[Tony2005]

Bookmakers want it all ways....


Firstly they move to offshore countries to avoid paying tax on internet and phone betting...


Then Sunday and evening racing comes in for them...


Then they want to change their high st offices into amusement arcades and open till nearly midnight showing poor racing from abroad and cartoon racing they can control...


In your local chippie the fruit machine has a max payout of about £10 but over the road the bookies will happily take as much as you can get your hands on with their so called casino machines...


Bookies arnt interested in horse racing or dog racing anymore as they now have their mini casinos making millions more then they can make taking on punters...


Racecourses arnt bothered either now they can rake it in from concert nights so they dont need to try so hard to get race sponsers in..


The goverment neeeds to clamp down on the profits made and instead of banking millions extra the bookies might think about giving some to the sports that got them where they are today...