\u201cBecause there\u2019s not many bookies,\u201d Smith said, \u201cit was easy to arrange, let\u2019s think of a word for it \u2026 a cartel. A bookie would come and ask you, one of the other bookies. They might say, we\u2019ll do 3 percent the first couple of races, then we\u2019re betting 4 percent.<\/p>\n
You might not believe this, but this is not a thing that happens only at Ffos Las. It\u2019s happening more and more.\u201d<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\nSmith says that collusion is more likely to be found in \u201csatellite\u201d betting spots, away from the main betting area.<\/p>\n
Mark Kershaw, director at Ffos Las, told The Guardian<\/em> he was \u201cdisappointed\u201d in the bookmakers at his racetrack.<\/p>\n\u201cWe try hard to get the racegoers there and it needs everybody at the racecourse to pull together to make sure they want to come back again and have a good experience,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think it was a day when there was a holiday crowd and they thought: \u2018We can take advantage,\u2019 but that\u2019s completely wrong. What we want is that holiday crowd to want to come back again. It shouldn\u2019t be an opportunity to short-change them.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
On-track bookies in the UK regularly collude to increase the vigorish at events they expect to be largely attended by inexperienced gamblers. That\u2019s according to one on-track bookmaker, who admits he has taken part in such activity in the past but now \u201cdeplores\u201d the practise. Andy Smith, who takes bets as \u2018Festival Racing,\u2019 told The […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":42,"featured_media":70527,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21,14577],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
UK On-track Bookies Conspire to Rip Off Bettors, Says Whistle Blower<\/title>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n