Whatâs outrageous, the criminal activity leading to more verification checks or the just the checks themselves?
Sure what the fuck is a utility bill going to prove?
That youâre a gas man.
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https://twitter.com/nickgoff79/status/1808176373170643226
Whatâs happening here
Most likely an argument with arc or pp failed affordability checks
This thread was made for you.
Anyone do the needful, usual route not working for me
Top bookies refuse to offer odds at Bath on Wednesday as media rights war erupts
A shock media rights war broke out on Tuesday evening when two major bookmakers revealed they would not offer prices on a British race fixture for the first time.
Customers at Paddy Power and Sky Bet, both of which come under the Flutter Entertainment banner, will not be able to bet on Wednesdayâs six-race card at Bath as the firm attempts to bring the trackâs operator, Arena Racing Company (Arc), back to the table over media rights payments.
Flutter labelled the unprecedented step a âcommercial decisionâ that had been âreluctantlyâ taken. The move prompted a fierce response from Arc chief executive Martin Cruddace, who declared it a âclear and obvious breach of our agreementâ and said his organisation would âseek certain legal undertakings to protect our and our partnersâ rightsâ.
It is not the first time Flutter has taken action to mitigate rising media rights costs, as Paddy Power moved to remove their Best Odds Guaranteed (BOG) concession for certain meetings in Britain and Ireland in August 2022 while calling for transparency surrounding the sportâs income streams.
However, this is the first time a major bookmaker has opted not to price up a race fixture in Britain and Ireland and represents a major ratcheting up of tensions between the sport and bookmakers, with punters ultimately caught in the crossfire.
A Flutter spokesperson said: "Sky Bet and Paddy Power have made a commercial decision to remove Bath from Wednesdayâs offering. This decision has been reluctantly made due to the increase in costs associated with certain aspects of our horseracing proposition.
Bath: customers of Paddy Power and Sky Bet will not be able to bet on Wednesdayâs meetingCredit: Alan Crowhurst
âTotal media rights payments from operators stand at more than double that of the horserace betting levy â the industryâs direct funding mechanism â this at a time when the funding of the sport remains a critical item of debate.â
While media rights payments to the sport are not publicly available, the most recent levy scheme raised ÂŁ105 million.
The spokesperson added: âFlutter remain huge supporters of horseracing. In the last year we invested over ÂŁ140m into the sport via media rights, levy, sponsorship and marketing; we are principal sponsors of ITV Racing; flagship sponsors at York and Cheltenham; partners of Go Racing In Yorkshire; founders of the Sunday Series; we work closely with the PJA, IJF and the Horse Welfare Board; and next month we are unveiling the exciting new horseracing documentary series [due to be broadcast on ITV] Flutter have funded.â
Arc chief executive Cruddace said: "We are very disappointed that Flutter has taken this decision, given that it is a clear and obvious breach of our agreement which was executed over two years ago and expressly provides that the Flutter brands have to offer markets on all our and our partnersâ content.
"We find it hard to imagine circumstances whereby the main board of a New York Stock Exchange listed company, with a market capitalisation of $33 billion, could not have known and therefore authorised a decision to intentionally breach a major contract.
âWe hope and expect that sense prevails and the clear terms of our contract are honoured but we are writing to the main board tonight to seek certain legal undertakings to protect our and our partnersâ rights.â
Wednesdayâs fixture at Bath comprises four Class 6 handicaps, a Class 4 handicap and a maiden filliesâ stakes. The card boasts total prize-money of ÂŁ39,600. Arc runs 16 racecourses across Britain, including Doncaster and Windsor.
Flutter brands have also significantly scaled down sponsorship at Arc tracks in recent times, including ending its backing of the Sky Bet Chase at Doncaster this year.
Although it is understood there are no plans from Flutter to drop further meetings this week, there is now a real prospect of a protracted and disruptive dispute between two giants of racing and bookmaking if a resolution cannot be reached.
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Cheers.
As I said a couple of months ago racing has become too much of an issue for bookmakers.
Thatâs what will finish it. You ainât getting a Barney Curley style coup laying accums on premier league games.
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It could end up like the bags.
Contracted courses and trainers contracted to bookies and holding meaningless flat races for tiny prize money.
Sulky racing is where itâs at these days
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I see a load of deleted posts on this thread where the affordability issue was discussed on this forum. The censor police have been active.
Bookmakers are not implementing affordability checks in this country, despite claims being made by a certain member here that this was the case.
In fact, the whole gambling sector is like the Wild West in terms of the absence of regulations, the total absence of enforcement of the archaic 1956 gaming and lotteries Act legislation and the zero protections for vulnerable people.
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I dunno what will happen tbh but as a racing fan it just feels like i was born in the wrong era.
There has been no deleted posts on this thread.
Why donât you log into @bookiesnightmare or the @thedancingbaby accounts instead.
You couldnât lie straight in the bed Pinocchio. Watch out for your growing nose mate, youâll soon be able to use it for a canopy.
You should have known betting golfers with bad backs convincing yourself you got value was a big giveaway to who was running the account.
Go back to doxing lads because they werenât willing to cup the balls of Gordon Elliott for a few tips.
Time for you to lie down mate, the walls are closing in again. Must be hard to keep track of all your lies.
Lols just go back to your @bookiesnightmare account I canât be wasting any more of my time.
Youve the art of wasting time perfected pal. You actually do something else, who knew.