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wynne1938

It wasn't the easiest day to find winners, but one Sky Bet punter managed to find all six - his £8.80 stake returning £44,000 after a remarkable and inspired set of selections.
He had a 5p each-way Lucky 63, 5p each-way four-folds, 5p each-way five folds and a 20p each-way accumulator on all six selections...
2:30 Royal Ascot – Main Edition 8/1
3:05 Royal Ascot – Old Persian 6/1
3:40 Royal Ascot – Eqtidaar 12/1 due to BOG (took 11/1)
4:20 Royal Ascot – Alpha Centauri 3/1
5:00 Royal Ascot – Agrotera 11/2 due to BOG (took 5/1)
5:35 Royal Ascot – Dash Of Spice 4/1
Sky Bet spokesman Michael Shinners said: "To find all six winners including the 12/1 Commonwealth Cup winner in various multiples was outstanding punting and he fully deserves a mammoth return off such a small stake."

wynne1938

Harry Kane is now favourite ahead of Cristiano Ronaldo for World Cup Golden Boot after he moved to the top of the goal scoring charts.

wynne1938

How do I change the Header!

Tikay10

wynne1938 said:

How do I change the Header!

I'll change it for you mate if you let me know what you want it to read.

wynne1938

Tikay10 said:

wynne1938 said:

How do I change the Header!

I'll change it for you mate if you let me know what you want it to read.

Thanks Tikay
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Tikay10

wynne1938 said:

Tikay10 said:

wynne1938 said:

How do I change the Header!

I'll change it for you mate if you let me know what you want it to read.

Thanks Tikay
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Done.

PS - think it's a great idea for a thread, by the way.

Tikay10

I can't reveal any "staff only" stuff, you'll understand, but I am lucky enough to have access to all the Industry News & a lot of stuff that pertains to SB&G, so I'll try & post bits & bobs as & when.

Tikay10

Here's an interesting piece which was published in "Leeds List" recently. Leeds List is a digital magazine dedicated to all things business related in Leeds.


https://leeds-list.com/discussion/step-into-the-secret-world-of-sky-betting-gaming-as-they-prepare-to-take-12000-bets-per-minute-for-the-world-cup/?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=NL220618&utm_content=NL220618+CID_1c3f50f853a41c7c17a5124ec82f3d36&utm_source


It's maybe not thrill a minute stuff, but how about this for a stat;

".....England matches are incredibly popular – they took 12,000 bets per minute for their first match and 450,000 customers placed a bet in total....."

I can tell you that for England's next game, v Panama, those numbers were beaten comfortably. I believe that was the highest stakes & uniques ever for a single event on Sky Bet, excepting of course Grand Nationals where the numbers are even bigger. Prior to the World Cup, & again excepting Grand Nationals, the Champions League Final was Sky Bet's biggest ever day for stakes & uniques on a single game.

Now look again at that number of 12,000 bets per minute at peak times. That equates to 200 bets per second. Can you even begin to imagine that?

So yes, things go wrong sometimes, & punters get very upset & harangue Customer Care in their hundreds, but when you are managing that volume, its bound to happen, & performance excellence is still very close to 100%, probably 99.8% or whatever.

Tikay10

More bits & bobs as and when I see anything you might enjoy.

Brrrrrrr

Interesting read, I came across this story today while surfing the web for Vegas stuff (reminiscing after reading SPT Vegas thread) I love playing craps when in Vegas and would have loved being on this table!

http://www.nextshooter.com/longestroll

wynne1938

Tikay10 said:

wynne1938 said:

Tikay10 said:

wynne1938 said:

How do I change the Header!

I'll change it for you mate if you let me know what you want it to read.

Thanks Tikay
Betting News

Done.

PS - think it's a great idea for a thread, by the way.

Thanks Tikay.

rabdeniro

With penalties being given ten a penny I had a look at the betting, some bookies are saying "penalty awarded after VAR review" but dont say " a penalty to be awarded " so is this 2 different types of bet, plus when they say 3+ goals, is that 3 goals or more or is it 4 goals or more, is this the bookies trying to confuse an old git like me.

wynne1938

Earn a £5 Free Bet
Place £10 worth of single bets on Colombia v England (pre-match) and get a £5 free bet

Tikay10

Italy are to ban all advertisements (TV, Radio, Digital, traditional print media) for gambling.

The ban includes sponsorship of sports teams (football clubs etc) have a Gambling site as their sponsor.

Just try to imagine the impact such a law would have in the UK, the effect would be huge.

SidV79

rabdeniro said:

With penalties being given ten a penny I had a look at the betting, some bookies are saying "penalty awarded after VAR review" but dont say " a penalty to be awarded " so is this 2 different types of bet, plus when they say 3+ goals, is that 3 goals or more or is it 4 goals or more, is this the bookies trying to confuse an old git like me.

3+ goals is 3 goals or more unlike over 3 goals, meaning 4 or more goals. This applies to most bookies including Sky Bet (unless they are Asian markets) but would check with the individual T's & C's for each bookie to be certain. Hope this clears it up for you Rab

Andy

wynne1938

Our Neil Channing has a good article here on the Golf open
www.bettingemporium.com/tips/index/224

Tikay10

Here's a really interesting tale;

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/07/08/exclusive-teenager-takes-bet365-court-1m-won-horse-races/

Cliffs if you CBA to read that - A Student invested £24,000 on 12 horses in 4 races & won just over a million quid. The bookie refused to pay, saying that she broke the rules as her stake was provided by a third party.

rabdeniro

It took me longer to find oot what CBA meant than read the story, So a mate lends you a score in the boozers to put a bet on , stoats, go to collect they ask where did you get the cash from, my mate, oh we cant pay you out thats fraud, crazy.

Tikay10

rabdeniro said:

It took me longer to find oot what CBA meant than read the story, So a mate lends you a score in the boozers to put a bet on , stoats, go to collect they ask where did you get the cash from, my mate, oh we cant pay you out thats fraud, crazy.

Ha, sorry about "CBA". Kidz internet speak, it's how I roll.

The point you make was exactly my thought, too. And on that basis, any bet from someone representing any form of syndicate is technically illegal too.

I mean, I do see what it's about, the inference being that the Student is "ghosting" for someone or has sold her account to a shrewdie. That's quite common, students sell access to a betting account in return for, say, £500 up front & 10% of any profits. A pal of mine does that all the time, gets through 8 or 9 Accounts with several firms every year.

Essexphil

Tikay10 said:

rabdeniro said:

It took me longer to find oot what CBA meant than read the story, So a mate lends you a score in the boozers to put a bet on , stoats, go to collect they ask where did you get the cash from, my mate, oh we cant pay you out thats fraud, crazy.

Ha, sorry about "CBA". Kidz internet speak, it's how I roll.

The point you make was exactly my thought, too. And on that basis, any bet from someone representing any form of syndicate is technically illegal too.

I mean, I do see what it's about, the inference being that the Student is "ghosting" for someone or has sold her account to a shrewdie. That's quite common, students sell access to a betting account in return for, say, £500 up front & 10% of any profits. A pal of mine does that all the time, gets through 8 or 9 Accounts with several firms every year.

I thought that was you waiting for a new hip?

Tikay10

^^^^

Hips are fine. Everything else is crocked though.