Stupid Questions

[Odin]

That's what I presume but it's kind of mad we have that tech and its sole use is reading bookie slips

Ah they can and do use it for loads of things - it's the same technology they use in self driving cars, and you can even get skeletons of people from a video so you could analyse diving technique for example... andddd if you're watching the winter olympics and you see the 360 degree images they sometimes use, that's the same type of algorithm. As I said, really cool stuff that I might have shown far too much enthusiasm about just now!

[somer1]

Can remember years ago someone staying at the pub i worked at asked for a taxi to the train station. Taxi took him there when he turns around to the driver and said fuck i forgot to stop at the bookies to pick my winnings up (local betting shop) would you buy it off me for ?50 and you can pick up the ?80. The ticket was stamped and he shows the driver the result in the newspaper. Driver pays up goes to bookies and gets told its a losing bet mate none of them dogs won. What the bloke had done was wrote on the top copy but made sure it wasnt on the carbon copy that got stamped. Next day used a new slip to print on the carbon copy winning bets.
Some people got some balls!!!

[archie]

Some people got some balls!!!

And will have them removed without anaesthetic one day.

[Liammet]

If I do a double on a winning horse and Ferny hollow in the shop is it a loser or do I get paid as a winning single ?

[Leman14]

If I do a double on a winning horse and Ferny hollow in the shop is it a loser or do I get paid as a winning single ?

Was it NRNB?
If so, you get paid as a single.

If not, it's a losing bet

[Lobos]

Don't throw your slips away for anything yet though as if it's called off for any reason you'll get your money back on every bet !

[charlie]

Don't throw your slips away for anything yet though as if it's called off for any reason you'll get your money back on every bet !

You should be fined a small sum for even mentioning that happening

[Liammet]

Was it NRNB?
If so, you get paid as a single.

If not, it's a losing bet

Not nrnb
thanks lenman

[Middle_Of_March]

I reckon the cashier would take the bet and then realise it can’t be done when they went to translate it. They’d probably split your stakes on to 2 doubles if you’d left the shop by that point.

That’s exactly what I would do when trying to translate the bet in shop.

[The Tank]

Just a variation on the theme above (and i dont think this specific question has been asked), but if you have a double with one ante post leg and one NRNB leg... if the NRNB leg is a NR, then the other ante post selection stands and it becomes a single, but if the ante post selection is a NR, then the bet is completely dead. Is that right?

[Splinterboy82]

Just a variation on the theme above (and i dont think this specific question has been asked), but if you have a double with one ante post leg and one NRNB leg... if the NRNB leg is a NR, then the other ante post selection stands and it becomes a single, but if the ante post selection is a NR, then the bet is completely dead. Is that right?

That’s correct sir

[The Tank]

That’s correct sir

Excellent service, cheers squire. A++ would use again.

[Pigeon Island]

A bit of a weird question but one I’ve always wondered about….. does anyone know what would happen to your betting accounts if you die? As in will they stay live for the family to withdraw? Will all accounts and antepost bets be voided?
Although I’m not planning on popping off anytime soon, there is a storm on its way and I could be taken out by a stray bin or something! Should I be leaving login details on all my accounts for my missus to access? I would hate to think I nailed a decent one and it just sat in my 365 account laying dormant for evermore!!!

[charlie]

A bit of a weird question but one I’ve always wondered about….. does anyone know what would happen to your betting accounts if you die? As in will they stay live for the family to withdraw? Will all accounts and antepost bets be voided?
Although I’m not planning on popping off anytime soon, there is a storm on its way and I could be taken out by a stray bin or something! Should I be leaving login details on all my accounts for my missus to access? I would hate to think I nailed a decent one and it just sat in my 365 account laying dormant for evermore!!!

The funny thing about this post is we've all at one point or another envisaged this exact scenario happening (minus maybe death by stray bin )

I don't know but I think courts can request access to those details in the instance of death.

[Quevega]

A bit of a weird question but one I’ve always wondered about….. does anyone know what would happen to your betting accounts if you die? As in will they stay live for the family to withdraw? Will all accounts and antepost bets be voided?
Although I’m not planning on popping off anytime soon, there is a storm on its way and I could be taken out by a stray bin or something! Should I be leaving login details on all my accounts for my missus to access? I would hate to think I nailed a decent one and it just sat in my 365 account laying dormant for evermore!!!

As Charlie said.
Thanks for the stray bin scenario.
I'll add it to the list.
There are definitely more bins these days than there used to be. Odds have increased.
Fancy my chances with the blue ones though.