Profitable Punting Errors

Dale · June 2016

well i do remember another punting error, 7th oct 2000 had $1000 on sunline @1.5 in the turnbull. End of story.

goose · June 2016

Great stories no profitable ones myself... has got me thinking about stand alone TAB's cant believe some of them are still paying big rents in main streets. In most cases there is usually a semi vacant bowls club or footy club just down the road that the punters would be just as happy to use with plenty of parking available.

Seems a waste of money?

RIO · June 2016

goose said:
Great stories no profitable ones myself... has got me thinking about stand alone TAB's cant believe some of them are still paying big rents in main streets. In most cases there is usually a semi vacant bowls club or footy club just down the road that the punters would be just as happy to use with plenty of parking available.
Seems a waste of money?

leave us old timers alone you silly young buck!!!! hahaha

I prefer to go into a stand alone, purpose built for punting shop. No beers, no music. Nothing but betting...

goose · June 2016

Mate the bowling clubs I have been into 95% of the time there is nothing going on check out Doubleview Bowling club TAB set up if you ever get a chance works well I reckon. :D

hash · June 2016

Ridersonthestorm33 said:
The year was 1996...sometime around late July August managed to get on a very good roll on the punt. For a period of time had the 'Midas touch' an example of the luck that was on my side...had $300 eachway on a horse at an outer Queensland track think it was either Kilcoy or Esk ...my horse jumped well but when heading across to possibly lead seemed to get cut off rather badly by two horses on its immediate outside. Anyway ran 3rd..$2 a place got my 600 back. Needed to get back to work, lunch break had already been exceeded...but just enough time to wait to collect my 600...then came the news of a double protest...what the ?? Better not be against my horse. Lo and behold it was my horse protesting against 1st and 2nd...the two buggers that had cut me off soon after the jump...hadn't even realised they ran 1st and 2nd.. knew the chance of one protest being upheld a possibility however both protests being upheld next to no chance.
No time to wait...work was waiting...about 5 o'clock as the working day was nearing an end rang the TAB to get the result to confirm what I thought...but instead got the greatest surprise ...my horse was the winner thereby both protests had been upheld! Over 2k to collect during an amazing lucky streak on the punt. Not long after that everything went south...if there was a photo I missed it...if there was a certainty beaten I was on it. Had lost a lot of 'bananas' and there was one chance to get the money back...it was a sports bet...it ended in tears...will relate that story another time.

Outlaying $600 to only return 2k hardly worth getting exited about, sorry to be a sad sack but I prefer the big payouts from the small outlays.. My best was nearly $600 off a $3 bet on a trifecta in the dogs about 10 years ago, picked a roughie to win it with 3 others to fill the placings for half a unit and it came in with the $1.50 fav running 4th.. Turned out the perfect result

everready · June 2016

Went to northam one day strapping for dad he had one in third last northam gallops trots were on same night at northam worker at stables had a runner in at trots in early race I got ok to get a lift home from trots with them dad left me at races with $5 for a pie n coke for dinner at trots with two races to go at gallops had the $5 on one dodger dyson was riding @ 7/2 in the old sailed in $22.50 in kick had a tenner on something in last @4/1 sailed in nice little bank got a lift to trots with the late jim Hollands played a trifecta in first always $3 in it rolled paying way overs around $250 had a heap of courge by had $100 on fav in next @ 5/2 waltz in I asked the worker if he's had a show he said no hope of beating the fav so I had $50 on it @ 3/1 u guess it shit in !! Drinking UDL'S n smoking B&;H's all way home ...only blu I made told old man how much I won ...lost half to the bloke who staeked me the $5!!!

hash · June 2016

How old were you if you were left with $5 for a pie and cool drink yet ended up drinking cans and smoking ciggies the same night lol

RIO · June 2016

hash said:
How old were you if you were left with $5 for a pie and cool drink yet ended up drinking cans and smoking ciggies the same night lol

I'd bet the same age as most of us. Between 12-15 about 20-30 years ago...and dont know the bloke, but know the era when it was acceptable!!!

dungy · June 2016

hash said:

Ridersonthestorm33 said:
The year was 1996...sometime around late July August managed to get on a very good roll on the punt. For a period of time had the 'Midas touch' an example of the luck that was on my side...had $300 eachway on a horse at an outer Queensland track think it was either Kilcoy or Esk ...my horse jumped well but when heading across to possibly lead seemed to get cut off rather badly by two horses on its immediate outside. Anyway ran 3rd..$2 a place got my 600 back. Needed to get back to work, lunch break had already been exceeded...but just enough time to wait to collect my 600...then came the news of a double protest...what the ?? Better not be against my horse. Lo and behold it was my horse protesting against 1st and 2nd...the two buggers that had cut me off soon after the jump...hadn't even realised they ran 1st and 2nd.. knew the chance of one protest being upheld a possibility however both protests being upheld next to no chance.
No time to wait...work was waiting...about 5 o'clock as the working day was nearing an end rang the TAB to get the result to confirm what I thought...but instead got the greatest surprise ...my horse was the winner thereby both protests had been upheld! Over 2k to collect during an amazing lucky streak on the punt. Not long after that everything went south...if there was a photo I missed it...if there was a certainty beaten I was on it. Had lost a lot of 'bananas' and there was one chance to get the money back...it was a sports bet...it ended in tears...will relate that story another time.

