BETS THAT BOOKIES HATE!! - Feedback from a Bookie

"What the Boomakers really don't like!

Any bet that means more work for them! You can stick your 'Stop At A Winner' bets up your a*se!

Pricewise: Not because he has such a great strike rate, but the volume of money on the selections that causes the loss when he does pop in. This then leads me to the next point

Traders: Those people that take advantage of a bookmakers price and then lay off on the exchanges to guarantee a profit. This is common with Pricewise horses and Football Coupons. Personally, I don't care about the football coupon restrictions too much. More often than not the teams get beat anyway.

People that win then leave: The idea is that you are meant to hang around all day and give your money back one way or another.

Anyone that wins big and doesn't tip: Tight a*se gits.
The staff have to run around to get the customers money together from any number of shops, count and check it all, get the payout authorised. The least you can do is drop them a drink or two .

Customers that want payout as the horse is about to cross the line: Most common on Grand National day with the once a year punters.

Customers that turn up after 9:20pm: The worst type. You have been there since 8:30am, got the shop ready to go, all the money counted from the machines, then someone walks in and puts £3 worth of change in a machine .

Fruit Machine Players: These are the people that play the FOBT's like fruit machines. Put £20 in, wins £2 and presses collect. Then proceeds to put another £20, losses £2 and presses collect again. Continues to do this several times before coming up to the counter with 10 tickets. They will then go straight back to the SAME machine they were playing and repeats the process once more. Finally gets annoyed that you can't pay him out because all the money is inside the machines! You would be surprised how often this happens!

Drifted off a bit on a tangent to a general moan about betting shop customers. I apologise for this but hope it does give you an idea of what does and doesn't work."