I just thought I would start a thread about the old enemy.
I feel that we have for a few years never had it so good as a punter in contrast to when I first became interested in Horseracing. This was in the late eighties when the bookies would price up only two races per meeting before race time and odds were quite simply beyond poor on some smaller races, there was no internet meaning you could not shop around with ease like now and before competition from Betfair made them offer any sort of value. What we have now is online odds displayed for most races if not the night before at least first thing in the morning, and so many offers such as best odds guaranteed that would have been unheard of back then.
Are there any bookies you can speak highly of? or any you would avoid? who are quick to close or limit accounts in your experience?
For my own penneth worth I find BetVictor very good in as much as they price up early, all races best odds and a good many offers. They have been offering non runner, free bet on any cheltenham ante posts since about November and are now doing it on the National. I also use William Hill a little and Bet365 more so as they tend mark up first on most races, I have a betfair account but tend only use it on big meetings with large fields. I have a Ladbrokes shop local but hardly ever use it as of all the bookies I can never find a reason to bet with them as they are hardly ever best priced. I have never used Paddy Power of all the big ones really and so know little about how they deal.
I feel that we have for a few years never had it so good as a punter in contrast to when I first became interested in Horseracing. This was in the late eighties when the bookies would price up only two races per meeting before race time and odds were quite simply beyond poor on some smaller races, there was no internet meaning you could not shop around with ease like now and before competition from Betfair made them offer any sort of value. What we have now is online odds displayed for most races if not the night before at least first thing in the morning, and so many offers such as best odds guaranteed that would have been unheard of back then.
Are there any bookies you can speak highly of? or any you would avoid? who are quick to close or limit accounts in your experience?
For my own penneth worth I find BetVictor very good in as much as they price up early, all races best odds and a good many offers. They have been offering non runner, free bet on any cheltenham ante posts since about November and are now doing it on the National. I also use William Hill a little and Bet365 more so as they tend mark up first on most races, I have a betfair account but tend only use it on big meetings with large fields. I have a Ladbrokes shop local but hardly ever use it as of all the bookies I can never find a reason to bet with them as they are hardly ever best priced. I have never used Paddy Power of all the big ones really and so know little about how they deal.
)- pretty good prices but not quite as good as Betfair. 3% commission which is a major plus compared to Betfairs 5%.