Outlaying $600 to only return 2k hardly worth getting exited about, sorry to be a sad sack but I prefer the big payouts from the small outlays.. My best was nearly $600 off a $3 bet on a trifecta in the dogs about 10 years ago, picked a roughie to win it with 3 others to fill the placings for half a unit and it came in with the $1.50 fav running 4th.. Turned out the perfect result

Grumpy old bugger you Hash

notapunta · June 2016

RIO said:

hash said:
How old were you if you were left with $5 for a pie and cool drink yet ended up drinking cans and smoking ciggies the same night lol
I'd bet the same age as most of us. Between 12-15 about 20-30 years ago...and dont know the bloke, but know the era when it was acceptable!!!

I was 15 when Notapunta Snr started buying me Emu Bitters and edit: White ox with my part time job money

RIO · June 2016

goose said:
Mate the bowling clubs I have been into 95% of the time there is nothing going on check out Doubleview Bowling club TAB set up if you ever get a chance works well I reckon. :D

very good spot that one

thefalcon · June 2016

I almost got a house on a double...2nd leg a beaten by a whisker...I've still not got over it.

it was a railway/perth cup double. not on my name as I was underage....but I had influential friends.

guess his name?

;))

Ridersonthestorm33 · June 2016

^^^Being just a young fella and of course well before my time but do recall reading about a very good horse called Kilrickle who won the Railway and was then placed in the Perth Cup a week or two later. Now that's a training effort! Only double I ever took on the feature races was when one year the TAB ran a tote double on the Railway/Perth Cup and it paid massive think over $1000 ... Medicine Kid/Zamlight. Had Zamlight... jockey Mark Sestich but no Medicine Kid ridden by the late Jason Oliver.

JayJay · June 2016

Trained by my uncle Riders, Teddy Sullivan....he was a good horse alright. Won the Imperial stakes same year as well.....involved in the very controversial protest with La Trice in the Railway in 1970.

everready · June 2016

I rekin I was 16-17 at time at 6'2 ft I had ladies on tote fooled for age n bookies didn't care

Rodent · June 2016

I was down to my last $10 (literally that is all I had to my name). I backed a $5 shot in Melbourne that M.Gauci rode. I think it was called How Tough and it saluted. I backed another winner and then went on to 22 consecutive winning days on the punt over the next 2-3 months. The punt paid for my uni fees/books etc and a nice little holiday.

That was at the end of 1987 and was the last time I was broke.

spinking · June 2016

Jay Jay I think my mother was somehow related to Ted Sullivan didn't he have stables on great eastern highway in rivervale swan river side of the highway just back from the old st john god hospital many many moons ago

Rex · June 2016

JayJay said:
Trained by my uncle Riders, Teddy Sullivan....he was a good horse alright. Won the Imperial stakes same year as well.....involved in the very controversial protest with La Trice in the Railway in 1970.

Ted was a very good person and trainer. His stables were on Great eastern highway in Rivervale and backed on to the river.

paraletic · June 2016

one of the unluckiest stories I know of was a mate of mine who is literally a once a year punter. I sucked to him into taking a share in a horse called Solar Rule. The horse was making its debut over 1400m on a Saturday at Belmont so my mate thinks its the time to open an account with a corporate bookie. He deposits $500 and gets a "bonus" $500. He placed the $500 bonus bet on Solar Rule to win. Well the rest is history, horse salutes pays $13 top tote.the jubilation of the win turns into despair when he cant cash out due to the turnover clauses. He then spends the next 12 months trying to turnover $6500.............................. I think he came out of it with f**k all..... But the memories we shared that day were worth more than the win haha

Ridersonthestorm33 · June 2016

@Ever Ready..yes the good old memory of standing on tippy toes in the ledger at Ascot to make one look that little bit taller and older at the tote. Some tote operators were great and others quite displeased. However the ones that knocked me back were probably doing the right thing it's the ones that let me on are the ones at fault! But back then I saw it oh so differently.

jum · June 2016

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Turnover clauses Para

:-q

We have a Melbourne cup Champagne breakfast every year. With about 10 lads there. Well we get a phone call. One of the lads daughters opened up an account with Sportsbet and put in $25 and had her first bet. Sportsbet doubled it two $50. She had $20 x $20 on Max Dynamite. And had a first four with Max Dynamite with Dad, Mum, Sister and her Birthdates. YOU KNOW THE REST.

