till 12:30pm something like that ,
Plenty of people won't want to be going into a busy bookies and would be happy with that .

RivetingRoger

Ye are all being very Jack Lambert about this!
Twill all be back to normal by the time racing returns in October
Relax

RivetingRoger

Bookies Assoc Ireland said all shops free to open tomorrow but on twitter that @AskPaddyPower crowd don't seem to realise that....

Nunu

PP won’t open a shop to the public until it’s completely compliant and staff are fully versed. It’ll be phased basis. Cork are opening shops this Friday. Not sure it any Dublin shops opening same day? If not it’ll be the 15th the first batch open.

posturingpat

Talk is training this week and reopening 15th. That's one of the big bookmakers. I presume they'll all do the same.

Juwwi

I wouldn't be surprised to see Ladbrokes opening back up sooner rather than later .

RivetingRoger

The brother works for Boyles
All shops opening today week
PP and Ladbrokes too

RivetingRoger

Bar one here opened today

Andrew00

RivetingRoger wrote: »

Bar one here opened today

Barr one in Galway opened too

Juwwi

What way did they reopen ,was it a table at the door with coupons and a staff member or did they allow people inside ?

Gavin "shels"

https://twitter.com/BoyleSports/status/1270031749309964288

Not that we didn't believe you Roger

supremenovice

I'm interested in initial feedback here on the big chains opening.
What protocols have they in place?

supremenovice

To answer my own question, I was in Boyles in Boroimhe and t'was grand altogether. A bit of hand gel at the door and you're away. I even lost a fiver on lunchtime 49s to get the juices flowin.
Great to be back to normal!

RivetingRoger

Was in bar one and boyles today and it was all as before
No noticeable changes
PP not open yet

UrbanFret

RivetingRoger wrote: »

Was in bar one and boyles today and it was all as before
No noticeable changes
PP not open yet

Well Boyles at least had hand sanitiser at the entrance, every other chair was gone, toilets locked, Markings on the floor. betting terminals separated by perspex screens ,the staff protected also, so nothing like it was before.

RivetingRoger

UrbanFret wrote: »

Well Boyles at least had hand sanitiser at the entrance, every other chair was gone, toilets locked, Markings on the floor. betting terminals separated by perspex screens ,the staff protected also, so nothing like it was before.

I do my shop bets on machines, collect at counter
Bar the perspex screens noticed no difference from normal visit
None

FWIW I was glad of that, not having a go

BoldReason

https://twitter.com/Ui_Maine/status/1272830145020284928?s=19

BoldReason

https://twitter.com/Ui_Maine/status/1272835101492215808?s=19

Juwwi

Barone and Boyles are still open at the moment .

Brock Turnpike

BoldReason wrote: »

https://twitter.com/Ui_Maine/status/1272830145020284928?s=19

Are we to understand that bookies opened of their own accord with no approval?

RivetingRoger

what in the name of jayzisis going on

BoldReason

Brock Turnpike wrote: »

Are we to understand that bookies opened of their own accord with no approval?

I have no idea tbh. I'm assuming they received some sort of guidance on it.
I'd imagine all shops will be closed again tomorrow. PP and Ladbrokes definitely closed today.

RivetingRoger

Bar one and boyles staying open...

RivetingRoger

Brock Turnpike wrote: »

Are we to understand that bookies opened of their own accord with no approval?

All shops, of any sort, with a streetfront were allowed to open
they are no different

supremenovice

RivetingRoger wrote: »

All shops, of any sort, with a streetfront were allowed to open
they are no different

Exactly my thoughts. They didnt just sneakily open when nobody was looking, they announced it on social media last week. Waiting two more weeks aint gonna make a difference.

ThewhiteJesus

So boyles are open ?

Chalk McHugh

Agh lads i was looking forward to a wee wager on the football tomorrow. Please dont say some curtain twitcher do gooder has scuppered the reopening of the bookies for another couple of weeks.

RivetingRoger

ThewhiteJesus wrote: »

So boyles are open ?

They are...........at the moment.....

RivetingRoger

Boyles staying open
seems this is a Paddy issue to do with hygiene
sounds like some curtain twitcher wasn't happy and got the skickalonies onto it
Boyles and Bar One are business as usual

Juwwi

Surprised Ladbrokes have closed aswell though if it was something to do with PP and hygiene .

ThewhiteJesus

RivetingRoger wrote: »

They are...........at the moment.....

Just in boyles, happy days it was
Like any other shop, thanks for info guys

curioser

ThewhiteJesus wrote: »

Just in boyles, happy days it was
Like any other shop, thanks for info guys

Was in Boyles around 12.30 and Bar One earlier, staff in both had heard nothing about having to close. Probably still not safe from the anti-gambling vigilante though.

Messi19

To be fair I'm not surprised they're closing. Nipped in to paddys yesterday to get a quick bet on but was surprised to see a few people hanging around and surprised that they were showing the racing. That's probably the problem

Chalk McHugh

Nipped into Boyles myself there. Before another curtain twitcher ups the ante. Bit of added interest in the first few days of the Prem Lgue return. I was in and out in 5 minutes like i usually am. No hanging about. No drama.