All UK Racing Suspended

I don't gamble on line
Do all my bets in shop
I won't have a other flutter for months

PillarToPost wrote: »

and how prey tell do you expect them to keep going and pay all their employees?
classic case of can't back a winner its the bookies fault

Not sure I understand your point, how do you mean pay all their employees? Especially when I stated they have plenty addicts to keep their shops open and operating. It's from that money they pay their employees. Not that they pay them much in the first place for the work that they do.

hurleronditch wrote: »

Were the bookies generally open today? T
You couldn’t pay me to set foot in one at the moment

In the context of social distancing, a bookies with manky pencils and paper dockets is a hive of germs. I have been known to visit the turf accountants from time to time myself, but let’s be honest, the stereotypical frequenter of a bookies isn’t generally renowned for personal hygiene.

I know somebody working with Boyles and they are staying open tomorrow to cater for "lotto punters". That's how little they think of their staff. Powers and Ladbrokes closed.

dan786 wrote: »

So all UK racing suspended until start of May

Looks like an awful year for bookies and also lay offs in the industry.

My heart bleeds.
Maybe this will be the impetus that problem gamblers need to stop gambling, a break from gambling for 4-6 weeks might show some The light because the industry sure as sheet dont do anything about it.

realdanbreen wrote: »

I think PP don't close until tomorrow(Thursday) so I should be OK.

The one near me was closed yesterday.

RivetingRoger wrote: »

ALL PP closed Monday
Boyles closing today

I put a bet on in a PP shop in Limerick yesterday-Paddys day!

realdanbreen wrote: »

Went up to collect. Shop closed 'looking forward to re opening in happier times' the notice on the door says.
What about my happy times and my winning docket?

I’d say you put it somewhere safe Dan, until they reopen. If you’d lost the bet you’d be doing without the money today. So your happier time will arrive the same time as Paddy’s.

realdanbreen wrote: »

Bad form all the same.
They took my money yesterday knowing that they would be closing that evening.

You sure it was a PP shop???
They explicitly said all shops closed Monday....?
Shop gone rogue?!
William St?

The Racing Post website say HRI are meeting to discuss if racing continues.
I would love to know how the contract for TV rights is framed.
If there are penalties to HRI for no pictures it gets interesting.

realdanbreen wrote: »

Oh that must be it.
Ladbrokes are now issuing green dockets with 'paddypower' written all over them!:rolleyes:

Meow!
PP closed all shops Monday so you can understand my reticence!

Irish Racing going ahead for now

Delighted!

realdanbreen wrote: »

What part of I placed a bet in a PP shop in Limerick yesterday are you having difficulty in understanding?

He's made his point twice now. Paddy Power publicly stated ALL shops would be closed from Monday evening, so if you placed a bet in a Powers shop yesterday then it shouldn't have been open.

realdanbreen wrote: »

Your kidding me!

You put your money over the counter of an industry which had announced impending shop closures due to the virus. So the onus is on you to know whether they would be open when you intended to collect.

Andrew00 wrote: »

Stephen Power aka the racing blogger is f*cked with COVID 19.

He's an attention seeker just trying to stay relevant now his mugs have no shorties to follow him in to. Bookies mouthpiece for mug punters.

Hope himself and the stallion are quarantined for 10 years

realdanbreen wrote: »

Bad form all the same.
They took my money yesterday knowing that they would be closing that evening.

Ah jaysus Dan I hope you're taking the piss. Bookie shops are dirtier than a pub toilet on a Saturday night. Lads coughing, picking their noses and generally being dirty bastards. Surely you don't begrudge the staff getting away from that in the current climate.
I'd safely say the staff only found out they were shutting when the customers did.
A friend of mine is an area manager for one of the bigger bookmakers, in charge of a lot of shops and he only found out about his firms plans for closure about 5 minutes before it was on social media so I'd say a lot of the in shop staff found out on facebook.

What about Ladbrokes, Bar One, are they open?

realdanbreen wrote: »

Jesus Pat I don't know what sort of clientele go into your bookies , the only ones I ever saw carrying on like that were the ones behind the counter.
Anyway( apart from online) how do I get a bet on for Dundalk tomorrow or Thurles Saturday.

Take a break.

realdanbreen wrote: »

What about Ladbrokes, Bar One, are they open?

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