$39,500 she has too turnover for a 18 yr old girl that had only had her first bet that day.

Fair to say Dad has been having a bit of fun. He has been having $1000 bets on $1.01 Sports events

:))

Ridersonthestorm33 · June 2016

The Leger at Belmont ( at some stage was given the name 'Corral' ) was more difficult to get a bet on because the tote operators were in the open and could see you coming at a distance! You couldn't walk over as if on stilts. You were seen too early. Whereas at Ascot Leger they were enclosed and I had the angle and approach just right .

paraletic · June 2016

jum said:
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Turnover clauses Para
:-q
We have a Melbourne cup Champagne breakfast every year. With about 10 lads there. Well we get a phone call. One of the lads daughters opened up an account with Sportsbet and put in $25 and had her first bet. Sportsbet doubled it two $50. She had $20 x $20 on Max Dynamite. And had a first four with Max Dynamite with Dad, Mum, Sister and her Birthdates. YOU KNOW THE REST.
$39,500 she has too turnover for a 18 yr old girl that had only had her first bet that day.
Fair to say Dad has been having a bit of fun. He has been having $1000 bets on $1.01 Sports events
:))

yeah that flippin unbelievable. I thought I read somewhere that these turnover things are being taken away (by law) as they are a misrepresentation on the "bonus" for signing up?

Ridersonthestorm33 · June 2016

Just be careful about the $1.01 bets...I've seen them get rolled! Need to get 100 in a row correct. Japan beating South Africa ($1.01) in a Rugby World Cup game one that comes to mind. Several others dotted around the landscape too.

therealkramer · June 2016

Ridersonthestorm33 said:
The Leger at Belmont ( at some stage was given the name 'Corral' ) was more difficult to get a bet on because the tote operators were in the open and could see you coming at a distance! You couldn't walk over as if on stilts. You were seen too early. Whereas at Ascot Leger they were enclosed and I had the angle and approach just right .

I remember backing my first winner as a very tall 15yo, eagerly running up to collect my winnings before the lady at the TAB replied "They haven't even declared correct weight yet!" ;))

Ridersonthestorm33 · June 2016

Several years ago Australia one day cricket team were $1.01 to beat a lowly Bangladesh. $1.01 bites the dust. Think the Golden State Warriors in the NBA were $1.01 to beat the LA Lakers earlier this year. Lakers fair dinkum bolted in!! $1.01 - ouch.

therealkramer · June 2016

therealkramer said:

Ridersonthestorm33 said:
The Leger at Belmont ( at some stage was given the name 'Corral' ) was more difficult to get a bet on because the tote operators were in the open and could see you coming at a distance! You couldn't walk over as if on stilts. You were seen too early. Whereas at Ascot Leger they were enclosed and I had the angle and approach just right .

Ridersonthestorm33 said:
Just be careful about the $1.01 bets...I've seen them get rolled! Need to get 100 in a row correct. Japan beating South Africa ($1.01) in a Rugby World Cup game one that comes to mind. Several others dotted around the landscape too.

Tennis is the safest sport if, indeed the turnover requirements allow you to take such short odds. A lot of bookies insist you bet on outcomes of $1.50 or more.

A tennis match has to completed to be official so if a player retires the bet is null and void.

Rodent · June 2016

To turn over money just bet and then lay off on betfair.

spinking · June 2016

not really a profitable error but funny story all the same, a bloke I know who migrated here from the old dart with his family a bout 8 years ago , first time in his life goes to GP one Friday night with his mrs. Never had a bet in his life so goes and has $20 places on something,walks up to tote window puts in ticket tote lady says it scratched ,alright says me mate goes fills out another ticket puts it in same tote lady says again its scratched. So goes back fills out another ticket same window lady says how many times do I got to tell you its scratched mate says to lady what are all the tickets scratched

notapunta · June 2016

jum said:
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Turnover clauses Para
:-q
We have a Melbourne cup Champagne breakfast every year. With about 10 lads there. Well we get a phone call. One of the lads daughters opened up an account with Sportsbet and put in $25 and had her first bet. Sportsbet doubled it two $50. She had $20 x $20 on Max Dynamite. And had a first four with Max Dynamite with Dad, Mum, Sister and her Birthdates. YOU KNOW THE REST.
$39,500 she has too turnover for a 18 yr old girl that had only had her first bet that day.
Fair to say Dad has been having a bit of fun. He has been having $1000 bets on $1.01 Sports events
:))

Must be a collie thing @jum
A mate up there knows a bird who opened an account on Melbourne Cup Day, decides to put it all on the only female jockey. Now has to turn over 15 k

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