In my 8 years I don’t think I ever saw two losers in the book at the off. I worked for 8 years in a senior trading role at a major bookmaker who would turnover approx.

It’s my own belief that obvious mistruths appearing in the tabloids (and sadly broadsheets) need correcting, especially ones which could encourage problem gambling.Ī fantastic Grand National performance from Tiger Roll getting the job done with ease for the second year in a row.īut it was quickly back to reality for the UK Bookmaking industry with Betway’s Alan Alger embarrassing himself saying the result cost the industry £250mln. The fact is the quotes attributed to Alan could have been attributed most PR’s in the field. It’s a race to the bottom in that sphere and the culture of ‘whoever tells the biggest lie wins the biggest coverage’ needs challenging by all operators (society in general!). I do not row back on any comments I originally made and stand over then, but now do have the context to state my belief that this wasn’t intentional on Betway’s part.Īs an industry I do think we need to hold UK-licensed bookmakers to account for wild quotes about liabilities and the best way to achieve this would be injecting a little spine into the trade paper, The Racing Post. It is apparent to me after this exchange that an unfortunate series of events occurred resulting in the £250mln figure appearing in the media without sign-off. This morning I had a very polite exchange with Alan Alger who I referenced in my post (the power of LinkedIn). A further update to my original post sent from the heat of battle after the race.

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