Seaniemac is shutting down. Supposed to be reopening in August. I always found it a dreadful site
Was always on the cards but this will lead to a fun few weeks in Power Towers
Do you think they will make any move to integrate the websites or will they keep them both separate?
Keep them separate for the forseeable future anyway. Powers is built on the Open Bet platform (I think) while Betfairs is all built in house so the infrastructure behind both is so different that it would cause huge pain to merge them. And keeping both brands operating gives them greater reach to different customers segments. I could see them eventually getting rid of the Betfair sportsbook and eventually have one brand for recreational punters (Powers) and one for proper Punters (BF Exchange).
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This is a very good read. Depressing job managing one of those shops.
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Read it yesterday, well worth a read. Those FOBT machines are the work of the devil, hopefully they are never legalised here.
taking advantage of weak people wrong
Do Paddy Power pay best odds guaranteed in a MULTIPLE for bets placed online does anyone know? Obviously singles yes but how about multiple like a trixie, yankee etc. @Mac @Watchyourtoes
No I doubt it pal,definitely not in the shops anyway unless itās Cheltenham as a special for the week.
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Iād have said 100% sure they did tbhā¦but maybe Iām wrongā¦
In fact I think I benefited from this last weekend
Hmm looks like the Paddy Power employee is wrong about their rules. 
I should have asked Captainshan.
I think one of the major bookmakers offer BOG on multiples in the shops as well for an hour a day between 12 and 1 or somethingā¦maybe not PP though
Itās a ridiculously good concession
I would have thought theyād be more inclined to offer the BOG in multiples in the shops rather than online, as its hard enough to get punters through the doors as it is, with the new generation mostly favoring online.
Margin much higher online I assume so it makes sense to push people on there to do those betsā¦eejits fucking around at the counter looking for prices etc
And they probably donāt want normal people (just the degenerates) entering the shops with the overwhelming smell of piss in them i suppose e.g. Paddy Powers in Raheen across from Hi Way bar.
Isnāt that many normal people are regulars in the shops.
I used to go to the PP and Boyles in ranelagh and thatās a nice area but the place used to be packed with the same losers every dayā¦sitting in same seats all day every dayā¦depressing