EI ,

Couldn't agree more about being told by the "whole world" that punting is "a mug's game".......

I have only ever had 1 part time job in my life , and that was while i was still at school which i finished in 1997.

Instead of going out and having a good time with mates , i saved all my money earned working after school until i was 18 and started betting , KNOWING i could make a working income from it , "it's a waste of time" , "what's the point" , "why don't ya just throw your money away while your at it" were many of the comments thrown my way , but i persisted and always told them it could be and will be done.

Well if some of them could see me now , 5 years later and i am making quite a good income without actually "working" although that is pretty much what i do , i have a desk with all my racing documents and papers and such and i usually spend at least 5 hours a day "working" on certain elements which i usually do mostly manually (ocassionally on the computer , downloading form and such).

So if your prepared to treat it as a business and put in the "hard yards" you have a very good chance of generating a part time or even full time income on the sport of kings.

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Good luck and good punting.

And remember a profit a day keeps the Girlfriend/Wife away.