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Gambling For Life: The Man Who Won Millions And Spent Every Penny

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Despite returning to public life a few years later Ramsden has failed to recreate his earlier success and has since been involved in a number of arguments over money.

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In the 2012 High Court case of Betfair Pty Limited v Racing New South Wales, Betfair's appeal, against a newly enacted fee to access New South Welsh vital race field information, was rejected. [32] The Court held that the relevant law would have no discriminatory or protectionist effect on interstate trade, thereby complying with section 92 of the Constitution of Australia, and that Betfair had not proven that the fee would cause significant economic damage (not to the extent of the appellants in Castlemaine Tooheys Ltd v South Australia [33]). She's in good form and did her first piece of work last week after Epsom and we were pleased with that," Dunlop, who completed the same double with Ouija Board in 2004, said. Racing: ATR dismisses the time delay with SIS as a 'non-issue'. – Free Online Library". Thefreelibrary.com. 6 March 2006. Archived from the original on 23 October 2013 . Retrieved 28 December 2011. Denman and Sam Thomas with owner Harry Findlay after victory in the Gold Cup at Newbury in 2007 Photograph: Alan Crowhurst/PA Cash 4 Clubs is a sports funding scheme set up and funded by Betfair. The scheme provides sports grants to local community sports clubs. [23] Overseas business [ edit ]Industry Awaits Betfair Plans for TVG". bloodhorse.com. Archived from the original on 12 February 2009 . Retrieved 8 April 2009. Terry Ramsden is a quintessential example of the rags-to-riches means gambling can provide those who are successful. Gambling takes its toll but Findlay says that, until 2013, “I’d never been depressed. No matter how bad the lost fortunes. The way I live my life, with my philosophy, there is no way money alone would make me depressed. But the combination of horse racing and the dog stuff was brutal. I felt like a mug.” In March 2011, the company moved some of its operations to Gibraltar to reduce the amount they paid in tax. [9] In May 2012, Betfair launched a Sportsbook ( fixed-odds betting) service to compete with traditional bookmakers. [10] Both are brilliant and give punters the chance to watch every race. All the dogs have all their form available on video. It is something we should have had up and running in the UK 10 years ago.”

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The six-month ban was condemned by Betfair as being disproportionate; Harry said he was mortified and a “heartbroken man” vowing to never own racehorses in Britain again even if he were to win an appeal against the ban. Findlay was investigated only when a similar pattern of bets involving the horse occurred in October 2009 at Chepstow. The gambler himself alerted the authorities to his previous use of the strategy at Exeter. In 2010 he was warned off for six months. A subsequent disciplinary panel upheld the BHA decision that the rules had been broken on a technicality but found that “there has never been any suggestion that Gullible Gordon did not run on its merits or that there was foul play on anyone’s part”. His punishment was reduced to a fine but Findlay’s reputation was “blitzed”, even when defended by AP McCoy and Clare Balding. “I don’t want a badge of bloody honour but I was good for racing. I also know gamblers have an integrity that some businessmen wouldn’t know existed. Why did they do it? Was I too anti-establishment? Who knows?” Betfair bosses deny being too "greedy" ". racingpost.co.uk. 12 September 2008. Archived from the original on 24 May 2009 . Retrieved 8 April 2009. Legendary punter Clive Holt was first shown that money could be made from betting by his father who kept a couple of greyhounds during the 1960s.Greyhound racing has and always will be the greatest betting sport in the world and now the bookies can really make it a genuine gaming option for punters by not taking the piss with the size of their takeout.” Betfair launches its Betfaircasino.com online gaming platform in New Jersey". Betfair. Archived from the original on 29 November 2014 . Retrieved 23 March 2015. His interest in gambling began when he was a child. He learned a lot from his father who was a bookmaker. However, he decided there was more money to be made from the other side and he become one of Britain’s most well known professional punters of all time.

Banned owner Harry Findlay quits having horses with Paul Banned owner Harry Findlay quits having horses with Paul

A mass betting market can only be sustained by trust, and that is why these are boom years in football betting. "Its honesty and integrity puts the Premier League on a sporting level almost beyond compare, globally," he says. "Everyone knows that if Bolton play Fulham on a Monday night, it's going to be 100 per cent straight. They know that in Indonesia, Thailand, Japan, China, places with a better understanding of mathematics in relation to gaming. And it puts every Premier League game on a par only with the Euros, the World Cup, or the later stages of the Champions League." Don’t get him started on pensions. No part of him approves of putting money away on the off-chance you might see it with knobs on at the age of 65. “I mean, you’ve got to live to be 65 anyway, and that’s only an 8-13 chance.” Bird had several methods for getting one over on the bookies but his most famous was probably his success on betting on photo finishes which in those days took about 5 minutes to develop. This process earned him a fortune over a period of around 20 years and only stopped when the modernisation of technology meant there was no longer the delay in photo developing. Professional gambler, former greyhound owner, promoter and lifelong greyhound fanatic Harry Findlay, believes the GBGB should look to Australia for inspiration. It echoes my conversation with Findlay’s wife, Kay, who has been with him for 28 years. Kay has enjoyed the good times but she offers a sobering view of her husband’s heartache. Other people have hurt him but gambling underpins everything. His woes are a reminder that this addiction ruins lives.

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Castlemaine Tooheys Ltd v South Australia [1990] HCA 1, (1990) 169 CLR 436(7 February 1990), High Court. The 51-year-old’s most famous gambling exploits all relate to his career in poker, where he’s competed on the World Series of Poker and other high-profile tournaments around the world. At the age of just 14 Alan Potts started betting on horse racing and become a full time professional gambler after being made redundant from his office job in 1991. If I were leaving school now, the chances of ending up behind bars are the same as me skiing for Britain in the London Olympics. It only happened because of all the lies and kid-ology that used to go on with betting. Nobody can get [bets] on with bookmakers, because when you win you get closed down. Now it's all up front. We're now living in the real world. Press that button on Betfair and let's see how good you are. Simple. There's no myths or lies any more, it's all fact." In partnership with Paul Barber, a quiet unassuming character who contrasted Harry Findlay in most quarters, he bought several racehorses. Some proved to be excellent investments, but none so much as Denman. It was in 2004 that Findlay and Barber became the proud owners of Denman, a chestnut gelding which, with Paul Nicholls as trainer, went on to enjoy a remarkable though somewhat bumpy career, including winning the 2008 Cheltenham Gold Cup.

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