06/06/08

"As a punter, do you ever sit down in the cold hard light of day and ask yourself one simple question: How can a man who works five hours in a normal week, maybe ten in a big week be worth 20 times what the punter who is betting with him, is worth, yet the punter can work his or her butt off for 50 or 60 hours a week? How is it possible to “work” a maximum of only five or ten hours a week, yet be a multi millionaire? The answer is simple - a bookmaker only needs to “work” five hours a week per meeting to earn a good living, as there will always be mug punters eager to donate to his coffers. The bloke, or woman, who works 40 or 60 hours a week doesn’t get time to have a “midday matinee” - or go to the club - for a three or four hour lunch, but the wealthy bookmaker certainly does.


Bookmakers really enjoy Carnival time, as the non-thinking punters are out in droves. The bookies lay their dingo traps and one by one cash strapped punters - hapless poor aaaaaas - often half full of alcohol and bad manners, walk up to place copious numbers of red and gold notes into the big white bag that they have at the front of their stand. Have you ever sat down and wondered how much cash would actually fit in a “big white bag”? Believe me - literally hundreds of thousands of dollars would fit."

Purser.